How to defend against a “Fast global strike”
The United States is preparing several ways to eliminate power regimes that are undesirable for them, which increases the likelihood of solving this problem in one way or another. First, “soft power” and “hybrid war”, which is now being waged against Russia, are used. "Hybrid war" includes a complex of various measures (information war, sanctions, armed conflicts with neighbors, color revolutions, etc.), but if they do not give the desired result, then the country is subjected to a "Fast global strike" (BSU) .
At present, on the instructions of the US Congress, the Department of Defense and intelligence agencies must answer the question of whether modern armed forces are capable of inflicting a nuclear-missile BSU in Russia and China in order to deprive them of their state sovereignty. If the Armed Forces are not capable of doing this at the present time, then what else should be done to solve this task and at the same time not receive a retaliatory strike by the Russian strategic nuclear forces? Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov believes that at present Russia is not able to defend itself from BSU: “We somehow pay little attention to the fact that the structure of NATO already has almost everything needed for a quick strike ... If we are open to ballistic missiles if we do not have the means to intercept and even detect cruise missiles, we must radically change our military-strategic approaches. ”
Consider which systems weapons are available from the United States for applying BSU in Russia and is it possible to defend against it.
DIFFERENT SCENARIOS
For more than a decade, the United States has been preparing a weapon system against Russia, consisting of anti-missile defense (ABM) and "Fast Global Strike". A fully built missile defense system should cover almost the entire globe and protect US territory from any aerospace attack (missiles of any type, aircraft, drones and so on.). At the BSU, a massive simultaneous strike by several thousand missiles on the strategic nuclear forces (SNF) and control centers of the state and its armed forces is inflicted on the victim country. Those missiles with nuclear warheads that will not be hit by the BGU must be shot down by the missile defense system. The application of BSU on strategic nuclear forces makes sense if it is applied, for example, by cruise missiles that are poorly visible to the radar stations of the victim country, or the flight time of the missiles is no more than 10-12 minutes, during which it is almost impossible to organize and carry out a retaliatory retaliatory strike on the cities of the United States .
For the “Fast Global Strike” in the USA, sea-based cruise missiles (SLCMs) created using stealth technology are suitable. The US Armed Forces are armed with more than 3000 SLCMs, which are launched from submarines and ships with conventional or nuclear combat units. As for the use of SLCMs for the “Fast Global Strike” to destroy the Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces, domestic experts consider it unlikely to use these cruise subsonic missiles with conventional warheads for these purposes.
In addition to sea-based cruise missiles, the United States can use for BSU intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) launched from submarines (Submarines) located off Russia's northern coast. The Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces (mine and mobile ground-based missile systems, etc.) will reach the American ICBM in 10 – 15 minutes.
Currently, the US is armed with 18 submarines of the Ohio type, of which 14 are capable of carrying 24 intercontinental range missiles (SLBMs) of the Trident 2 (four more submarines of the Ohio type are armed with sea-based cruise missiles). Each Trident 2 missile of the D5 modification has 14 nuclear warheads with an 100 CT power. Thus, only one Ohio-type submarine carries nuclear charges on board the 336. The circular deviation of the Trident 2 of the D-5 version is equal to 120 m. In the soil of average strength, a 100 m radius of a nuclear charge with a 90 core explosion forms a funnel with a radius of about 150 m and 4 m in a saturated ground. It is planned to use two nuclear charges. The radius of destruction of mobile ground-based missile systems is about 100 km with the explosion of an XNUMX-kiloton nuclear charge on the ground surface.
The total number of intercontinental ballistic missiles in the United States is about 800, and in Russia it is about 500, of which “ground” launchers (airplanes and submarines at sites and bases, mine and mobile ground complexes) are no more than 400. For the decommissioning of the Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces, it is sufficient to use three Ohio-type submarines armed with 1000 nuclear charges, which can hit up to 90% of the Russian strategic nuclear forces in submarines stationed at piers, mines and mobile ground complexes. Russia currently has no missile defense necessary to protect ICBM installations. The United States is currently unable to guaranteedly destroy 100% of Russian ICBMs at BSU. For this, it is necessary to have an completed and effective missile defense system, and on Day X you must reliably destroy the Russian submarines on alert in the ocean.
The United States to search for Soviet (Russian) submarines with SLBMs on alert in the world's oceans, for many decades, has created a system that includes special ships, airplanes and acoustic buoys, information-integrated by the GPS space system. What is the reliability of this anti-submarine system? Can this system reliably detect and destroy Russian submarines on combat duty in coordination with the BSU on land targets on Day X? Russian specialist Konstantin Sivkov assesses this problem: “Russia does not have effective anti-submarine monitoring systems for the underwater situation, especially in the far-sea zone, and the United States has the ability to monitor Russian submarines in most of the seas and oceans.”
PEEKABOO
When using the Trident 2 missiles of the D-5 modification for targets in Russia, radiation contamination of a large area of Russian territory is inevitable. The total power of the nuclear charges released by three Ohio-type submarines is 100 Mt, which is comparable to the power of a nuclear charge with a power of 58 Mt exploded in the USSR over Novaya Zemlya. Only after about 30 years, human activity on Novaya Zemlya again became possible, that is, the Russian territory subjected to radiation will be excluded from use for several decades. These considerations will not stop the United States from a nuclear strike on Russia for the sake of winning world domination.
To protect Russian ICBMs, it is necessary to use the basic defect of all high-precision missiles of any type (cruise, ballistic, space, hypersonic, etc.), which consists in the fact that in order to hit the target you need to know the coordinates of the target (static or dynamic). Therefore, ICBMs must be hidden from enemy reconnaissance (satellites, aircraft, drones, saboteurs, etc.). To do this, it is possible to use submarines with SLBMs more widely, as the West does, but the American anti-submarine system operates in the oceans, therefore it is more reliable to place Russian submarines in offshore areas in the North and East, which are reliably protected from the means of destruction by the North and the Pacific fleets. Part of the ICBMs may be located in underground tunnels, as China does. The location of ICBMs disguised as freight vans in railway trains, as well as in road transport, is not reliable due to the likely access to vehicles of terrorists, saboteurs, etc., as well as the high probability of traffic accidents.
WHAT OPPOSITE HEGEMON
In order to establish the position of the hegemon on Earth, the United States must first of all conquer Russia. Because it is the only country in the world that is capable of pre-empting its 500 ICBMs with 1500 nuclear charges to destroy the United States. However, this will be a guaranteed suicide, since Russia will not be able to destroy the Trident 2 submarines with the D-5 modifications on combat duty in the world's oceans (at least three or four US submarines plus submarine strategic rocket carriers of Britain and France), board which is more than 150 SLBMs. It is difficult to destroy the 3 Minuteman missiles, located in more than 400 underground mines protected by missile defense system.
The question arises: how to protect Russia from such an aggressor, like the United States, which spends 10 more money on preparing for a war than Russia. US production on 60% corresponds to the fifth technological order and on 6% to the sixth technological order. In Russia, production corresponds mainly to the fourth technological order, except for a number of defense enterprises and the aerospace complex.
The main weak link in Russia is the use of the liberal-monetarist model of the economy, which has stuck the modernization of the country, the implementation of new industrialization. This model was introduced to Russia by the United States in 90-s with the goal of turning the country into a raw materials appendage of the West. With the help of this model, de-industrialization was carried out in Russia, and it was planted on an “oil needle”. The existing financial and monetary system of Russia is under the control of the world (American) financial system, which excludes the economic development of Russia and the strengthening of defense. The leaders of the economic bloc of the government manage and manage the economy with the help of the recommendations of the IMF. In fact, they help Russia's strategic adversaries, together with sanctions, to weaken the defense and slow down the development of the country.
A new HPV-2025 program is currently being discussed, for which the Ministry of Defense requested 24 trillion rubles, but the Ministry of Finance agreed to allocate only 12 trillion rubles, because, according to the Ministry of Finance, there is no money in the country. The threat of disrupting the army rearmament program is imminent. But in our country there is a real opportunity to increase the budget in 2 – 3 times, which will allow not only to allocate the necessary funds to the Ministry of Defense, but also significantly increase the costs of other sectors of the economy. For this, it is necessary to replace the existing model of economic management with a planned-market model of economic management, which ensures annual economic development up to 10%.
"Achilles Pyat" of America
The United States has an “Achilles heel” —the geophysical vulnerability of their territory. This issue was considered when the USSR was alive. For example, Academician Sakharov proposed to mine the western and eastern coasts of the United States with unrecoverable nuclear mines. With the US attack on the USSR, a signal is given for an explosion of mines and waves are forming hundreds of meters high, which sweep away cities on the west and east coast. Such nuclear mining already occurred when the United States mined nuclear mines between the countries of the Warsaw Pact and NATO.
It should also be recalled that in the United States in Yellowstone Park is one of the largest volcanoes on the planet (the crater of the volcano is about 60 km). Now the volcano has begun to come to life. According to experts, if a crater blows up a nuclear charge of sufficient power that can be delivered by an ICBM, the crater can explode. According to many experts, this will lead to disastrous consequences for the United States.
Both of these possibilities (mining the coast and hitting the volcano) were not used by the Soviet Union, because, first, the United States did not have weapons systems such as missile defense or BSU. Secondly, the security of the USSR was sufficiently ensured by the existing then SNF. Now the position of Russia is much worse. In the present situation, when Russia's geopolitical opponents have a huge military, technological, economic and demographic advantage, they are able to create weapons that can destroy the Russian strategic nuclear forces without the risk of receiving a nuclear missile response. As a result, Russia will lose state sovereignty.
To prevent this from happening, it is necessary, as Colonel-General Ivashov believes, to change Russia's national military strategy. And above all, we need to exploit the geophysical vulnerability of the United States.
First, to mine the oceans off the coast of the United States with several dozen nuclear mines. Such a prospect should deter the United States from any type of attack on Russia (nuclear missile, space, biological, etc.).
Secondly, in service it is necessary to have several heavy rockets with high-power nuclear charges capable of “driving” the Yellowstone volcano. The power of these nuclear charges with the desired accuracy is difficult to calculate, but it is obvious that the more powerful the charge, the higher the probability of a volcanic eruption. But it can be a charge in one megaton or 20 – 50 Mt. In the event of a United States attack on Russia, these missiles strike the crater of the Yellowstone volcano, which will cause unacceptable damage to the United States. Such heavy missiles are in service with the Russian army. This is the “Voevoda” and, moreover, the Sarmat rocket is being designed. These missiles must meet two conditions: to be able to overcome the missile defense system and to be reliably protected from the "Rapid global strike."
It is realistic to assume that the United States will be able to create effective missile and anti-submarine defense in the foreseeable future, which will allow them to eliminate 100% of Russian ICBMs at BSU. In this case, Russia will face a catastrophic situation after BSU: it will have zero ICBMs, and the US will have about 700 ICBMs, and they will present Russia with an ultimatum: completely surrender. If Russia is against this, the United States will begin methodically with impunity to destroy various Russian targets, including cities like Hiroshima. At the same time, an army armed with new weapons (T-50 fighters, tanks “Armata” and others) will not be able to defend Russia. One of the possible ways to protect against BSU in this case is to use several Voevoda rockets armed with 20-megaton nuclear charges with which they were armed in the USSR. In Russia there is the only Moscow region, which is protected by missile defense, under the protection of which these missiles can probably be deployed. In a few years, Sarmat missiles will be prepared; they also need protection from BSU.
Thirdly, in the North and East, it is advisable to create sea areas protected by the Northern and Pacific fleets for submarine missile carriers, which cannot be struck at BSU, which is unacceptable for the United States.
Mining the US coast, building heavy rockets and protecting them from BSU requires time and money. Currently, the fastest and cheapest way to protect several dozen SLBMs is to use the White Sea as a protected water area, ranging from 100 to 250 km, without bays, and 70 – 300 m depth (with visibility to 50 m), where from BSU hiding 2 – 3 bomber. For this, it is necessary to block the strait with a width of about 50 km, leading from the Barents Sea to the White Sea, from the ships and submarines of the enemy, and protect the airspace above the White Sea from various aircraft.
Protecting the Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces against a sudden nuclear attack should be the number one priority in the program of re-equipment of the domestic Armed Forces, otherwise Russia could lose its state sovereignty. It should be borne in mind that the United States is preparing not for a land, but for a nuclear missile war with Russia, which, in turn, is preparing for both land and nuclear wars. At the same time, Russia does not sufficiently take into account the danger of destroying the forces and means of domestic nuclear missile forces — rockets in mine and mobile ground launchers, etc. — in the “Fast Global Impact”, after which conventional armaments will prove useless to protect Russia.
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