Academician Ilkaev for RIA Novosti: Russian Navy needs to be re-equipped with tactical nuclear weapons

Honorary Scientific Director of the Sarov Nuclear Center Academician Radiy Ilkaev believes that Russian warships need to be re-equipped with tactical nuclear weapons, as it was in the days of the USSR. The scientist made such a statement at the opening ceremony of the monument to Admiral Vysotsky in Moscow. Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky was the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy from 2007 to 2012, he died on February 5, 2021 at the age of 67.

Ilkaev said that at one time he discussed this topic with Admiral Vysotsky, and he expressed his agreement with this point of view. The initiative requires a political decision by the country's leadership at the level of the Security Council.

We are a great maritime power and must have an appropriate fleet for protection. But to build such a fleet, you need 100 years, it is very expensive. In the meantime, it is necessary to protect by available means - to return tactical nuclear weapons, they are also in warehouses

academician said RIA News.

Ilkayev recalled that the decision to reduce nuclear weapons was taken by Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev in agreement with the United States. At the same time, the scientist believes, this agreement no longer has legal force and, in fact, is a "gentlemen's agreement" between the leaders of the two countries, one of which, moreover, has ceased to exist.

Many now say that our fleet is not as strong as it used to be. But if we return his protection .... But there is no official agreement. It's like a "gentlemen's agreement"

- the academician explained his position on this issue.

In the days of the USSR, missiles of various ranges with nuclear warheads were available both on submarines and on surface ships. They were constantly on duty in the waters of the entire oceans. After Gorbachev's agreements with the Americans, part of the tactical missiles were dismantled from the ships of the Russian fleet. Now the Russian Navy has only strategic submarine missile carriers, in the arsenal of which there are ballistic missiles, some of which can carry nuclear warheads. There are no tactical nuclear weapons on surface ships of the Russian Navy.

The US Navy also possesses nuclear weapons placed on submarines. There is currently an active discussion in the United States about the need to restart the project to create a sea-launched cruise missile with a nuclear warhead (SLCM-N), which is planned to be deployed on surface ships. Some representatives of the military leadership believe that the program should be continued, especially against the backdrop of aggravated relations with Russia and China. Their opponents propose to invest in other, more promising types of weapons, in particular, hypersonic missiles.

Comments

[The black]

At a minimum, we must be ready to install it as soon as possible, if necessary.

[mojohed2012]

Against the backdrop of provocations by British reconnaissance aircraft, shelling of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, US permission to bomb Crimea with its weapons, it is urgently necessary today to equip all ships of the Russian Navy with significant ammunition, to put missiles with TNW warheads in the BC of each OTRK of the RF Armed Forces.
Strengthen the training of troops not involved in / on the direction of protecting against radiation, chemical and bacteriological weapons.
And, finally, There in Moscow! Well, give us an order to prepare the old ones (repair, re-equip, supply with food and supplies) and build new anti-nuclear / radiation bomb shelters in cities and other settlements. The world is heading towards an inevitable nuclear conflict, and a loud statement from the United States - to allow them to bomb Crimea with weapons, to bomb the Zaporizhzhya NPP brings us even closer to a nuclear exchange. And it is necessary to increase concern for the survival of Russians after such an exchange. This is no longer a fairy tale and not nostalgia for the tensions during the years of the USSR - this is obvious!

[antivirus]

Aot and came to "allow the sergeant to call artillery fire without lengthy approvals through headquarters.
Here also - my ship, my missiles, with apples ... Cap 2 is the master of the world.

[1Alexey]

The article is crazy, starting with the title!

The Russian Navy needs to be re-equipped with tactical nuclear weapons

The Russian Navy has tactical nuclear weapons, but so far only in the submarine fleet.
Of course, I think it should also equip the surface fleet with them (especially since the term of the agreement on the procedures for checking the presence of nuclear warheads on surface ships of the Russian Federation and the United States has expired and such checks have not been carried out for a long time), but the article says that how as if there are no tactical nuclear weapons in the entire Navy.

Now the Russian Navy has only strategic submarine missile carriers, in the arsenal of which there are ballistic missiles, some of which can carry nuclear warheads.

Another nonsense! In the Navy, not a part, but all ICBMs carry nuclear warheads (we do not have ICBMs without nuclear warheads in the Navy).

At the same time, multi-purpose nuclear submarines are armed with cruise missiles, including those with nuclear warheads.
It is also possible that diesel-electric submarines are armed with Caliber, some of which have nuclear warheads (it was not for nothing that Putin said that Calibers can carry nuclear warheads).

[Pavel73]

I don't get it, is this a joke? Are there NO tactical nuclear weapons on our ships? Does this mean that NATO can wipe our fleet into dust at any moment, and we have nothing to answer with?

[poquello]

Quote: Pavel73

we have nothing to answer?

zircons

[Tomcat_Tomcat]

Quote: Pavel73

I don't get it, is this a joke? Are there NO tactical nuclear weapons on our ships?

No, it's not a joke. Then Misha agreed with Reagan that both we and they were removing tactical nuclear weapons from their surface ships. And soon the "Grenades" and torpedoes with special warheads disappeared from the ship's ammunition. And, in theory, since then, the Yankees should also go without it. Gentlemen are taken at their word.

It was a "wonderful" time then, have you forgotten?

[Zaurbek]

I think it's a matter of warheads for anti-ship missiles, which are put on nuclear submarines and cruisers to defeat the AUG. P800 (it seems) carriers like the late Moscow and Kursk ... (by the way, minus two carriers).
Otherwise, our fleet (like the Soviet one) cannot particularly threaten land. Our coastal mosquito fleet - the carrier of the CD does not count yet. He is anti-ES.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

What jokes are there! Mikhail Sergeevich did so much work then that every sneeze made his hair stand on end. What is worth one of his "useful" decision to ban the consideration of anonymous appeals, is still hiccuping.
His followers here and now are full. Try to write that the ships need powerful 152-mm guns capable of carrying nuclear-filled shells.

[1Alexey]

Quote: Pavel73

I don't get it, is this a joke? Are there NO tactical nuclear weapons on our ships? Does this mean that NATO can wipe our fleet into dust at any moment, and we have nothing to answer with?

Firstly, not the entire fleet, but only the surface (the author of the article simply wrote incorrectly), the submarine fleet is armed with tactical nuclear weapons.

Secondly, we must remember that "a double-edged sword": if we install tactical nuclear weapons on surface ships, then NATO will do the same.

Another thing is that in fact there was not just a "gentlemen's agreement", but an official agreement was signed providing for mutual checks of US and Russian surface ships for the presence of nuclear weapons. But the term of the agreement on mutual inspections of surface ships has long expired, and therefore these inspections have not been carried out for a long time!
Therefore, we now do not know if there are nuclear weapons on NATO ships, and therefore we can place them on our surface ships (no one will be able to check anyway).

[tralflot1832]

I’m bald, an academician, of course, I’m not among the people who know what is on board the ship of the Russian Navy.

[Raven 95]

The academician is a forced person. He was told to say so - he said.
Over the ocean heard.

[Stepan S]

The academician is already 83 years old and he is already freer than all the free and can even express his thoughts aloud. And you come to him with your "standard of bondage"

[TEX-50]

And what should this change if a KR Moscow-type bomb carrier can be sunk down like that even in a theater of operations, where the US Navy is practically not present? Should everyone be afraid at once? So no one is particularly afraid, judging by the news over the past day.

[Pavel73]

Moscow was where he was not fucking needed and extremely vulnerable. His place is the ocean. And not a body of water of limited size, which is shot through by coastal missile systems, aircraft and drones. In fact, the story with the cruiser Varyag was repeated. Which was also located where he was fucking not needed.

[TEX-50]

In the ocean, where the US Navy is present, he would have drowned in the same way, only faster, because. there is still stuffed with virginias and moose. Everything has been clear for several months now.

It's about TNW. The Yankees just want the Russian Federation to use it. Then they will have a completely non-zero probability of consolidating the whole world around them against the "nuclear terrorist", with the latter turning into one big DPRK. With the help of propaganda, bribery, forceful pressure on all world players.

[Zaurbek]

Speech from tactical nuclear weapons (warheads for anti-ship missiles Granit) and X-22 (X32)

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

It depends where it arrives. If it is an American destroyer or an aircraft carrier, then the whole world will applaud while standing.

[TEX-50]

If it arrives on an American destroyer, a trident will arrive in Moscow in 20-30 minutes (taking into account the preparation time for SSBNs). Or in 10-15 minutes, if the SSBN will be in the highest degree of readiness by this moment.

Therefore, it will not fly by the American destroyer.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

Are you one of the associates of Mikhail Sergeevich?

[Pavel73]

Would drown, yes. Only this would mean a war already between Russia and the United States. With quite predictable consequences. There are not so many debility mongrels in the ocean that could be snared.

[TEX-50]

Very doubtful. Some who said at the beginning that just let them poke their noses. Well, that's how they screwed up. Intelligence, target designation, guidance, the supply of weapons of all kinds, as well as rumored Western operators on the Highmars. silence in response.

And then there was a warship and suddenly it blew up. And go prove whose boat fired the torpedo. All this is empty. Everything is already visible and generally understandable.

[Pavel73]

And in response, the entire Internet between the western and eastern hemispheres suddenly cut off by itself. It doesn't seem like much either. There is a proverb "If you live in a glass house - do not throw stones!". The Western-style global world is even more vulnerable than the Moscow cruiser.

[TEX-50]

Watch cartoons less. Nothing will be cut off anywhere, because. first of all, it will hit the Russian Federation, such a knight's move.

Already in the air it smells like an agreement.

[Pavel73]

It will hit everyone. But it will hit those who are more tied to it more. All the global power of the Anglo-Saxons rests on thin strands of fiber-optic transoceanic cables and satellite high-speed data transmission channels. It is enough to chop and chop at least part of these channels, and their globalism will come to a complete tryndets. Even without a single shot on their territory. These will already be the last nails in the coffin of earthly civilization. And they understand this very well. That's why it smelled like a deal.

[TEX-50]

Here, too, everything rests on high-speed data transmission. Personally, while carefully watching the whole movement, I don’t really believe in all these prodigies like loshariks and their capabilities, especially knowing how many submarines NATO has in service and the state of our fleet. Cutting such a cable is associated with a huge risk of losing a special carrier, of which there are two and a half. The cable will be much easier, cheaper and faster to restore.

All this is empty, but for the uryakalok it will do.

[Pavel73]

And here you don’t need any special prodigies. It is enough to strike a nuclear warhead at the place where the cable is laid. Willing to restore. And our data transfer goes mainly on our own territory. Hit? Rebound!

[TEX-50]

This is what they are waiting for. The cable will be restored in a week, and the Russian Federation will become a total pariah like the DPRK. That is why this is unlikely to happen.

Yes, in general, what a blow, do not make me laugh. For three months now, they have been hitting "decision-making centers" with tongues. Under the warehouses taking off into the air and shelling of border areas.

Nobody is interested in such an ending. our elite prefers to store and spend money in the West. The children are all there, assets, real estate. So don't fool yourself.

[Pavel73]

Elite, children, real estate in the West ... If it were so, no one would utter a word here. Yes, the West tried to create just such a system in our country. To keep the entire elite by the throat, and so that we walk on our hind legs in front of the Anglo-Saxons, like all of Europe. It was only with the beginning of the SVO that it became clear that our leaders either do not have anything there, or maybe they do, but they are ready to sacrifice it. And "decision-making centers" is already an extreme measure. Because London. All the globalist riffraff has settled there.

[TEX-50]

Well, of course, the expected excuses began: "This is an extreme measure." If this is true and everyone knows about it, including you, then why shake the air over 100500 Chinese warnings?

With the beginning of the SVo, nothing that you imagined for yourself there became clear. It became clear that everyone related to our elite and who had assets abroad had their assets frozen or taken away. Including the FNB, by the way, which, for some incomprehensible hell, was also located there.

Leave these childhood fantasies of yours, no one will strike any nuclear warheads. Bargaining is for the terms of the contract. Just bargaining, like in the market. the development paradigm will be either Western, or, if they do not agree, the DPRK-Iranian, i.e. completely dead end.

[Pavel73]

Bargaining without arguments does not happen. And serious bargaining - without serious arguments.

[TEX-50]

Why this demagogy? The arguments on both sides are serious. But the West has more forces, and much more.

[Pavel73]

The more forces the West has, the more vulnerable it is in the event of a big mess. It is for this reason that the Nazis, even standing on the verge of complete collapse in 1945, did not dare to use the latest chemical weapons. They knew that the opponents would survive this, but Germany would come to a complete end. Once again: the Anglo-Saxons are trying to build a global world order under their rule. This is a giant concentration camp on a planetary scale. There is only one catch: they will not be able to keep this power without a global data network. And it can be brought down without striking their territory, and without even touching a single person with a finger. Yes, of course, neither England nor the United States will collapse from this, of course. But the whole system of world power they are building will be thrown back into the 19th century. Which is tantamount to losing her. After all, our Nudol was not accidentally demonstrated.

[TEX-50]

Do me a favor, spare me your kindergartener nonsense.

[Pavel73]

Mutually. Especially about our elite, "who have children and villas."

[rocket757]

Academician Ilkaev for RIA Novosti: Russian Navy needs to be re-equipped with tactical nuclear weapons

This is more than a big step...

[ISKANDER_61]

Up to the humpbacked with the Yeltsin were ready.

[mongolian9999]

There is no need, at the moment, for tactical nuclear weapons on ships. Weapons are needed only by those who are ready to use them. Judging by recent events, we are not ready to apply it. And carrying a nuclear calabaha with you without the right to use it by the decision of the commander of the ship alone is nonsense.
Suppose a missile boat collided with an AUG, all of whose actions are identical to the attack. The commander does not have time for the president's demand "... but let me resolve them ..." and there is no order for an independent decision. Then why?

[Tektor]

The presence of nuclear weapons on board the boat will make its commander think three times about a stupid rapprochement with the AUG. And he won't be in that position. And commanders will gain experience...

[mongolian9999]

Rapprochement may occur not at the request of the commander of the boat. But the presence of weapons without the possibility of their use is very demoralizing.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

This is when the presence of weapons demoralized?

[mongolian9999]

When in 2000 we were forbidden to mine approaches to checkpoints and places of deployment. Namely, General Belov (or Belyaev) when he was the commandant of one settlement. And ours died. Who knows about the undermining of intelligence on the road to Gekhi, on the day Kursk sank? And we remember. And we remember when they held us by the straps. So having a weapon without the possibility of using it is very demoralizing.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

And on the basis of personal experiences and prejudices, do you propose to leave the fleet unarmed? Wow, position!

[mongolian9999]

Unusually flat thinking! Wrote a large reasoned post and did not post. You don't need him. You should be pissed off. I remain with my opinion. It is necessary to be able to place a nuclear weapon on any carrier. Placing and shaking them all over the world is premature. It will be much more effective to shoot down Poseidon over neutral waters from an air defense missile system, squeezed from Ukraine from a Ukrainian trough, blown into the sea by a storm, than to wind apples around the world.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

But the trouble is, when nuclear weapons are needed, you will not have time to deploy them. For example, in order to be able to fire 152-mm nuclear-filled shells, this very cannon must first be placed on ships. And these guns are no longer on any ship.
And do not hesitate, the captains of large warships put people with a stable psyche, who have tactical nuclear weapons on board, will not cause decadent emotions.

[_Engineer_]

Quote: Pavel73

Moscow was where he was not fucking needed and extremely vulnerable. His place is the ocean. And not a body of water of limited size, which is shot through by coastal missile systems, aircraft and drones. In fact, the story with the cruiser Varyag was repeated. Which was also located where he was fucking not needed.

Atnyut, the Varyag cruiser performed postal functions and was located exactly where it was supposed to be. It's just that the situation with the Varyag is a PR inflated by journalists, with a very dubious "feat", which is difficult to call a feat. Here, the feat of the crew of the cruiser "Rurik" of the Far Eastern squadron does not raise questions, but for some reason no one composes songs about this!

[mongolian9999]

As well as the feat of the Emerald and Aurora.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

What happened to the Emerald and Aurora was not called a feat, no need to lie.

[mongolian9999]

I, unlike you, do not need someone to call me something. The Emerald team accomplished a feat by being able to fulfill the order "to follow to Vladivostok".

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

Already the feat of "Varyag" is not a feat for you, but a PR inflated by journalists. You repeat, I have already seen this in Perestroika. To complete the picture, recall Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya.

[megadeth]

One of the few sensible proposals in recent times. In the Donbass, the SVO (war) is in full swing, the rest of the RF Armed Forces should be in readiness ... ____ ,,,, to use nuclear weapons from all carriers immediately ... IMHO

[iouris]

What lies in the warehouse must first be tested.

[Sergey Aleksandrovich]

The situation is such that it is high time to produce something new.

[George Miloslavsky]

It is absolutely necessary, and that, near one island, the ships carry constant duty, let the British get nervous.

[Tektor]

I would listen to the opinion of Vysotsky: in a special period, it is necessary to strengthen the fleet, increase its capabilities.

[Aleksey80]

Radiy Ilkaev, you are an insane academician! great learning drives you insane.

[ivan2022]

Quote: Aleksey80

Radiy Ilkaev, you are an insane academician! great learning drives you insane.

Vodka drives you crazy 99% of the time.

The academician simply understands that in Russia they almost always "put" on the opinion of academicians ..... Everything is decided either by an "effective manager" or a blockhead - a "boot" .. And the academician makes good use of it. For self-PR.