American press: US missile defense can not counter Russian nuclear weapons
27 January The American edition of The Inquisitr published a curious article entitled World War 3: Our Nuclear Weapons Upgraded, US Missile Defense Can't Stop Them, Claim Russians (“Third World: Russian Nuclear weapon updated, and the US missile defense can not counteract it "). The author of the publication tried to consider the latest events in Russia concerning the renewal of strategic nuclear forces.
According to an employee of the publication The Inquisitr, the United States and Russia continue to add fuel to the fire of fears of the Third World War. So, now the Russian deputy prime minister claims that in the event of a full-scale conflict with the exchange of nuclear missile strikes, the American missile defense system will be powerless and will not be able to prevent the delivery of warheads to targets.
The publication recalls that the United States naval forces, together with several companies, are currently testing a prototype of the so-called rail gun. A few years later, a promising weapons system should receive a new shell, which will bring down cruise missiles during the flight. At the same time, Russia is increasing the pace and volume of construction of new submarines for its fleet. The laying of five submarines is planned for 2015 at a time, while the United States intends to withdraw two submarines from the fleet by the end of the year.
In addition, Russia has some developments in the modernization of strategic nuclear forces. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees the defense industry in general and nuclear missile projects in particular, recently spoke about new developments. On the air of the Russia 1 channel, D. Rogozin said that Russian specialists had made a technical breakthrough that would allow overcoming the enemy’s anti-missile defense.
Unfortunately, the aforementioned development is still secret, which is why the Deputy Prime Minister refused to disclose any details. Nevertheless, he noted that the conducted studies show high characteristics of the proposed solution. The existing or prospective US missile defense systems will not be able to effectively counteract Russia's renewable strategic nuclear forces. The publication The Inquisitr believes that new developments can cause changes in the "rules of the game."
However, there is an alternative view. As an example of such views on the situation, the American edition cites the words of the former head of the Main Directorate of International Military Cooperation of the Russian Defense Ministry, Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov, according to whom the probability of the start of the Third World War was rather large. At the same time, the situation allowed an analysis of the current state of Russia's strategic nuclear forces. According to L. Ivashov, the attempt of the Russian armed forces to carry out a preventive nuclear missile strike was to end in failure. An argument in favor of this version is the grouping of American ships equipped with the Aegis BIUS.
L. Ivashov summarizes: the United States intends to destroy Russian missiles in the upper stage of the trajectory. After this, ships with the Aegis system and interceptor missiles must eliminate the missile warheads that managed to pass the upper stage. Americans are doing everything possible to reduce the potential of Russian missiles and reduce the possible damage from their attacks.
The Inquisitr publication also recalls the statements made by D. Rogozin, which he made during his service as the Permanent Representative of Russia to NATO (2008-2011 years). Then the official regularly reminded that the United States missile defense system under construction was a direct threat to the security of Russia. Official Washington has consistently justified its work by saying that the European countries of NATO need a means of protection against Iranian missiles. As a result, the work did not stop. Both land and sea missile defense components developed.
The recent annexation of Crimea to Russia and the current Ukrainian crisis have changed the situation in the international arena. Some US congressmen claim that the Russian armed forces have already deployed nuclear weapons in the Crimea. In addition, the recent actions of the Russian authorities are recommended to be regarded as the “beginning of the invasion”. In response, it is proposed to prepare bases for the deployment of “dual-use” aircraft, as well as to deploy nuclear weapons in advanced areas.
The Inquisitr publication mentions that some representatives of the US authorities are already proposing to the military department to consider the possibility of deploying land-based cruise missiles in Europe.
The World War 3 article we have reviewed: Russia's Nuclear Weapons Upgraded, US Missile Defense Can't Stop Them, Claim Russians is of particular interest in the context of a hypothetical transition of relations between the two countries from political confrontation to real conflict. The United States and Russia have powerful strategic nuclear forces, and also have some anti-missile systems. Thus, both countries pose a serious threat to each other.
Nevertheless, the Russian and American military are trying to maintain the existing parity or to increase their capabilities by asymmetric methods. The United States has high hopes for a missile defense system consisting of several components of different bases, and Russia intends to respond to the appearance of missile defense with the development and introduction of new means to overcome it.
A few days ago, Russian Deputy Prime Minister D. Rogozin spoke about the existence of new developments in the area of overcoming existing and prospective missile defense systems. The details of this project are still secret, but there is every reason to believe that such a development can have a big impact on the existing situation in the field of strategic weapons.
The development of strategic nuclear forces and countermeasures continues against the background of the Ukrainian crisis and international disputes around the Crimea. In particular, all this translates into proposals unfriendly or even aggressive. For example, NATO is already planning to strengthen the grouping of its troops in Eastern Europe through the creation of new rapid reaction forces. In addition, it is proposed to place in European countries new weapons, including nuclear ones.
Thus, the actions of the two sides, undertaken recently and planned for the near future, may have very different consequences. They are quite capable of leading to a new Cold War like the one that was in the second half of the last century. Despite the risks associated with such a development of events, potential participants in the confrontation continue to defend their interests, not being afraid to quarrel with each other. As a result, the United States continues to build missile defense systems in Eastern Europe, NATO is strengthening its forces in this area, and Russia is forced to respond with a reform of the armed forces and the creation of new systems capable of withstanding the latest foreign developments.
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http://inquisitr.com/1791291/world-war-3-russias-nuclear-weapons-upgraded-cannot-be-stopped-by-u-s-missile-defense-claims-russians/
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