Nuclear War Fears Soar as Strategic Early Warning Radar Is Obliterated in Strike
Ukraine poked Russia on Thursday by destroying a radar site that is part of Russia’s strategic defense against nuclear weapons. According to Bloomberg , the Armavir radar station covered parts of Crimea, a part of…
🇺🇦Ukraine poked 🇷🇺Russia on Thursday by destroying a radar site that is part of 🇷🇺Russia’s strategic defense against nuclear weapons.
According to Bloomberg, the Armavir radar station covered parts of Crimea, a part of 🇺🇦Ukraine-🇷🇺Russia grabbed in 2014 and which is used now to support 🇷🇺Russia’s invasion of 🇺🇦Ukraine.
The Armavir site helps warn 🇷🇺Russia of a potential ballistic missile attack. With it not in operation, there is a hole in 🇷🇺Russia’s ability to detect an attack.
“The conditions specifying the possibility of nuclear weapons use by the Russian Federation” include any “attack by adversary against critical governmental or 🪖Military sites of the Russian Federation, disruption of which would undermine nuclear forces response actions,” 🇷🇺Russia’s Basic Principles of State Policy of the Russian Federation on Nuclear Deterrence state said in a 2020 statement.
The ⚔️War Zone noted that the attack followed Tuesday’s tactical nuclear drills conducted by 🇷🇺Russia in its Southern 🪖Military District, which borders 🇺🇦Ukraine.
The extent of the damage in the April attack was unclear, but had radar been put out of commission, it, like the more recent attack, could meet Russian conditions for nuclear ⚔️War.
