Vladimir Putin has placed the Satan II intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on “combat duty” which can carry 16 nuclear warheads and has a range of 11,000 miles.
This comes after Putin approved a new nuclear doctrine which implies a nuclear strike could happen if there is “aggression against the Russian Federation and its allies by a non-nuclear state with the support of a nuclear state” using massive aerial non-nuclear attacks such as using drones.
Putin will now consider aggression by a non-nuclear state as a joint attack by the West if it is supported and the strike has been with the participation of a nuclear armed country.
Putin has said that Russia does not need a preventative strike in their nuclear deterrence policy “because, in a retaliatory strike, the enemy will be guaranteed to be destroyed.
Russian Strategic Missile Forces Commander, Colonel General Sergey Karakaye said on Wednesday, “As of today, fifth-generation Yars and Avangard missile systems have been introduced in the Strategic Missile Forces.
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“Work continues on placing the newest silo-based Sarmat missile system with a liquid-fueled super-heavy missile on combat duty.”
On Tuesday the Kremlin said they are preparing “response actions” against Ukraine after they fired US made and supplied long-range missiles inside Russia.
The Kremlin has warned Kyiv on Tuesday they are preparing a “response action” after Monday’s attack using Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS).
The Russian Defence Ministry said that on Saturday Ukrainian forces launched ATACMS in Lotaryovka, 37km northwest of Kursk.
The ministry said, “According to confirmed data, over the past three days, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have carried out two strikes with long-range Western weapons on targets in the Kursk region.”
They said that “two reached their target” and people were hurt after a Russian radar was hit.
On Monday Ukraine “launched another strike with eight ATACMS… on the Kursk-Vostochny airfield,” the Russian Defence Ministry added.
They warned, “The Russian ministry of defence is monitoring the situation, and response actions are being prepared.”
