The United States has nothing to oppose the strategic nuclear forces of the Russian Federation.
Photo: Vladimir VELENGURIN
Characteristic changes are taking place in the theater of military operations in the Northern Military District zone. Russian troops occupy new positions. The commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and their supreme commander are going to go on a long winter defense. kyiv’s statements increasingly lack logic. They are panicked.
We talked about this on Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda with Reserve Colonel Vladimir Trukhan, a former employee of the Central Office of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
APU FAILURE
– Budanov, the head of Ukrainian intelligence, at the beginning of the kyiv counteroffensive announced a land corridor to Crimea at the beginning of winter.
– It seemed that this “genius of military intelligence” was given a good map, he took some scissors and cut something. I don’t know if I pinched anything. The Ukrainian Armed Forces moved from a passive offensive to an active defense. And along the way they carried out a “rock offensive along the front line”, achieving a “breakthrough” in military science.
– There was a lot of informational noise.
– It’s time to answer for the “noise”. Since spring 2023, statements have been heard from kyiv that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will reduce Russian defenses. And kyiv will “liberate” Crimea. Winter has arrived. Zelensky said it was “easier for him to return Crimea than Donbass.”
– He said “come back mentally.”
“It is rare that a narcologist can cope with his mental search.” What is the result in the real world?
– And?
– During the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reported by the world media, Russian troops liberated more territories than the Ukrainians “recaptured.” The Ukrainian Armed Forces have not achieved any real results on the battlefield. They have nothing to show, although they were given money, tanks, shells and intelligence information, including satellite information. It’s time to ask for cash.
– But the Ukrainian army continues to fight…
– If they resist, does that mean they are fighting successfully? No. This means that the Russian army fights at its own pace. SVO for us is one of the most important tasks, but not the only one, in life.
CORRECTION ERROR
– What mistakes from the past do we have to correct?
– Strengthen radar control of the entire space. He was almost killed in the 1990s. In the USSR there were 950 radar companies. And about a hundred battalions of radio engineers, with battalion decimeter stations. More than one hundred thousand personnel, radiotechnical troops, who ensured total control of the radar space. Well, when they dropped the drone thing, remember?
– Was that really the case?
-You think in short categories. We are approaching the special operation at the peak of combat readiness. But yes, unmanned structures were actively reduced and in the 1990s this area was killed. There wasn’t enough money for this. Then they relived it long and painfully.
– And now that?
– On a fairly low basis, Russia has done a lot in this area.
– And also?
– We have recreated the advance artillery divisions. This is the concentration of artillery fire in the advancing areas of the front. Reconnaissance and assault brigades are also being created.
– Weren’t they there?
– No. And how to complete them? What should we give them for weapons and supplies? This becomes clear during combat experience. Assault units are successfully developing tactics. We are already deploying marine brigades in the division. We are converting divisions, which were reduced in the early 2010s, into brigades.
– Has it been many years since we considered the Ukrainian leadership threatening?
– No, in the early 2010s they cut everything there. Including the 20th Army. It is being recreated. The strategic direction of the Northwest has come out of a coma. The Navy is rearming. Many processes develop in the context of the analysis of the events of the last two years.
– Did it start with Gorbachev’s reforms?
– Yes, at that time “we didn’t want to fight with anyone.” They thought that large-scale hostilities would not occur. But only small operations, like the one in Georgia, are possible.
THE LAST CONFRESHMENT
– The other day, Biden announced his ability to blow up the entire world.
– The United States is not capable of using nuclear weapons effectively. Now the structure of nuclear arsenals is such that Americans are afraid to even think about using nuclear weapons.
– Because?
– In 2014 it became clear that we were entering the path of direct confrontation. And one of its elements will be Ukraine. This could be seen in the actions of the Ukrainian government.
-How did rearmament begin?
– Of the strategic nuclear triad. The modernization of production of the Tu-160 strategic aircraft carriers resumed. The Navy took power. And for the first time there was talk of weapons “based on new physical principles.”
– Has Russia taken its strategic nuclear deterrent forces to a new level?
– Yes. And they are qualitatively superior to any other country in the world. The USSR did not have that advantage. And American nuclear forces have degraded since the 1990s. The United States declared itself the winner of the Cold War; So why would they spend money keeping these nuclear payloads in a state of readiness? As a result, now, in general, the United States has nothing to oppose Russian strategic nuclear forces.
– Does this save us from the conflict with NATO?
– Including. The United States has bad geology. If they bomb the Yellowstone Caldera, the whole world won’t like it. Any natural disaster is more powerful than one caused by man.
WHO IS STRONGER
– Is the Russian army today stronger than the Soviet army?
– In the strategic nuclear component – yes. In other respects, the comparison is meaningless.
– Because?
– The strategic paradigm has changed. Our country was at its peak of power in the late 1970s and 1980s.
– And then?
– With the arrival of Gorbachev the degradation began. Although back then there was its own technological culture. Army General Moiseev said: I had up to 11 million under my command under the condition of the Warsaw Pact Organization. And in terms of strategic nuclear forces, the USSR had a balance with the United States. But we were not at the pinnacle of excellence.
– Like now?
– Yeah.
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