According to reporters, overt or veiled threats to the use of nuclear weapons from the Russian Federation could lead to a demonstration strike. There are three possible scenarios: an explosion under water, over water or on the island of snakes, writes the Ukrainian Focus, quoted by “Blitz”.
Failures in the war in Ukraine have put Russia in a corner, and Western officials fear the Kremlin may resort to a nuclear attack to showdown out of desperation, The Sun reports.
The day before, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace traveled to Washington to discuss the current crisis, fearing that Putin may have already raised his hand to the red button.
There are fears that Putin could use the Black Sea as a nuclear weapons test site, despite the sea washing the coasts of several NATO countries, as well as Ukraine and Georgia.
The missile can fly to a remote area before detonation and explode there, in what could be the first nuclear test in 30 years. The last time nuclear tests were carried out on the territory of the former Soviet Union on October 24, 1990.
For this, Iskander missiles or “Sarmat” (Satan-2) ICBMs can be used.
Submarines can also carry nuclear weapons.
As a nuclear test site, Russia can use Snake Island, which has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance.
The scenario in which a nuclear drone would be used seems less realistic. At the same time, Putin showed off his massive Belgorod submarine, the largest in his arsenal, which can be equipped with eight Poseidon nuclear-powered drones.
For a demonstration nuclear attack, cruise missiles could be used, which were already used in the war in Ukraine.
Russia could also test a nuclear weapon by launching a nuclear cruise missile from a fighter jet.
Kh-55SM missiles can be nuclear, they are attached to strategic bombers such as Tu-95 Medved and Tu-160 Black Jack.
According to some estimates, the maximum power of such a weapon is 200 kilotons, which is 13 times the power of the bomb that the United States dropped on Hiroshima.
Of the other nuclear cruise missiles, Putin has a Kh-47M2 “Dagger” hypersonic missile, non-nuclear versions of this missile have already been used in Ukraine.
Professor Viorel Badescu, a physicist and engineer from the University of Bucharest, sees no logic in a demonstrative nuclear attack in the Black Sea.
“Two different phenomena can be observed simultaneously affecting coastal regions due to a nuclear explosion. Firstly, the sea trench can become a source of tsunamis. Secondly, the gas released into the atmosphere is denser than the air and settles at a slower rate than water falls, resulting in a “cloud” of gas forming on the surface of the sea, “he explained.
In addition, the peculiarity of the Black Sea is that its deep waters are saturated with hydrogen sulfide, dangerous to humans, the release of which can cause a strong explosion.
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Focus previously reported that, according to military analyst Ben Hodges, Kremlin officials must “take the Russian president off the red button” if they have any hope of a post-Putin life and a return to normal.
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