A possible nuclear war has become the focus of conversations and discussions in all political circles, especially after the recent developments on the Russian-Ukrainian arena and after Threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using its nuclear weapons.
President Putin’s threats have alarmed millions of people around the world, while some experts and analysts have described them as a “hoax”, a desperate attempt by Putin to intimidate his opponents after his forces suffered heavy losses in Ukraine.
In this context, the Daily Beast reported: Daily beast To a number of experts on their predictions What will happen if Putin decides to resort to nuclear weapons?.
Vitaly Fedchenko, a nuclear protection expert from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute and senior researcher in strategic weapons technology and nuclear energy, said Putin has three scenarios for using his 6,000 nuclear warheads.
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first scenario
The first scenario is that Russia detonates a small nuclear weapon high above Ukraine, causing an electromagnetic pulse that could reach Kiev and other European countries.
An electromagnetic pulse is a weapon designed to disable electronic devices; It interferes with these devices and their operating systems causing damage and damage to them.
And if small nuclear weapons explode at high altitudes, they can cause a strong electromagnetic pulse, enough to disable electronic devices located miles away from the blast site.
second scenario
The second way is to carry out nuclear explosions at low altitudes, to kill tens of thousands of Ukrainians; But it won’t affect those in neighboring countries.
Third Scenario
The third path is the implementation of the so-called “surface nuclear explosion” or terrestrial. This explosion occurs above the surface of the earth, during which radioactive materials are transmitted through wind and dust to various regions and countries, which can lead to the extermination of millions of people and the destruction of structures.
Most Russian nuclear weapons are missiles that can be aimed at long-range targets. These are the weapons commonly associated with nuclear warfare.
There are also a number of smaller and less destructive nuclear weapons that target short-range targets on the battlefield or at sea.
‘Putin does not betray’
This is what US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Russian President Vladimir Putin may not be cheating In his threats to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
Austin said in an interview with CNN on Sunday evening: “There are no controls regulating Putin’s actions and actions. He has made an irresponsible decision to invade Ukraine, he can make any other decision.”
Austin described Putin’s threats as “irresponsible”, stressing that “we shouldn’t hear these kinds of threats from the leaders of large countries with high capabilities.”
Putin was accused last week of “using nuclear weapons” after threatening to use Russia’s nuclear arsenal to protect annexed Ukrainian territory after illegal referendums.
White House officials are investigating ways to respond to Putin’s threats, including … Russia is isolated from the world economyor a military response, according to the New York Times, but the most likely response is a counterattack by Ukrainian forces using conventional weapons supplied by the West.
According to US officials, Putin is likely not going to use nuclear weapons immediately, but officials have suggested that Russia will launch a cyber sabotage campaign across Europe, targeting senior officials in Ukraine or hitting Kiev’s infrastructure.
The goal of Putin’s nuclear threat could be to scare the West into rethinking its support for Ukraine, or to force Kiev to negotiate from a weak position.
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