Russia deploys nuclear-armed ships for first time in 30 years, report says
(Feb 15th, 2023)
"The risk of a nuclear escalation on Russia’s borders with NATO countries continues to rise. With its army worn down by the offensive in Ukraine, Moscow has withdrawn troops from the area and replaced them with tactical nuclear weapons on its Northern Fleet ships for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, according to Norwegian military intelligence."
Oslo fears that the presence of these warheads poses “a particularly serious threat in various scenarios that may involve countries of the Atlantic Alliance,” since mutual mistrust “has raised the possibility of unwanted events and misunderstandings between Russia and NATO.”
isn't a test.
(I just get so tired of hearing about how the Russians dont have missiles but somehow seem to just keep on firing them etc. Or their army is "worn down". This isn't the regular Russian army, it's the Wagner group, prisoners, conscripts, Chechens, mercenaries from around the globe, militias etc...These people know all of this...).
"The Norwegian Defense Ministry’s annual report, Fokus 2023, confirms that a central part of Russia’s nuclear capability has been deployed on the surface ships and submarines of the Northern Fleet. According to the Norwegian media, the last time that warships armed with nuclear weapons departed from the Arctic port of Severomorsk was back in the golden age of the Russian navy, during the Cold War."
"The report warns that nobody should rule out the possibility that “a local war could turn into a larger conflict” directly involving Russia, the US and NATO. According to this information, Russia had planned the complete occupation of Ukraine and its ambition was to seize as much intact infrastructure as possible."
Make more sense why they are just lobbing precision munitions from stand away defenses now?
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