Posted on 10/20/2022 9:57:48 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Mystery surrounds Russian nuclear tests that were expected to take this week and never materialised, amid claims they are being 'disrupted' from within.
Moscow typically carries out large-scale atomic drills dubbed 'Grom' at this time of year and in recent days had issued a number of airspace alerts over its usual testing grounds - heavily suggesting they would be going ahead.
But the US says it has received no alert from Moscow about any upcoming tests and there has been no official word from the Kremlin explaining their absence, with the air alerts due to expire Saturday.
That has led one prominent Russian academic to speculate that Russian top brass have been 'sabotaging' the nuclear tests - either because they fear Putin trying to use the weapons in Ukraine, or because they don't work.
Varlery Solovey, an expert on Putin and former professor at Moscow's prestigious Institute of International Relations, claimed that two tests were supposed to have taken place by now.
One warhead was supposed to have been detonated under the Barents Sea and the second was supposed to have been blown up at an underground test site at Arkhangelsk, which sits on the White Sea, he claimed.
'Both times the tests were not held,' he said. The president got reports that there was an emergency situation, that it didn't work out.'
Solovey added: 'Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence.
'But…if the third time tests end the same way, with nothing, [it will look like] sabotage... not fulfilling….the orders of the chief commander….'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
The whole point of HAVING NUCLEAR WEAPONS IS SO YOU WON’T HAVE TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS........................
How many superyachts does 20 years’ maintenance on a Russian nuclear missile wing pay for?
If Europe starts to doubt if Putin really has any nuclear weapons available for use, they might take action. There is practically nothing between Latvia and Moscow - all the Russian troops are down in the Ukraine.
I don’t think it will happen, but I’ll bet the thought has crossed Putin’s mind.
Too funny.
“The whole point of HAVING NUCLEAR WEAPONS IS SO YOU WON’T HAVE TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS........................”
That’s the purpose of MAD. The world is not going to rid itself of nuclear weapons; thus, the next best alternative is the policy of MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction), wherein anyone who initiates such use can expect to get hit itself.
MAD has worked well for decades.
2019 Russian Nuke Test Failure Flashback:
Russia admits new weapon blew up in deadly nuclear accident last week
Mysterious missile explosion in Russia raises questions
Russian nuclear agency says five killed in accident at test site
https://www.france24.com/en/20190810-russia-nuclear-agency-accident-test-site
Fizzle!
Putin is not trying to set off nuclear weapons. Get a brain!
Putin’s orders are being disobeyed.
No one is invading Russia. Especially in October.
This was on Twitter about 10 days ago
Stockpile testing is now performed using with super computers and, small parts and samples of said test warhead.
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