Chapter 588 Nuclear Advantages of the United States and Russia

"Oh, my God, what is that... It's the Soviet 'sword'!" In a secret image intelligence analysis center of the Pentagon, a group of Pentagon officers were watching the news of Iran's national television broadcast on the big screen. When they saw the missile launcher quietly parked in the center of the field in the last few seconds of the news, an older officer couldn't help but make a sound. Exclamation.

As an old rival who began to compete in the former Soviet Union, the United States has never stopped its research on the high-end weapons of the former Soviet Union and today's Russia. As a medium-range ballistic missile SS-20 that reversed the nuclear advantages of the former Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War, how could it not leave a deep impression on the minds of the US officials during this group of experience?

SS-20 medium-range ballistic missile, NATO code-named 'Sei Dao', has caused a fundamental change in the shooting and combat form of the Soviet Union's nuclear missile weapons, and also reversed the nuclear weapons confrontation situation between the Western world and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union has once again mastered its nuclear advantage because of the emergence of 'Sei Dao'.

Such a landmark weapon that has left a heavy mark in the history of missile development has become a political victim in the confrontation between the two camps. Later, the INF Treaty in the global nuclear weapons reduction program was entirely due to the emergence of 'swords', which caused great pressure on the Western world, and political negotiations reversed the weakness caused by the appearance of 'swords' in the nuclear confrontation.

The advantages of 'Sword' are mainly in the following aspects: strong maneuverability, short launch process, system response time period, strong target selection ability, high strike accuracy and almost perfect reliability. Although such an excellent missile was all launched and destroyed by Russia with the INF Treaty, its impact on subsequent missiles, especially ballistic missiles, is still far-reaching. Even the Poplar series of missiles, which represent the world's highest technology of missile systems, can't get rid of the shadow of "sword".

Only the more you know about this kind of 'sword', the more afraid you will be about it. Although the era of "Sei Dao" has passed for nearly 20 years, people who have experienced the pressure of "Sei Dao" will never forget it.

"Damn it, where did they get the 'sword'?" An army lieutenant general clenched his fist and spewed two grout roars from his nostrils.

The officers in the hall immediately calmed down, and they were also thinking about it now. Where did the Somalis get the 'knife'? You should know that because of the 'China-Rangt-Rangt' Treaty', Russia had destroyed all the production and deployed 'Sword' missiles, which were confirmed by the U.S. intelligence service. More than 20 years have passed, although now all countries have mastered some more advanced and more powerful missiles. But the kind of fear that I once experienced reappeared after being confirmed to have disappeared for more than 20 years, and also appeared in the hands of a country that is 'unfriendly' to the United States. How can this not make these beautiful [***] officials furious?

"General, I suspect that the 'knife' in the hands of the Somalis is from Russia." A colonel frowned and thought for a while. His eyes lit up and interrupted.

The army lieutenant general's body is like a monkey, shaking his slightly bloated body flexibly. He suddenly appeared in front of the colonel, looked directly into the eyes of the man and asked, "Why do you say that?"

This problem is too serious, if these 'sword' missiles are really from Russia. What is the meaning? Or Russia used some means that the United States did not know, concealed some of the missiles that were not destroyed, and later secretly sold them to others, such as Somalia. If this is the reason, then the U.S. intelligence department made a big mistake. Unlike other missiles, the emergence of 'Sword' is entirely for the purpose of strategic nuclear strikes. Russia can sell hidden missiles to Somalia, and it is possible to sell them to other countries that the United States does not know. The number of missiles is unknown, and the country deployed is unknown. This is too much of a threat to the United States. If it is not clear, the United States may have to bear the anger of the sword at any time.

The second reason is that Russia completely destroyed the production and deployed missiles after the signing of the INF Treaty, but at a certain time later, it secretly re-used the 'sword', either for arms sales, or to fight against the United States, which is a major threat.

What worries the lieutenant general most is that the Russians did not produce it themselves, but "leaked" the technology of 'sling knives'. That will pose the greatest threat to the United States. Once many countries have mastered this more advanced medium-range ballistic missile. Then the natural geographical advantage of the mainland of the United States will no longer exist. Theoretically, any military base of the United States in the world, including the mainland, is covered by the enemy's missiles.

"General, I remember that at the beginning of this year, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov publicly declared that China's missile defense system deployed in Europe was a signal of China's intention to gain a nuclear advantage over Russia. Baruyevsky, the Chief of General Staff of the Russian Army, made a clear explanation that if China does not cancel the missile defense system deployed in Europe, Russia will withdraw from the INF Treaty and redeploy the 'Sword'. The colonel replied loudly.

The lieutenant general frowned slightly and soon remembered this matter. At that time, this matter was still making a lot of noise in the world. In such a short time, he could not forget it.

"Go on!" The lieutenant general also felt bad at this time, but he couldn't find a specific idea for a while, so he was ready to listen to his analysis, and maybe he could find the real reason.

"Good general." The colonel nodded and said confidently, "I think these Somali knives are from Russia. Judging from Russia's response to China's missile defense system deployed in Europe at the beginning of the year, Russia really feels threatened. Otherwise, there would not be high-level people like the Foreign Minister and the Chief of Staff to make such fierce remarks in public. However, everyone knows that with Russia's current strength, it is already powerful to maintain high-end long-range strategic nuclear advantages. If we ignore the risk of weakening national strength and carry out a malicious arms race with China, only Russia's fragile economic system will collapse in the end. Therefore, the redeployment of the 'sword' is just a cry from Russia without confidence, which can't play a role in reversing the nuclear advantages of both sides. At this time, Russia must find a solution.

The colonel's words won a lot of approval among the officers. The previous strength of the Soviet Union still collapsed after decades of confrontation with the United States. Now Russia is weaker than the Soviet Union, and the United States is stronger than the United States during the Cold War. The gap between the two in terms of comprehensive national strength, especially economic strength, is becoming more and more obvious. At this time, it is impossible for Russia to simply maintain its overall advantage in the trinity strategic nuclear strike force. If we ignore the development of domestic light industry like the former Soviet Union and put most of the national strength on the military industry, it can only be self-destructive. In this way, Russia can only maintain its nuclear advantage in a certain field. And today's Russia does the same. Russia now maintains a slight advantage over the United States in strategic nuclear forces, only intercontinental missiles. In the two fields of medium-range missiles and nuclear submarines, it has lagged behind the United States. At the core of the air strategic nuclear strike, the United States also has some advantages in strategic bombers.

It is Russia's greatest effort to maintain the advantage of intercontinental missiles against the United States. This is based on Russia's inheritance of the missile technology left by the former Soviet Union for decades. Otherwise, Russia will not be able to form a nuclear advantage over the United States.

At this time, Russia is clenching to redeploy 'Sword'. With Russia's gradually recovering economy and military technology, it can be done by gritting its teeth, but what about after it is completed? If the United States wants to maintain its nuclear advantage over Russia, it will definitely develop and deploy more advanced missile weapons. Does Russia also want to compete? If there is no competition, there is no need to deploy the "sword" missile. If it continues to compete with the United States, Russia's economic strength will certainly be dragged down.

"If Russia wants to reduce the military pressure on our country, in addition to strengthening its own strength, it must also attract some countries to share. I think Somalia's acquisition of a 'sword' is Russia's attempt.

Indeed, Russia's lack of economic strength and American competition does not mean that there is no way to disperse the pressure brought by the United States. As long as other countries with poor relations with the United States deploy missiles that can pose a threat to the United States, and the United States needs to deploy more missile defense systems and offensive missiles to maintain control in these areas. In this way, it consumes the strength and energy of the United States. At least it can delay or even reduce the military pressure of the United States around Russia. Of course, the military pressure here mainly refers to the nuclear advantage.

Take Somalia as an example. Now the United States knows that Somalia has deployed medium-range ballistic missiles. In order to maintain military pressure on Somalia, similar missiles must be deployed around Somalia. Otherwise, once there is a conflict with Somalia in this region, the United States will not be able to maintain an advantage in this regard, and the consequences will be disaster. Even around Somalia, the United States has missile bases, but those deployed missiles are targeted at surnames. Now that there is one more Somalia, the United States will increase the number of missile deployments and treat Somalia as a potential threat. This is bound to slow down the speed of the United States in increasing the number of missiles in other parts of the world.

Although the military spending of the United States is a lot, it is not unlimited. Moreover, factors such as missile production capacity, deployment time and other factors will meet the requirements of distracting the United States.

What if Russia secretly produces missiles and sells them to these countries? Every time Russia sells a set of missiles, it will make a profit. The United States has to produce two or even three sets of missiles to guard against these missile countries sold from Russia. One plus and one minus, the advantage gap between the two will gradually shorten.

It's just that will Russia really do such a 'crazy' thing? You should know that the sold missiles can pose a threat not only to the United States, but also to Russia.

Today's world is a whole, and no country can shut down the country's closed development. As long as you communicate with other countries, there will be competition, and there will be contradictions. If there are contradictions, there will be unhappiness between countries. Conflicts between the two countries are caused by such contradictions and interest disputes. Russia also has opponents internationally, and if there are opponents, there are potential threats. Russia will also bear certain risks when selling the 'sword'. Will Russia really take this risk in order to put pressure on the United States?

(to be continued)