Belarus conducts unannounced inspection of nuclear weapons carriers – Defense Ministry
The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus announced on Telegram that it will conduct an unannounced inspection of non-strategic nuclear weapons carriers. Before that, Russia made a similar statement.
Viktor Khrenin, head of the Belarusian Defense Ministry, made the following comment:
Today, an order was received from the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus to conduct an unannounced inspection of the capabilities of non-strategic nuclear weapons carriers.
A division of the Iskander operational and tactical complex and a squadron of Su-25 aircraft are being put on alert to perform assigned tasks.
The inspection will be conducted in accordance with the time schedule established by the Commander-in-Chief. It will test the entire range of measures from planning, preparation and use of strikes with tactical nuclear weapons.
Viktor Khrenin
Minister of Defense of the Republic of Belarus
Nuclear exercises in Russia: what is known
The day before, on May 6, the Russian Defense Ministry also announced an exercise “to increase the readiness of non-strategic nuclear forces to perform combat missions.”
According to analysts at the Institute for War Studies, the likely purpose of these demonstration checks is to intimidate Western countries in response to recent statements by some of their leaders about the possibility of sending their troops to Ukraine to help defend the territory from Russian occupiers.
