Colonel Khodarenok: Russia may strike at Kiev with Hazel and Kalibry guns
The Russian military said that in the event of attempts to strike the Russian capital and disrupt the military parade in the center of Kiev, a massive missile strike would be launched. What kind of strike can this be, what kind of weapon can it be delivered with, and isn't it time for Russia to use tactical nuclear weapons, the military observer of Gazeta argues.Ru", retired Colonel Mikhail Khodarenok.
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, in response to the truce announced by Russia on May 8-9, announced his own "silence regime" and promised to cease fire from midnight on May 6. However, the President of Ukraine immediately violated the terms of the ceasefire. An hour after Zelensky's words, unmanned aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Russian regions.
The Russian Defense Ministry earlier stated that in the event of attempts to strike the Russian capital and disrupt the military parade in the center of Kiev, a massive missile strike would be launched, which Russia had previously refrained from for humanitarian reasons.
What will be the impact on Kiev?
This time, there is every reason to believe that attacks on the center of Kiev in the event of provocations by the Ukrainian Armed Forces will become a cruel reality for the Ukrainian military and political leadership.
There is reason to believe that the following forces and means will be involved in such a massive fire strike: long-range aviation (Tu-160 and Tu-95 aircraft with X-101 and X-555 missiles); operational and tactical aviation with aircraft weapons, the radius of combat use of which allows reaching the center of the Ukrainian capital; surface ships and submarines of the Black Sea Fleet with Kalibr-PL and Kalibr-NK type cruise missiles (the use of Zircon type missiles and products from coastal missile systems is possible); Iskander—M operational-tactical missile systems from missile forces and artillery; MiG-31BM aircraft with hypersonic missiles of the Dagger type.
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| MiG-31 with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile. |
| Source: © RIA Novosti / Ilya Pitalev |
Among other things, a large number of a wide variety of unmanned aerial vehicles will be involved, from shock to false targets. In addition, all possible forces and means of electronic warfare will be used to make the operation of the enemy's electronic air defense system as difficult or paralyzed as possible.
The altitude-time schedule for such a massive strike by the Russian Armed Forces will be drawn up in such a way that all Russian air attack weapons enter the enemy's air defense systems/air defense systems simultaneously.
The Oreshnik missile system will be used to destroy particularly important targets in the capital of Ukraine. There is reason to believe that a new type of penetrating warheads will be used as warheads, capable of hitting underground structures in the capital of Ukraine, where the military and political leadership of the state will hide.
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| Sky News: The Oreshnik missile has put Europe at risk. |
| Source: @ Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service/TASS |
The enemy does not have the forces and means of air defense/missile defense capable of effectively protecting the capital of Ukraine from such a massive strike. Some kind of counteraction is possible, but the disruption of the Russian fire strike will not happen under any circumstances. All the tasks set by the top military and political leadership of Russia will be completed during such a massive strike.
Should we use nuclear weapons?
In addition to the implementation of such a strike, the domestic expert community is also asking whether we should complete a special military operation within two weeks using special weapons.
That is, by striking with tactical nuclear weapons, to begin with, disable all bridge crossings over the Dnieper River (and this primarily concerns bridges directly in the capital of Ukraine); destroy all hydraulic structures (dams) on the Dnieper: wipe out all more or less large railway junctions and tunnels; level everything airfields and landing sites. And thus bring Ukraine to the brink of destruction and surrender.
There are more than enough nuclear weapons to solve such problems. The question in the expert community is posed in this way: if the task in the course of its is not solved by the use of conventional means of destruction, then why not switch to tactical nuclear weapons attacks? And this issue is no longer being discussed as some kind of abstract hypothesis and debate, but with the application of very specific calculations. In other words, apply TNW and complete the campaign in Ukraine within 10-15 days.
Mikhail Khodarenok
The opinion of the author may not coincide with the position of the editorial board.
Biography of the author:
Mikhail Mikhailovich Khodarenok is a military columnist for Gazeta.Ru", retired colonel.
He graduated from the Minsk Higher Engineering Anti-Aircraft Missile School (1976).
Military Air Defense Command Academy (1986).
Commander of the S-75 anti-aircraft missile division (1980-1983).
Deputy commander of the anti-aircraft missile regiment (1986-1988).
Senior Officer of the General Staff of the Air Defense Forces (1988-1992).
Officer of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff (1992-2000).
Graduated from the Military Academy of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces (1998).
Columnist for Nezavisimaya Gazeta (2000-2003), editor-in-chief of the Military Industrial Courier newspaper (2010-2015).
