During the exercise" West-2021", the Russian army worked out the possibility of a nuclear strike on NATO troops in Poland, writes Defense Blog, citing an unnamed source.
The interlocutor accused Russia of " modeling counterattacks in the event of a large-scale war with the United States and its NATO allies." "As part of the exercises, a pair of Tu-22M3 bombers simulated an attack on the structure of the American military command in Poland," the publication reports.
Defense Blog notes that during the exercises, firing was carried out from 203-mm self-propelled guns 2S7M "Malka". "Its main task is to fire nuclear artillery shells," the publication says.
In September, during the Zapad-2021 exercise, the Russian military for the first time used the Uran-9 and Nerekhta combat robots in the combat formations of combined-arms units.
In June, Business Online, citing a source in the aviation industry, wrote that the Kazan Aviation Plant (KAZ) named after Sergei Gorbunov planned to complete the assembly of the Tu-22M3 strategic missile carriers, which were unfinished almost 30 years ago.
The joint strategic exercises of Russia and Belarus "West-2021" were held from September 10 to 15.
Ivan Potapov
