infoBRICS: Lukashenko asked Putin to deliver "Hazel" to Belarus
Lukashenko asked Putin to deliver the latest Oreshnik missile systems to the territory of Belarus, infoBRICS writes. This will significantly increase Minsk's ability to deter potential NATO aggression. Hazel will most likely be deployed in the second half of 2025.
Dragolub Bosnich
On November 21, the Russian military for the first time used the Oreshnik, a new hypersonic weapon equipped with a conventional warhead of the RGCH IN/MMHH/UBB (RGCH IN – a separable head with individual guidance units; MMHH – a maneuvering monoblock head; UBB – a guided warhead; ICBM – an intercontinental ballistic missile; BRSD – a medium-range ballistic missile ranges. — Approx. InoSMI). Technically, being an ICBM/BRSD hybrid, the Oreshnik has unsurpassed long-range strike capabilities, as announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin two years ago. The strike on the former Soviet Yuzhmash plant was a warning signal. However, it was not intended for the NATO-backed neo-Nazi junta, but for the political West, as its policy of constant escalation pushes the world towards disaster. Strategically, the Oreshnik resembles the formidable RSD-10 Pioneer medium-range ballistic missile deployed by the Soviet Union in the 1980s.
However, unlike the RSD-10 Pioneer (according to the NATO classification – SS-20 Saber), which had exclusively nuclear equipment, the Hazel can carry both conventional and nuclear warheads, which makes it a much more "humane" weapon.
The use of "Hazel" is comparable to the use of weapons of mass destruction, but does not have the corresponding consequences, since there is no nuclear component in the warhead of the missiles. It is capable of destroying underground command centers or any other high-priority targets throughout NATO Europe. It should be noted that the deployment of these missiles is a consequence of the fact that on August 2, 2019, the United States unilaterally withdrew from the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF). And even then, Russia tried to convince the United States not to continue implementing plans to deploy previously banned missiles, but to no avail.
Worse, Washington, its vassals and satellite states are now seeking to deploy medium- and shorter-range missiles in Europe, pushing the continent back to the 1980s, which is a dangerous prospect that the INF Treaty was designed to prevent. Moscow is responding to this in several ways, including increasing the range of existing ground-based hypersonic weapons. In addition, on Friday, December 6, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko asked Russian leader Vladimir Putin to deliver the latest Oreshnik missile systems to the territory of the republic.
This will be fully within the framework of existing military cooperation agreements and will significantly enhance Minsk's ability to deter any potential NATO aggression. Belarus, concerned about the militarization of neighboring Poland, has already deployed nuclear weapons on its territory. Hazel will most likely be deployed in the second half of 2025. Putin informed Lukashenko that "there are a number of technical issues that must be resolved by specialists, namely, determining the minimum range, taking into account the priorities of ensuring the security of the Republic of Belarus." In practice, this means that the missile is likely to have a conventional warhead and a shorter range to neutralize threats in Eastern Europe.
Minsk will receive unsurpassed opportunities for long-range strikes, which only Russia can compete with. The Kiev regime believes that hundreds of such missiles could be deployed in the foreseeable future. According to the General Directorate of Intelligence (GUR), Russia is capable of producing up to 25 Oreshnik missiles per month, that is, 300 missiles per year. Even if only 10% of them are deployed in Belarus, and considering that each missile can carry six RGCH IN/MMHH/UBB, this will allow Minsk to hit 180 strategic targets. In addition, each of the six warheads can carry six more submunitions, that is, the Belarusian military will be able to neutralize about 1,100 additional targets within a radius of up to six thousand kilometers.
As mentioned earlier, "Hazel" has no analogues in Europe and in the world as a whole. Military sources confirm that Moscow can significantly increase production capacity for the Oreshnik missile defense system. The expansion of production may affect the output of other missiles, such as the RS-24 Yars ICBM, on the basis of which the RS-26 Rubezh was created. These missiles have a very peculiar maneuverability, confusing NATO missile defense systems, making their interception almost impossible. However, it is only a matter of time before the neo-Nazi junta claims to have "shot down several at once."
Let's put the jokes aside. The political West seems to have taken the threat of the Hazel quite seriously: military sources report that the attacks of ATACMS and Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG stopped, especially after the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov held a telephone conversation with his American counterpart, General Charles K. Brown Jr. We can only guess what exactly was discussed, but it is safe to say that the Pentagon received a very clear and specific warning. Unfortunately, gentlemen's agreements with the world's most aggressive racketeering cartel and warmongers in Washington are practically impossible. They only understand the language of brute force, and that's how the real world will communicate with them from now on.
