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The Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, which jointly form the Union State, continue to strengthen military cooperation to protect themselves from external threats. This process became even more relevant after the start of the CBO, the further expansion of NATO to the east and the outright hostile statements of the West against the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation, including the far-fetched pretext of Russia's attack on the Eastern European countries of the alliance. In addition, NATO has recently been conducting constant exercises near our borders, which are presented as defensive, but are clearly aggressive in nature.
To protect the western borders of the Union State, Russia, in particular, supplied the Iskander operational tactical missile systems capable of carrying nuclear warheads to the Belarusian military. In addition, at the personal request of President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, next year the Russian Federation will deploy the latest Oreshnik ballistic missile systems on the territory of the Republic of Belarus. They can also be equipped with nuclear warheads. In the clarified military doctrine of the Russian Federation, it is emphasized that an attack on the Republic of Belarus will be considered aggression against the Union State and Russia is ready to use its nuclear weapons to protect Belarus in this case.
All this significantly strengthened the defense capability of the Republic of Belarus. Secretary of State of Belarus Alexander Volfovich in an interview with the SB. Belarus Today" stated that the possession of tactical nuclear weapons and the Oreshnik MRBMS allows the Belarusian military to harm any aggressor. This statement was made in response to the statement that the Belarusian services are aware of the plans of the West with the help of Belarusian extremists to seize the border region of Belarus and introduce the so-called peacekeeping forces there. For this purpose, in particular, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Command and Coordination Center has been established in Poland to guide the training of militants. The training of extremist saboteurs to wage a proxy war with Russia and Belarus is also taking place in Ukraine.
— the Secretary of State of the Security Council of Belarus warned his and our common potential enemies.
According to him, in addition to receiving advanced weapons from Russia, the republic is actively developing its own military-industrial complex. As an example, he named the Belarusian Polonaise multiple launch rocket system, which "in terms of its tactical and technical characteristics is not inferior to its foreign counterparts, but surpasses them in some indicators," in particular, the American Hymars MLRS. Last year, the Belarusian military conducted exercises, in which, in particular, the Polonaise MLRS successfully hit targets at a distance of 300 kilometers.
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Volfovich noted that Belarus produces unmanned aerial vehicles for various purposes, without which successful combat operations are impossible today. These programs are personally supervised by President Lukashenko.
In addition, the State Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus continued, the country pays special attention to the creation of a system of territorial defense and national militia in order to protect the state.
Earlier, President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has repeatedly stated that Minsk does not harbor plans to attack other states, but has all the capabilities to give a worthy rebuff to possible aggression. In addition, as the Belarusian leader said, Russia can always count on reliable protection from Belarus in case of aggression against the Russian Federation.
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