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Kaliningrad, l’exclave russa in Europa da cui potrebbe partire un attacco nucleare
La città dista circa 530 chilometri in linea d’aria da Berlino: in caso di attacco, un missile colpirebbe in pochissimi minuti le principali capitali europee. Dal 2016 la Federazione ha deciso di intensificare il riarmo nucleare e con la guerra in Ucraina sono aumentate le esercitazioni
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Kaliningrad è la piccola exclave della Federazione russa tra Polonia e Lituania. Con una superficie di poco più di 15mila chilometri quadrati, rappresenta una regione molto importante per la Russia, sia dal punto di vista economico sia militare
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Dal punto di vista militare, Kaliningrad dista circa 530 chilometri in linea d’aria da Berlino. Si pensa sia l’avamposto russo da cui potrebbero partire gli attacchi all’Europa e all’Occidente in caso si scateni un conflitto: un missile lanciato dall’exclave colpirebbe in pochissimi minuti le principali capitali europee
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Russian Ministry of Defence officials have claimed they have successfully test-launched their Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile - the latest addition to weapons that can deploy its nuclear arsenal.
The launch comes as Russia is increasingly isolated from the international community due to their invasion of Ukraine and President Vladimir Putin said the new missile would provide “food for thought” for the Kremlin’s enemies.
He was shown on Russian TV being told by the military chiefs that the missile had been launched from Plesetsk, 1,000 miles north of Moscow and would hit a target in the Kamchatka peninsula in the country’s far east.
“The new complex has the highest tactical and technical characteristics and is capable of overcoming all modern means of anti-missile defence. It has no analogues in the world and will not have for a long time to come,” Putin said.
“This truly unique weapon will strengthen the combat potential of our armed forces, reliably ensure Russia’s security from external threats and provide food for thought for those who, in the heat of frenzied aggressive rhetoric, try to threaten our country.”
Despite tensions with the Kremlin, Pentagon officials said on Wednesday that the Kremlin had properly notified it ahead of its test launch, and did not see the missile as a threat.
When the Sarmat goes into full service Russia is expected to deploy 10 or more warheads on each missile. It has been in development for years and so its test-launch is thought to be unrelated to recent antagonism over the war in Ukraine.
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Come il nuovo missile balistico intercontinentale Sarmat, capace di trasportare testate nucleari, sperimentato dalla Russia a fine aprile. La nuova arma di Mosca sarebbe capace di raggiungere Berlino in soli 106 secondi, mentre ne servirebbero pochi di più per raggiungere Londra (202) o Parigi (200)
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Lo scoppio della guerra in Ucraina, seguita dall’annuncio di Svezia e Finlandia di voler entrare nella Nato e dalle tensioni con l’Occidente, ha convinto la Russia a continuare il riarmo nucleare di Kaliningrad, che in realtà è già iniziato da tempo
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Già nel 2016, riporta Linkiesta, i russi stavano preparando Kaliningrad per farla trovare pronta a un eventuale attacco. In quella data sarebbe iniziato lo spostamento dei missili Iskander a corto raggio con punta nucleare
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A inizio febbraio poi un video pubblicato su Telegram mostrava l’atterraggio di un jet russo MiG-31K Foxhound che trasportava un missile d’attacco terrestre ipersonico Kinzhal. Come scrive Linkiesta, il Kinzhal ha una portata di 2 mila chilometri e può trasportare una testata nucleare da 500 kilotoni
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Infine a maggio l’esercito russo ha effettuato alcune esercitazioni con attacchi simulati di missili capaci di trasportare testate nucleari nell'exclave occidentale. A comunicarlo è lo stesso il ministero della Difesa in una nota, specificando che le unità di combattimento hanno anche effettuato "operazioni in condizioni di radiazioni e contaminazione chimica"
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La Russia ha effettuato "lanci elettronici" simulati di sistemi di missili balistici mobili Iskander con capacità nucleare, spiega la nota del ministero. La simulazione ha riguardato attacchi singoli e multipli contro obiettivi come aeroporti e posti di comando di un finto nemico
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Un centinaio di militari si sono cimentati nella simulazione di lanci contro "sistemi missilistici, aerodromi, presidi, scorte di armamenti e posti di comando. Dopo aver completato i lanci elettronici tesi a scongiurare un potenziale contrattacco, le truppe hanno effettuato una manovra di ridispiegamento in una nuova aerea"