Belarusian troops have begun training on Russia’s nuclear-capable Iskander missiles after President Vladimir Putin announced he would deploy tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus.
According to Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, Belarusians started training on the Iskander systems at a Russian testing ground on April 3. The Belarusian Defense Ministry also announced the training.
“The program will concentrate on further improving their practical skills for preparing the missile system for use while training for its deployment and conducting combat training launches,” the ministry said.
Shoigu first announced in July 2022 that Russia would transfer Iskander missiles to Belarus, but at the time, there were no plans to send nukes to the country. He said Tuesday that Belarus had already received some of the Iskanders.
“The Iskander-M tactical missile system has been transferred to the Belarusian Armed Forces. It is capable of using both conventional and nuclear missiles,” Shoigu said.
Putin announced he was deploying nukes to Belarus in response to the British providing Ukraine with depleted uranium rounds, which are radioactive and linked to birth defects and cancer in Iraq. Putin compared his decision to NATO’s nuclear sharing program, under which US nukes are deployed in Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, and Turkey.
And now a smaller and even less stable country is getting to decide when the world ends. None of this is worth whatever Biden and company is getting out of it. End this stupid war before some small oversight, error or mistake kills everyone.
I’m down with living!
The real bottom will never be given to Belarus to push by accident or due to road rage. But those missiles will be closer to Western Europe.
No, it’s unlikely Belarus will be the one to launch. What if there is a coup? Just another 5-10% risk of global cataclysm heaped on the pile.
That’s what I’m saying. Putin should pull his troops out and bring them home. Shove Donbas and Crimea up his ass.
A tad crass DJ.
resorting to insults? hmm. Interesting. You once again confirming my thoughts of you.
A one sided cheerleader.
We don’t control Putin. WE need to demand an end to our government’s escalations.
What are you talking about? this blog is antiwar not anti US war. The folks here are international and antiwar means we go after all belligerents.
Are you here just to criticize the US and give Putin a pass? Then you should take NATO and West out of you comments which you may or may not already do.
He didn’t say to give Putin a pass. How in the fuck did you read that into what he said?
He always does that. If a person, types comments like a troll, that person is a troll.
If i ever used the term troll here, it was because that person called me troll first.
I do use pro russian team and other variations a lot but That’s different than troll.
So you need to do a vector check on this statement.
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You’re not a troll. You shouldn’t be called that.
Yeah. A lot of us calling YOU a troll and nobody else might be meaningful, you know.
And how in the fuck did you get here?
Enter the leader of the f ing anti US coalition.
I know, i mentioned Putin and you had to jump into his defense as usual.
I hit the reply button. It’s there so people like me can stick my nose into anyone’s business that I damn well please as long as I don’t violate the site’s guidelines. I guess I don’t.
And I appreciate the compliment about being the leader of the anti US coalition. I take great pride in blaming everything on the US. It’s an easy call.
You do mention Putin quite often. And you thinking my comment was in any way coming to the defense of Putin proves my point of you reading things into comments that aren’t there. This was about our country’s involvement and not about giving Putin a pass.
It’s the same “argument” over and over: *Mention Bad Man, imply that HIS side is the only one that doesn’t like Bad Man, imply therefore that your disagreement means you love the Bad Man.*
It’s an argument style that doesn’t involve any actual logic, fact or even ethics. Just moral cowardice and bullying.
You’re twisting things so that “Anti-war” is “pro-war”. Waging war to “bring peace” is NOT anti war, it’s mainstream propaganda. You’re cheerleading on global destruction and never ending war that the USA helped start, in the name of peace.
Your way leads to a global peace of the grave.
“We don’t control Putin.”
And we don’t control the US government.
More importantly, we don’t control Ukraine.
Ukraine is fighting for its independence.
As much as I despise US imperialism, in this one instance the US is right to oppose Putin’s revanchism by supporting Ukraine.
The war will end when Russia gets a leadership that recognizes that Putin’s war of aggression is a mistake.
I am afraid of nuclear war. But not enough to advocate surrender to revanchist imperialism.
This was the best thing I’ve ever read anyone write about anything.
But seriously, it will perhaps be one of my favorite comments i’ve read since the war started last year.
Im saving it and maybe even put it up on my back wall.
“Better dead than red.”
I’d feel much better about it if instead of paying attention to the US side and support since 2014, clearly looking to confront Russia and break them into yet another failed energy exporter we can exploit and enslave to keep the Petro dollar ticking over another few years, just so we don’t have to face the limits of capitalism – limits that are killing everyone slowly. So our side is vastly increasing the risk of nuclear war to preserve the system that is destroying the world anyway with climate change.
So let’s balance our bullshit support of Azov and the civil war that was killing thousands by pulling out. Then NeoSov Putin and NeoNazi Zelenskyy can finish this on their own without killing the rest of us.
What’s that old saying? Turnabout is fair play.
they always throw the term “nuclear-capable” missiles around when they want people to be scared. as if Putin would simply hand over some nukes to his neighbors.
hey doesn’t south korea also have “nuclear capable” missiles?
The outrage! Those missiles would be actually aimed at us? Okay then, Russia started it! We will give nuclear weapons to our NATO vassals. …What’s that!? We already did!? …Did we really!? Wait… Are we really that stupid? (Sarcasm alert)
Well, it is good to be reminded NA.
Well, yeah. Not very good at concealing it.
Wash. put how many bases around Russia (and China)? then becomes outraged when a neighbor allows this.