On September 17, the Ministry of Defense of Russia announced that the strategic military exercises "West-2025" held jointly by Russia and Belarus had ended on September 16, and the participating troops of the two sides had returned to their respective positions.
This Russian-Belarusian military exercise lasted from 12th to 16th, and 100,000 troops, 10,000 sets of weapons and equipment and more than 200 ships were dispatched. The Russian-Belarusian military exercise can be said to be an "unprecedented" military exercise. Just a day after the Russian-Belarus military exercises ended, Poland made an important statement.
Polish President: Poland should deploy nuclear weapons
According to reference news reports, on September 17, TASS reported an important news: The President of Poland, Karol NawrockiIn an interview with the French news channel, he said that Poland should be given the opportunity to deploy foreign nuclear weapons on its territory, while also promoting the development of its own nuclear energy.
Karol Nawrocki said at the scene: “As President of Poland, I believe that Poland should participate in the ‘nuclear sharing’ program.”Poland should have nuclear autonomous technology, including nuclear technology, but he has not made it clear whether or not Poland will develop nuclear weapons and believes it is not the time to discuss this issue.
Poland’s concerns: threat of Russian “cyanide” nuclear bomb
This statement of the Polish president reminds us of the Russian-Belarus joint military exercises "West-2025", which have just ended. In this military exercise, Russia-Belarus exercised a number of coordinated combat subjects, including missile strikes, soldiers' deployment, field control, drone operations and maritime and air coordinated exercises. At the same time, Russia-Belarus also simulated nuclear strike exercises, and the Russian-Belarus army simulated nuclear strike exercises, which makes sense to respond to nuclear war.
In terms of geopolitical environment, Poland borders Belarus and Ukraine, and Russia needs to approach Poland via Belarus. With the long-standing conflict between Russia and Ukraine unresolved, Putin once planned to deploy the "Hazel" strategic missile capable of carrying nuclear weapons to Belarus. It is a high-speed hypersonic strategic missile that can carry multiple nuclear warheads and can carry long-range nuclear strikes.After the missile enters Belarus, most European countries and their cities will be within its range.It is because of this deterrence that Putin considers it one of Russia’s strategic forces.
The President of Poland, based on this “threat” consideration, decided to import foreign nuclear weapons to Poland, forming a nuclear confrontation with Poland and Belarus, in order to seek Poland’s peace and security.
Among NATO countries, only three countries possess nuclear weapons, namely USA, UK and FranceBut through the "nuclear sharing" policy, there are five countries that can deploy U.S. tactical nuclear missiles, namely, Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey.NATO's total number of nuclear warheads is 6065 (active and inventory), nuclear missile carriers are intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine ballistic missiles, and air-based ballistic missiles three.
America's B61 Series Nuclear Bomb: Poland's Best Choice
The nuclear missiles now deployed by the United States through the "nuclear sharing" policy, The B61 series of nuclear bombs.。 The B61 series nuclear bomb is a free-fall tactical nuclear thermal bomb (hydrogen bomb). This type of nuclear bomb first entered service in 1968. After more than a dozen modifications and upgrades over the course of several decades, there are now 12 mature improved models. This type of nuclear bomb is the longest-lived, most adaptable, and most types of nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal.
In terms of combat tonnage, the nuclear bomb yield of the B61-12 can be flexibly selected from 0.3, 1.5, 10, and 50 kilotons. This kind of tactical nuclear bomb can be flexibly used in various battlefields. The US military's B-21 strategic bomber, F-15E "Strike Eagle" fighter, F-35A fighter, and FA-18E Hornet fighter can all be carried and launched. NATO countries can use their own aircraft for carrying, which is simple and quick to use and very suitable for countries with "nuclear sharing".
What Poland wants is this kind of "nuclear sharing". Even if Poland does not have nuclear weapons, it can also use the B61 series nuclear bombs provided by the United States, and F-35 and F-16 fighters exported by the US military to carry these tactical nuclear bombsnuclear deterrence against hostile countries or potential hostile countries.
If the United States agrees to Poland's request and approves Poland's use of "nuclear sharing", then Poland will obtain the right to use the B61 series nuclear bombs. This means that the B61 series nuclear bombs and Russia's "Hazel Tree" nuclear bomb will form a tactical confrontation, which will intensify the nuclear alignment between Poland and Russia and cause "nuclear tension" between the two countries.
The B61 series of nuclear bombs and the "cyanide tree" nuclear bomb who is stronger?
B61 series and "Tree" nuclear bombs, who is better than one? these two nuclear weapons have not been a real war so far, so it is difficult to determine who will be better than one. but the "Tree" missile is a high-speed hypersonic missile, in addition to can carry out multiple head strikes, B61 nuclear bombs are mostly air-based nuclear bombs, so in the defense and destruction capability "Tree" will be much stronger than the U.S. B61 series.
But nuclear weapons are, after all, weapons of mass destruction, and will basically not be used directly on the battlefield” and the U.S. B61 series nuclear bombs may never meet, which is a good thing from the perspective of human peaceful development. If Poland introduces the B61 series nuclear bombs, it will be able to balance Russia’s “nuclear deterrence”, but this move also has a big disadvantage, this move will put Poland under greater preservation pressure and will increase the tension between Poland and Belarus.
Should Poland deploy B61 series nuclear bombs? This is an important question that Poland has to think about now. As for the final result, let's wait and see.