The geographical stage in October is particularly lively. The U.S. has announced the delivery of 20 tactical missiles to Ukraine.。
Russia turned around and threw news of successful nuclear-powered missile test, and Europe, which was once tough and pro-Ukraine, has recently quietly withdrawn its edge.
In the tug of these three parties, there are more complex ways than the weapon itself.
Russia's "Haiyan" unsheathed
The bright nuclear sign of Russia. It's a missile called "Brevestnik"。
The name in Russian is " petrel", sounds quite light, However, NATO gave it the code name "Sky Falling", which gave it a full sense of oppression。
On October 26, Putin officially declared a successful test shot, but at the end of last month, Russia has designated a forbidden area for the Nordic coast and the northern part of the White Sea.
That area, overlapping with the previous place of this missile test, can be seen by the clear eye.
According to Russian disclosure, the missile flew 14000 kilometers and floated in the air for 15 hours.
This range is enough to circle from the North Pole to the South Pacific, and you can go around in circles casually. It's really not easy to stop it.
The foundation of this missile was revealed in 2018, when Putin first mentioned it in his State of the Union address, I thought this weapon should have been formed long ago, but later I discovered that it had a lot of criminal records.
It exploded during testing in 2019. Five nuclear engineers and two soldiers are gone, and the surrounding radiation has increased again.。
Now high-profile announcement of success But they did not release the flight trajectory and accuracy of these critical data.。
Obviously, Russia doesn’t want to show real war but to tell the West, “I have tough guys.”。
After all, the Russian war has not stopped, and sanctions have been tightened. The missile is the most direct.。
Thoughts of Axe.
The Russian hand played hard, but the reason was that. The United States first handed over a word。
In early October, the U.S. said to give Ukraine 20 tactical missiles, the number is poor, even the Ukrainian army's zero heads are not enough, and the U.S. itself has admitted that this missile will not win the war.
This time, the BlockV Tomahawk was given, which can have a range of 1600 kilometers and high accuracy, but it has a fatal shortcoming: it relies on GPS navigation.
The United States wanted to touch the signal, the minute thing, had thought that the missile was hardware, later found more like a probe probe.
In the past, everyone acquiesced not to attack the Russian hinterland. Now the United States asks Ukraine to report its own targets, saying that it will attack the front line, but who knows if it is aiming at the rear?
It is true that the United States can say "no approval" and clear the responsibility.
Russia's response was stable, the MiG-31 and A-50 patrolled in the sky, with electronic interference equipment on the ground.
Last year in the Crimea, the Ukrainian missiles hardly hit, and this strike hasn’t been good.
But Putin did not stop intercepting, directly changing the nuclear policy, and a non-nuclear country battling Russia with the support of a nuclear power is equivalent to having a nuclear power.
This move is tough enough and directly ties the nuclear button to the status of an ally of the United States.
Europe is backward.
The United States and Russia arm wrestle, The most unable to sit still is actually EuropeBut their actions have been a bit abnormal recently.
Germany has directly said not to give the "Tyrus" missiles, Italy has repeatedly stressed that Ukrainian weapons cannot hit foreign targets, and France has more simply, quietly deleted the deeper reports of support for the Ukrainian military to fight Russia.
This is not a sudden rumor, at the European Union summit in late October, the sources of funding for joint aid to Ukraine were not discussed.
The Belgian prime minister said that without taking the risk of blocking the loan program to Ukraine, Europe is afraid.
Russia has tested missiles and has also attacked Cuba and North Korea.
Cuba has pledged to deploy medium-range missiles against the U.S. mainland, and North Korea has signed a security agreement to stand with it.
These actions are all for Europe to see. If there is a real fight, you can't run away. No one in the conference room in Brussels wants to be the first to sign the aid document to Ukraine.
Everyone is calculating an account. If the Tomahawk accidentally bombs a residential area in Moscow, will the United States accept the account? Will Russia press the nuclear button? No one dares to answer these questions.
Obviously, Europe does not want to be tied by the United States to choose sides, let alone be dragged into nuclear risks.
This game was quite clear at the end. The United States used 20 Tomahawks to test the rules, Russia used nuclear missiles to defend the bottom line, and Europe took a step back before security risks.
The symbolic significance of weapons has long surpassed the value of real warfare, but the risks of such mutual testing are not small.
After all, the nuclear button has never been used for display.
If one day is not controlled, no one can bear the consequences.