Trigger-happy Putin closer to firing nuclear weapons than ever feared as bomb documentation reveals nuclear attack and invasion plans

VLADIMIR Putin is closer to unleashing a nuclear attack than ever feared, leaked Russian military files reveal.

The bombshell papers reveal what it would be needed for Putin to press the red button – including an invasion by China.

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According to the secret files seen by the Financial timesthe threshold Russia firing an atomic bomb is lower than Moscow ever admitted.

The sabre-rattling Putin has done that repeatedly made chilling nuclear weapons threats – including the promise to wipe Britain off the map for supporting Ukraine.

The cache outlines the scenarios in which Putin would trigger a nuclear response.

Despite Putin is cozying up to Xi JinpingThe files show that Russia’s Eastern Military District has rehearsed how a Chinese invasion might unfold.

In an exercise in a hypothetical attack from Beijing, the newspapers say Russia could respond with a nuclear weapons attack to prevent “the South” from advancing with a second wave of violence.

The document says: “The order has been given by the Commander-in-Chief… to use nuclear weapons… in case the enemy deploys second-echelon units and threatens to attack the South further towards the main force.” strike.”

Unrelated to China’s war games, the files say an enemy landing on Russian soil or an imminent enemy attack with conventional weapons could also trigger a nuclear response.

Meanwhile, the explosives papers also show that a nuclear bomb could be deployed in the event of a defeat of units responsible for securing border areas.

This could fuel fears that Putin could launch a nuclear bomb if Ukrainian troops cross the border with Russia amid the ongoing war.

More specific scenarios in which a nuclear weapon is fired include the destruction of 20 percent of Russia’s strategic ballistic missile submarines, 30 percent of its nuclear-powered attack submarines, three or more cruisers, three airfields, or a simultaneous hit on main and reserve coastal areas. command centers.

Putin claimed last year that Russia’s nuclear weapons doctrine outlined two possible thresholds for the use of nuclear weapons.

The Russian dictator said this would be in retaliation against a first nuclear attack by an enemy, and if “Russia’s survival as a state is threatened even if conventional weapons are used.”

But Alexander Gabuev, director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin, said this shows the threshold for the tyrant is “quite low.”

He told the FT: “She [the files] show that the operational threshold for using nuclear weapons is quite low if the desired result cannot be achieved by conventional means.”

The military files were compiled between 2008 and 2014, but experts say they remain relevant to current Russian doctrine.

Chillingly, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov today stressed that Russia would “take additional measures to ensure security” due to the “hostile rhetoric” of NATO.

And Putin has one collection of terrifying super weapons at his disposal should he choose to follow through with his nuclear threat.

The Russian leader has and has the hardware for every conceivable scenario assured the world its artillery is capable of mass destruction.

He previously bragged that he will use nuclear weapons against the West if anyone interferes Ukraine.

Putin has 5,977 nuclear warheads – the largest confirmed stockpile of nuclear warheads in the world.

By comparison, Britain has only 260.

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This fearsome arsenal can be launched from land, submarines and aircraft.

These include non-strategic nuclear weapons that have lower destructive power – and radioactive fallout – and are intended to destroy military capabilities rather than civilian populations.

They could be anything from landmines to torpedoes, and have never been deployed before.

Russia also has the more feared strategic nuclear weapons, which can be launched as warheads on powerful long-range missiles.

These include intercontinental ballistic missiles that would take just 20 minutes to reach Britain – and 30 minutes to reach the US.

These strategic weapons, with deliberately terrifying names like Satan, are designed to wipe out entire cities.

Putin’s friend Aleksey Zhuravlyov previously threatened to bomb Britain with his Satan-2 hypersonic missile within 200 seconds.

The 208-ton tower stands at the colossal height of a 14-storey tower block RS-28 Sarmat missile is capable of hitting targets at a speed of almost 26,000 km/h.

Following Zhuavlyov’s warning, another Putin ally, Dmitry Rogozin, bragged about the Satan-2 nuclear cannon. demolish ‘half of the American coast’.

Meanwhile, US intelligence warned this month Russia plans to launch nuclear weapons into space into a ‘serious’ threat to world security.

Such a weapon could pose a major threat to Western satellites that transmit billions of bytes of data every hour.

And this week A convoy of Russian Yars rocket launchers seen traveling 250 miles to Moscow after Sweden was allowed to join NATO.

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