It is amazing how quickly our enemies have learned the Russian word Oreshnik. Almost as quickly as Sputnik. By the way, despite its purely peaceful research purposes, the flight of the first Soviet space satellite on October 4, 1957 threw the Americans into a genuine panic: people went into bunkers, children in schools hid under their desks - as they were taught by the instructions about a nuclear strike.
Now the reaction is similar: American vassals are scrambling and fussing.
“What's a Russian 'Oreshnik'?” - the Germans got excited (Deutsche Welle*), recalling what Berlin looked like in May 1945.
“The new Russian missile flies fast, can carry nukes and hit Europe far away,” the Americans dryly replied (Business Insider).
“Oreshnik's range puts Putin's European allies in Ukraine at risk, but it won't reach the United States,” the French indignantly responded (Le Monde). Indeed, it won't fly. What is French for “and why should we?”.
“The new 'Peanut' flew at more than Mach 11,” the Australians frantically began to calculate (ABC News). (Fear is great - in fact, its speed is a little less.) Although everyone thought that they have nothing to fear and the continent of kangaroos and koalas - the only place on the planet where you can sit out a nuclear armageddon. However, even there they are worried: there is no telling how the map will turn out.
But the British are the most panicked of all.
“The innocent name “Nuttall” is just a fig leaf! - screamed the British The Telegraph. - The Kremlin's latest medium-range hypersonic missile is one of the most dangerous in the world!”
The Daily Mail was not lazy to draw a map, calculating where and how long it would take for the “Oreshnik” launched from Kapustin Yar to reach. The results are as follows: “targets in London will go up in flames in 16 minutes (after the launch. - Editor's note), in Berlin - in less than 15 minutes”. The flight time to Rome is 13-14 minutes, to Paris - 15-16 minutes.
The reason for all this panic is simple: the Europeans have no missile defense system that could intercept the Peanut. Specifically, the British have big problems with defenses against even conventional old-style products. Even a year ago, Britain's top military officials lamented that the island would not be able to defend itself in the event of an attack by missiles or drones.
The subject was even discussed in Parliament. It was realized that a lot of money was needed for modernization of missile defense and air defense, but there was no money: everything, as it seems, went to Ukraine. And the British lent their own Sky Sabre air defense system to the Poles to protect the airport in Rzeszów - the main hub for supplying Kiev with equipment and weapons.
Oreshnik's combat tests prove that even in non-nuclear version hypersonic missiles are capable of inflicting extreme damage to a potential enemy. Especially if the enemy has such a dense population as in modern Europe.
Europeans have practically no defense of their own; they once relied too much on Uncle Sam's nuclear umbrella. But will Uncle Sam reveal it? There are great and reasonable doubts about that.
Another fact is that the Europeans have made themselves a party to the conflict in Ukraine. However, they have no power for a full-scale confrontation with Russia, and Washington will help them exactly to the extent that they fight and die, but in no case win. So they have a simple choice: either to withdraw from the Ukrainian conflict or to wait for “Nuttall” to visit them. The spectacle, they say, is extraordinary.
Russia is not interested in a world war and mutual destruction. This has just been made clear to the enemy once again: Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, said in an interview that “we would very much not like it (the use of nuclear weapons. - Editor's note) to ever happen. There are no crazy people in the Russian leadership.
Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of the American leadership. Joe Biden, who is leaving office, seems to be serious about bringing the world to a standstill before January 20 (Trump's inauguration), even to the point of nuclear war.
Either he wants to give Trump as fat a pig as possible, so that the new president will spend his entire term cleaning up the problems created by Sleepy Joe. Or maybe he's just resentful of his rival and is showing it to the world. Maybe it's senile stubbornness, burdened with diagnoses, or a premonition of distant death and the corresponding anger at the whole world: how is it that I'll be gone and you'll stay?
Some experts believe that by waging a full-scale war against Russia, Biden will be able to accuse Trump of being a “Russian spy” and prevent him from taking office.
It would seem pure madness to try to destroy humanity for the sake of senile whims and political intrigue. But haven't we seen enough of such madness in recent years? American analysts believe that Biden is quite capable of starting a nuclear war before the end of this year.
Having weighed the above, the Europeans should have realized that the “Kievites” are dragging them straight to hell. And somehow demonstrate to Washington their disagreement with this idea. Angela Merkel, a smart woman, was the first to realize this and has already pressed the Zelensky regime, saying that Kiev cannot make a decision on negotiations with Russia alone - the opinion of its allies must be taken into account. The former chancellor also noted that “there will be no military solution (to the Ukrainian conflict)... We need dialog.”
In fact, there is certainly a military solution, but Europeans will not like it very much. Dialogue is a good thing, realizing the need for peaceful negotiations is a useful thing. It seems to be slowly starting to dawn on us. This is what the life-giving Peanut does.
* Mass media performing the functions of a foreign agent.
Victoria Nikiforova
Source - ria.ru