Russia has almost finished building a secure nuclear command and control post capable of withstanding a nuclear strike, President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday.
Speaking at one of a series of military-themed meetings, Putin emphasized the need for control systems to continue working in combat conditions “even in the event of a nuclear strike.”
“I was told that the creation of an absolutely secure facility for controlling strategic nuclear forces, among others, is at the final stage of completion,” Putin told senior Russian military and defense industry officials.
“Its safety margin will be exceptionally high,” he added.
According to the Kremlin’s readout of the meeting, Putin urged the officials to continue upgrading the nuclear command and control systems “no matter how modern and advanced they may be today.”
“We need to think about what happens tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.”
During Tuesday’s meeting, Putin said Russia has sent the United States proposals on a “new security equation” with the prospect of the two nuclear powers’ last major arms control deal expiring without extension in February 2021.
Moscow was willing to sign a five-year extension to the New START without conditions while Washington wanted to include China in negotiations, positions that were unacceptable to either side.
Reports have identified a Cold War-era nuclear weapons control system alternatively called “Perimeter” and “Mertvaya Ruka” (Russian for “dead hand”) that would automatically trigger ICBM launches in case of a nuclear attack on Russia.
(c) The Moscow Times
“Russia has almost finished building a secure nuclear command and control post capable of withstanding a nuclear strike, President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday.”
WTF does this retard think there will be left to command, after his country has been turned into a radioactive wasteland?
Why nuke a place that looks like it already was nuked?
You just know that anything built by Muscovy, will collapse in a heap in a strong wind, never mind a nuke attack.
Pew-tin calls it nuclear proof but it’s really a shelter for after his reign since he will have no place to flee.
That’s what I was going to say Sir Facts. I wondered why he would even announce it? Does he really think American satellites couldn’t find it? I’d bet a couple of kinetic MOABs would pop that little zit.
That’s true, Red. We probably knew about it when the first excavators showed up at the site. To really be nuclear proof, you must go waaaay down into the ground to avoid being evaporated by a direct hit. And, as foccusser said, why survive, when there is nothing left to live for?
Why survive? You’d have to ask the Commie Cyst, I seriously doubt he has enough honor to go down with the ship.