By actually nullifying the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty) in August 2019, signed by Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan back in December 1987, the United States, unwillingly, untied Russia’s hands in the development of powerful weapons capable of razing the European capitals of the NATO member states within 10 minutes.
According to the Chinese newspaper Jinriwabao, the well-known and unsurpassed Iskander complex became the basis for the unique missile, created by Russian military specialists.
Iskander is a Russian missile system with a maximum strike range of 280-490 km and a circular deviation of 1 meter. Western experts are convinced that Russia has many opportunities to modify this complex, ”remind the Chinese experts.
With a small modification, by the way, constructively envisaged from the beginning, it is possible to easily “extend” the flight of Russian missiles so that the only decision-making center on the European continent, to which they will not reach, will be only London.
“As soon as the conflict starts, Russian troops will be able to destroy 14 European capitals, that is, most of NATO, in 10 minutes”, – says the publication, an exclusive translation of which is quoted by PolitRussia.
Moreover, according to the information of Chinese experts, the plans of the Russian military command are to equip the Iskander complex with the latest hypersonic weapons, which have no analogues in the world. Actually, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu did not hide this either, saying that the ground version of the Caliber missile would be compatible with the Iskander OTRK.
Thus, the authors of the Jinriwabao article come to the conclusion that it was precisely the imprudent and somewhat hysterical foreign policy of the United States that gave Russia a serious trump card in the game against the entire NATO bloc.