Putin, as the leader of Russia, a military power, has attracted attention for every move he makes. One of the most striking is that no matter what occasion he attends, he always has a personal staff carrying a leather bag.
According to the official announcement of Russia in 2019, this leather bag contains a nuclear suitcase with 10 digital buttons and 4 large buttons.
This makes people wonder if this leather bag is really capable of launching nuclear **? Why does Putin carry it with him at all times? As a military power in the world today, Russia's military strength is beyond doubt.
Although Russia"Inheritance"Most of the military ** equipment of the former Soviet Union, but compared to the superpower of the United States, Russia's conventional ** does not seem to have an advantage.
Because the United States has military allies all over the world, and at the same time leads the world's largest military alliance, NATO. Therefore, for Russia, the key to balancing the United States lies in nuclear deterrence.
Nuclear **, is the decider of war. Russia has put a lot of effort into the research and development of nuclear **, Poseidon nuclear torpedo, Sarmat intercontinental missile and Borean nuclear submarine and other powerful ** are only the carrier of nuclear **, the real core is nuclear warheads, including atomic bombs, hydrogen bombs and the latest nuclear **.
Although it is an exaggeration to say that Russia has six or seven thousand nuclear warheads, this also reflects the strength of Russia's nuclear forces. Most of Russia's current nuclear warheads are products of the Cold War, when the United States and the Soviet Union competed for hegemony, and the two sides continued to produce nuclear warheads in response to each other's nuclear strikes, so that the number reached an unprecedented height.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, most of the former Soviet nuclear warheads fell into the hands of Russia, and although the number is not as large as before, it is still not to be underestimated.
According to international conventions, the number of nuclear warheads in the United States is strictly limited to 1,500, and the number of launch and delivery vehicles is also limited to 1,000. The treaty stipulates that each country can deploy only half of the number of nuclear warheads.
The main purpose of these treaties is to limit the nuclear power of the United States and Russia. From history, we can get some important information about the number of nuclear **. In the 60s of the last century, the United States and the Soviet Union held negotiations on nuclear disarmament, and the two sides reached an agreement that the United States should not hold more than 1,700 nuclear warheads, and the Soviet Union should not exceed 2,600 nuclear warheads.
Based on this, we can speculate that the total number of nuclear warheads in the USSR should have been around 6000 units. In the following decades, the United States and the Soviet Union conducted a number of negotiations on nuclear disarmament, and finally, during the Brezhnev era, stipulated that the number of nuclear weapons between the United States and Russia should not exceed 2,250.
The START treaty signed in the 90s of the last century stipulates that the number of nuclear weapons of the United States and Russia needs to be limited to 6,000 and no more than 1,600 delivery vehicles.
In the Medvedev era, the number of nuclear ** was further reduced, to about 1500. Thus, we can deduce that the number of nuclear warheads in Russia should now be less than 6000.
Currently, there are nine countries in the world that have nuclear weapons**, in addition to the five permanent members of the United Nations, India, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea. Since nuclear ** is the "ultimate trump card" of a country, its launch rights are usually held by the head of state, and the most widely known form of launch is the "nuclear suitcase".
In various film and television works in the past, we often only see the surface of the nuclear suitcase, and little is known about its internal structure. However, that all changed in 2019.
For the first time, official Russia has revealed the inner workings of the nuclear suitcase, revealing its mysteries. The move was made in honor of the 60th anniversary of the formation of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces.
With official permission, the internal structure of the nuclear suitcase was revealed for the first time on a television show, allowing everyone to see its true face. It turns out that the nuclear suitcase is similar in shape to a laptop bag, and the internal structure is very simple, with only a few buttons of different colors and a small screen.
Among them, the most conspicuous is the red button, but in fact, the button that can really launch the nuclear ** is the white button next to it.
The nuclear suitcase of the "Rite of the Turning of the Century: the ultimate coded equipment for Russia** and the two national defense** This Soviet-made nuclear suitcase has been around for more than half a century.
Its great significance and status can be seen from the ceremony of handing over power to Putin by Yeltsin**. It is understood that in addition to Russia's ** nuclear suitcase, Russia's Minister of Defense and the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Army also have one each.
When all three have successfully entered the password, the nuclear ** can be successfully launched. Different from the setting in film and television works, the nuclear launch procedure in reality is complex, requires multiple layers of approval, and the final launch operation will be completed by a special launch soldier.
This is a major matter related to the security of the country and even the security of the whole world. In the 60s of the 20th century, the occurrence of the "Cuban Missile Crisis" incident made Kennedy of the United States order the development of this "nuclear suitcase" to ensure that the order to launch nuclear weapons can be issued at any time, and at the same time, it can also prevent his subordinates from launching nuclear weapons without authorization.
Also in the United States, the former Soviet Union was no exception, and immediately plunged into the development of nuclear suitcases. When ** goes out, the nuclear suitcase will be carried by the entourage. Obviously, the deterrent power of the nuclear suitcase far exceeds its practical effect, because everyone knows that once the launch button is pressed, there will be no room for regret and the whole world will face the destruction of nuclear war.
As the country's last line of defense, nuclear ** will never be easily revealed. The disclosure of its internal structure, on the one hand, is to demonstrate the country's nuclear strength and play a deterrent role, and on the other hand, it also shows the country's determination that in the event of an attack, a nuclear counterattack will be swift and inevitable.
In the nuclear suitcase that Putin carries with him there is a row of buttons with small numbers and four large buttons of different colors. To unlock the launch function, you also need an important component - a flash memory card.
Even if Putin is in front of the nuclear suitcase, without this component, it will not be possible to manipulate the launch of the nuclear **.
New version of the copy: This suitcase is also equipped with a unique design, that is, the unlock distance of the key launch hole of the nuclear missile must be three meters away, to prevent the person holding the two keys from opening it easily.
Despite the fact that the device is more than fifty years old and has a relatively low level of secrecy, it is still the highest level of *** Russia Putin has switched to the latest version of the nuclear suitcase.
Although the launch procedure requires joint authorization from the Chief, the Minister of Defense, and the Chief of the General Staff, in the event of an emergency, anyone can obtain provisional authorization to carry out a nuclear strike.
Only the "fighting nation" dares to make this top secret public, and self-confidence comes from strength.
During the Cold War, the number of nuclear warheads in the United States and the Soviet Union reached tens of thousands, and how to effectively manage these devastating ** has become an urgent problem to be solved.
For any country, if it fails to issue an order for nuclear ** at the first time, it means losing its strategic advantage in a war, therefore, the nuclear suitcase came into being.
This concept was first put forward by Eisenhower, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II and later the United States, and after the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy made it a reality.
In response to the nuclear threat of the former Soviet Union, the United States developed an innovative system - the "designated survivor" system. When the U.S. policymakers are dealing with a major event, they designate a cabinet member not to attend the meeting, so that in the unfortunate event that the other members lose their lives, someone can become the U.S. ** and continue to lead the country in accordance with the relevant laws.
This system actually spreads the risk into two baskets and increases the safety factor of decision-making. Now, the global situation has stabilized, and countries with nuclear weapons have made it clear that they will not use nuclear weapons lightly.
Therefore, in this case, the nuclear suitcase, which is used more as a deterrent tool, also plays an important role in maintaining a nuclear-free world.