September 29th 2023.
Russia is getting ready for the worst. On October 3, the nation will be carrying out its first ever nationwide nuclear attack exercise, across 11 time zones. The one-day drill is designed to prepare Russia for potential nuclear war - an exercise which has only ever been done region by region in the past.
The scenario for the test reads: 'In some constituent entities [regions] of the Russian Federation, as a result of emergencies or other types of physical impact, complete destruction of life support facilities and up to 70% of the housing stock is possible.' It envisions 'accidents at hydraulic structures, chemically and radiation hazardous facilities' resulting in 'secondary hazards'. Civil servants and regional officials will be ordered to organise 'non-staff emergency rescue teams', endure food and medical supplies, and protection from radioactive protection.
The exercise is being held four days before Vladimir Putin turns 71, amidst warnings of nuclear armageddon. Putin's cronies have highlighted the potential for this attack, with the document further warning: 'The risk of armed conflicts escalating into local and regional wars, including those involving nuclear powers, is increasing.'
The Putin regime has 'taken a decision to develop measures aimed at increasing the readiness of civil defence forces and means to take measures to protect the population, material and cultural property on the territory of the Russian Federation, including general evacuation from danger zones.' Putin is known to have several bunkers in his palaces in preparation for nuclear armageddon as well as a fleet of ‘Doomsday’ Il-80 Maxdome aircraft.
The rhetoric surrounding the potential for nuclear armageddon has been raised by Putin crony Mikhail Kovalchuk, head of the Kurchatov Institute, who demanded a resumption of nuclear weapons testing in the Arctic for the first time since the end of the Soviet Union. He has called for an equivalent jolt to Western leaders like when the USSR tested the Tsar Bomb in 1961, the most powerful ever with a capacity of more than 50 megatons.
The exercise comes as Putin is spending 40% of his state budget on the army, police and intelligence services, amid the war against Ukraine. His loyalist MP and army commander Lt-Gen Andrei Gurulev has demanded that Putin be ready to use nuclear weapons, saying: 'Our strategic capability is our [nuclear triad]. This is what is designed for the landmass of the United States of America. This is specifically for them. And they know very well that after that there will be no United States of America. We 100% inflict an unacceptable defeat on the USA. They know that.'
It looks like Russia is taking the necessary precautions and getting ready for the worst. All eyes will be on October 3, when the nation carries out its first ever nationwide nuclear attack exercise.
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