{"id":21505,"date":"2024-11-28T22:01:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T20:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=21505"},"modified":"2024-11-28T22:01:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T20:01:09","slug":"russia-why-it-torn-the-main-cold-war-doctrine-by-striking-with-oreshnik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=21505","title":{"rendered":"Russia: Why it &#8220;torn&#8221; the main Cold War doctrine by striking with Oreshnik"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia launched a new non-nuclear intermediate-range ballistic missile in the Dnipro region of Ukraine on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address, marking another major escalation in the 1,000-day war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Putin said the Russian strike in Ukraine was carried out on one of the Ukrainian defense industry facilities \u201cin response to the use of American and British long-range weapons on November 21 of this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to American and Western officials, the ballistic missile carried multiple warheads. This was likely the first time such a weapon had been used in a war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The strike on Dnipro was caught on video \u2014 it was published by the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BackAndAlive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BackAndAlive<\/a> foundation. The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported a massive attack on the city, including an intercontinental missile. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sJG2NEl47j\">pic.twitter.com\/sJG2NEl47j<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Oleksandra Matviichuk (@avalaina) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/avalaina\/status\/1859615831409262763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least three people were injured in the attack, the head of the Dnipro military command said. Several buildings were damaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By using Oreshnik, Russia deviated from the Cold War doctrine of deterrence. Russia and the United States pledged not to develop such weapons under the INF Treaty (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, in 2019, this treaty was terminated after the United States withdrew from it. Last June, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of production of medium- and shorter-range missiles in response to Washington&#8217;s actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to him, the United States is producing missiles of this category and including them in military exercises held in Europe. The production of the RS-26 Rubezh and RSD-10 Pioneer ballistic missiles could, as estimated, constitute a new response from Moscow to Washington&#8217;s withdrawal from the INF Treaty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What is the MIRV system<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The system, known as a Multiple Independently-Targetable Reentry Vehicle (MIRV), carries a series of warheads that can each target a specific location, allowing a single ballistic missile to launch a greater attack than one carrying only one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MIRVs were developed during the Cold War to allow strikes by multiple nuclear warheads with a single launch. The Minuteman III, which is the US intercontinental ballistic missile, is armed with MIRVs. The Russian missile strike on Dnipro did not involve nuclear warheads, but used a weapon designed for a nuclear strike to deliver a non-nuclear strike \u2013 as a conventional weapon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said this was the first use of the experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile in question, which is a development of the Russian RS-26 Rubezh missile. Singh declined to identify the specific type of missile or its capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is likely the first time a MIRV has been used in combat. In the past, MIRVs have been \u201cexclusively nuclear warheads.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The use of this type of missile, armed with conventional warheads, is an escalation of Russia\u2019s nuclear threat, which includes a recent update to its nuclear doctrine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a missile that has the ability to carry a large payload &#8211; possibly MIRV &#8211; and has the necessary connectors for connection to vehicles carrying nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia launched a new non-nuclear intermediate-range ballistic missile in the Dnipro region of Ukraine on Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2362,2845,7,3830],"tags":[6226,6224,2358,1821,6225,58,3395],"class_list":["post-21505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military-science","category-military-strategy-doctrines","category-research","category-war-in-ukraine","tag-ballistic-missile","tag-cold-war-doctrine","tag-doctrine","tag-missiles","tag-oreshnik","tag-russia","tag-war-in-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21506,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21505\/revisions\/21506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}