Posted on 08/15/2016 1:55:16 PM PDT by Enlightened1
U.S. intelligence detects dozens of hardened bunkers for leaders
Russia is building large numbers of underground nuclear command bunkers in the latest sign Moscow is moving ahead with a major strategic forces modernization program.
U.S. intelligence officials said construction has been underway for several years on “dozens” of underground bunkers in Moscow and around the country.
Disclosure of the underground command bunkers comes as Army Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti, commander of U.S. European Command, warned recently that Russia has adopted a nuclear use doctrine he called “alarming.”
“It is clear that Russia is modernizing its strategic forces,” Scaparrotti told a conference sponsored by the U.S. Strategic Command.
“Russian doctrine states that tactical nuclear weapons may be used in a conventional response scenario,” Scaparrotti said on July 27. “This is alarming and it underscores why our country’s nuclear forces and NATO’s continues to be a vital component of our deterrence.”
Mark Schneider, a former Pentagon nuclear policy official, said Russia’s new national security strategy, which was made public in December, discusses increasing civil defenses against nuclear attack, an indication Moscow is preparing for nuclear war.
“Russia is getting ready for a big war which they assume will go nuclear, with them launching the first attacks,” said Schneider, now with the National Institute for Public Policy, a Virginia-based think tank.
“We are not serious about preparing for a big war, much less a nuclear war,” he added.
Additionally, Russian officials have been issuing nuclear threats.
“A lot of things they say they are doing relate to nuclear threats and nuclear warfighting,” he said. “Active and passive defense were a major Soviet priority and [current Russian leaders] are Soviets in everything but name.”
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I’m still surprised they want to build command bunkers near Moscow, given I’ve read just the Moscow region could be target with 20+ nuclear warheads. Wouldn’t it be better to be deep underground far away from Moscow?
Time for a round of golf!
Europe is so screwed.
5.56mm
The ABM treaty allowed each country to decide where to place its anti-ballistic missile defense. The US put our ABMs around our missile fields. Moscow put theirs around ... Moscow.
This belies the Russian ‘promise’ of never being the first to use ICBMs. There was no need to protect Russian missile silos from an American strike because the missiles will have been already launched by Moscow, in a first strike. They chose to brace for a counter-strike, protecting the Kremlin.
The Moscow bunkers will be connected to the others far away.
Just getting ready for when either Barack or Hillary strike.
Speaking of being screwed Zero Hedge is reporting that NSA has been hacked.
I wonder if the 80s still wants it’s foreign policy back.
They will probably offer Russia some migrants to run the new underground bunkers.
Islam and nuclear bunkers: what could go wrong?
Russia will eventually nuke the Kaaba.
Putin will not allow Europe to be filled with enough Muslim invaders that they can attack Russia.
So if he has to, he’ll nuke Europe too.
His attitude is: they’re not coming to Russia.
Period.
Have to be able to get to the bunkers in the flight time of a nuclear missile.
I don’t blame them for building them. Soros is paying very good money for the US to go to war against Russia.
If I'm a native European, I would throw my lot with the Russians. At least I would drink vodka and the women are hot.
If you surprised that bunch by firing off a single round of 5.56 nearby, they’d probably all wet their pants.
The Russians have never really stopped their defensive planning, despite the so-called end of the Cold War.
“Russian doctrine states that tactical nuclear weapons may be used in a conventional response scenario,”
But, we were just wanting to fight them there -without- it ever going nuclear!
It’s pretty obvious they have a policy of no more Napoleons, no more Nazis, etc. Any invasion from the east will clearly get nuked. I hope we have the same policy.
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