Línea Roja, Rusia presenta su nueva doctrina nuclear

Rusia ha anunciado oficialmente los cambios en su “Doctrina de empleo de Armas Nucleares”. Según las autoridades rusas, esta nueva doctrina establece bajo que escenarios, el poderoso arsenal de sistemas de armas nucleares puede ser utilizado. El cambio fundamental es que, cuando la soberanía o integridad territorial rusa se vea amenazada, inclusive por el ataque de un enemigo que emplea armas convencionales como misiles, aeronaves o artillería, que han sido proporcionadas por otro país con capacidad nuclear, Rusia podrá utilizar armas nucleares al considerar que el país proveedor de las armas, también está siendo parte del ataque. Esta declaración de las autoridades rusas, es considerada como el trazado de una nueva “Línea roja” frente a la NATO y aliados por su apoyo a Ucrania en la guerra que lleva ya tres años.

Russia has officially announced that amendments to its nuclear doctrine have been prepared and are ready to be formalized. Announced on Sunday (Sept 29) by official Kremlin sources, this new doctrine will set out under which scenarios Russia’s substantial nuclear weapon stockpile could be used against perceived aggression against Russia.

This comes after President Vladimir Putin warned the world on Wednesday (Sept 25) that proposed changes would include the use of conventional weapons against Russia’s sovereign territory. Such weapons would include things like missiles, artillery shells, etc.

The new doctrine rules will also find any nuclear power supporting such attacks as complicit and, therefore, deemed a joint attack against Russia. Putin’s declaration has seen him drawing a new “red line” against countries like the United States and its allies.

It is also seen as a signal that Moscow will now consider the use of nuclear weapons if the NATO countries allow Ukraine to strike deep inside Russian territory with Western-supplied long-range weapons.

Russia’s new “Red Line” nuclear doctrine

Putin also explained that the changes were needed to adapt to emerging threats. Although he didn’t explicitly mention Ukraine, the proposed measures seemed connected to Moscow’s offensive launched in February 2022.

At present, Russian nuclear doctrine sets criteria such as enemy invasion or the destruction of around 20% of its strategic ballistic missile submarines as justifying the use of nuclear weapons. Other things like strikes on its coastal command centers in which nuclear weapon deployment could be used to blunt the aggression of attackers.

In a televised meeting with high-level officials, Putin detailed the proposed changes to the country’s nuclear doctrine: the “utmost measure of protection of the country’s sovereignty.”

“We see the modern military and political situation is dynamically changing, and we must take this into consideration,” Putin said, citing “the emergence of new sources of military threats and risks for Russia and our allies.”

Putin proposed that aggression against Russia by a non-nuclear state carried out with the participation or support of a nuclear power, should be considered a joint attack on Russia.

Putin added that proposed changes “clearly set the conditions for Russia to transition to using nuclear weapons.” “We will consider such a possibility once we receive reliable information about a massive launch of air and space attack weapons and their crossing our state border,” he added.

Fuente: https://interestingengineering.com