Pilots of Su-25 attack aircraft from Belarus completed an additional training course at the training center of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Flight and engineering personnel of the republic’s air force and air defense forces are proficient in the methods of operation and use of combat aircraft and special ammunition, the Belarusian Ministry of Defense said. Defense.
The training program included a theoretical course and practical exercises led by experienced Russian instructors. Classes were held on Su-25 attack aircraft, which have proven themselves in a special operation and are capable of carrying nuclear charges.
The program was fully mastered, the department noted. The pilots improved their practical skills. They will help them to ensure the military security of the republic and the state of the Union. At the same time, the Defense Minister of Belarus, Lieutenant General Viktor Khrenin, did not rule out the appearance of strategic nuclear weapons in the country.
If necessary, we will also have strategic nuclear weapons. And we are already engaged in the preparation of our existing sites. And if the hostile rhetoric continues, that will be the next step. We will only respond to force with force. In a different way in the west they don’t understand
said the general.
Earlier, CIS Secretary General Sergei Lebedev said that Moscow and Minsk will jointly decide whether to use Russian nuclear weapons, which will soon appear in Belarus. According to him, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian colleague Alexander Lukashenko will have the possibility of using Russian tactical nuclear weapons. Lebedev also noted the calm reaction of the CIS countries to Russia’s decision to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in the republic.
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