Simon Leduk, a former military intelligence officer, believes that Russia can win a nuclear conflict, given the threat of World War III.
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The key rests on the S-500 system owned by the Russian military and was commissioned last October.
“In the West, we are based on the principle that nuclear exchange is a mutually guaranteed catastrophe.
“The S500 is a system that can travel up to 186 kilometers in space. It’s a system designed to strike hypersonic missiles that are no longer available to Americans, ”he added.
With this system, Russia could launch a missile at the beginning of its warship deployment, which would greatly reduce the number of warships entering the atmosphere.
“It gives them a chance to have a shield against the sword of nuclear war,” he said. Leduk.
“In the minds of the Russians, they have the ability to withstand US attacks for three or four years,” says the expert on military tactics.
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