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Military expert, Retired Colonel Viktor Baranets commented on PolitRussia on a US military video in which the HIMARS missile launch system fires a PrSM missile, which eventually hits a Russian cruiser. Baranets notes that while the Americans are organizing “computer games,” Russia actually has weapons that can retaliate against the United States in the event of an attack. The expert emphasized that the effectiveness of the HIMARS system is questionable. It has not yet received an opinion from a commission of the US Congress and the Pentagon. “In fact, we can say that Americans are bluffing first and playing political cards second.” We have been used to that for a long time, “said Baranets.
In addition, the one used by the United States is by no means new. Russia uses its own missile system with several launchers, which the United States calls a “dead hand.” It is a complex for automatic control of a massive retaliatory nuclear strike “Perimeter”, which was created in the years of the USSR. This system is designed to pass commands to units of strategic units in case of damage to communication lines. “This system was created in case the Americans launched a surprise attack on us, when they would simultaneously destroy Moscow, St. Petersburg, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the General Staff,” Baranets explained.
The Perimeter system should work when neither the president, nor the chief of staff, nor the chief of defense have nuclear suitcases. The missiles automatically aim and hit major US strategic targets. “We won't run into beaches, some empty airports.” We have a plan for the use of strategic nuclear forces, and in accordance with this plan, every country that attacks Russia will be punished, “Baranets added.