The outside world has launched a heated discussion about the launch of the "Minuteman" 3 intercontinental ballistic missile by the United States. Why everyone pays so much attention to the US’s missile launch is mainly because when the US launched the "Minuteman" 3 intercontinental ballistic missile this time, there were two unusual places, which revealed a special signal to the outside world. It is possible that in the coming time, the United States will make large-scale adjustments to its nuclear weapons deployment.
According to US media reports on August 6, when the United States launched the "Minuteman" 3 intercontinental ballistic missile, there were two unusual places. The first was the unusual launch method. This time the United States launched the "Minuteman" 3 intercontinental ballistic missile, which was remotely controlled by the "Doomsday Aircraft", not in accordance with the conventional ground operation procedures. Everyone knows that the "doomsday plane" is a device used when a nuclear war breaks out or the country enters a state of emergency. Using the "doomsday plane" to control the launch of nuclear bombs is actually a preview of the nuclear war.
The second is the unusual missile launched. The "Minuteman" 3 intercontinental ballistic missile launched by the United States this time is equipped with 3 reentry vehicles for assembling nuclear warheads. According to the requirements of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between the United States and Russia, each reentry vehicle of the Minuteman 3 ICBM can only be equipped with one nuclear warhead. Therefore, for many years, the US Minuteman 3 ICBM has also Only one reentry vehicle was carried. If each "Minuteman" 3 intercontinental ballistic missile is equipped with three reentry vehicles, the total number of nuclear warheads of the US land-based intercontinental missile will increase from 400 to 1,200.
It is understood that the "New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty" signed by the United States and Russia will expire in 2021. This time the United States launched an intercontinental missile equipped with three reentry vehicles, which may be a hint that they will further expand their nuclear forces after the "New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty" expires. In recent years, the United States and Russia have invested a lot of energy in the development of nuclear weapons. The United States has developed the W76-2 low-yield nuclear warhead in preparation to lower the threshold of nuclear war and put it into actual combat.
and Russia has developed many heavy nuclear weapons, such as: Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missiles and Poseidon nuclear torpedoes. Among them, the Salmat intercontinental ballistic missile is currently the most powerful nuclear missile in the world. It can carry 10 nuclear warheads equivalent to 750,000 tons of TNT, or a single warhead of 20 million tons. Western experts believe that a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile can destroy at least 10 large cities. If it is used in small and medium-sized countries, then a single missile can wipe out its political and economic centers.
