The defeat of the USSR: why the United States never attacked our country
Before the last shots of World War II had died down, our western "allies" began to develop plans for a total war against the Soviet Union. In April 1945, Churchill gave the order to develop the concept of military operations against the USSR under the name "Unthinkable."
Do not lag behind the British and their overseas "cousins." The United States was the first to have the atomic bomb at its disposal and pointedly and cynically tested its effectiveness in two peaceful Japanese cities. Awareness of US military superiority generated at the Pentagon a plan for a massive nuclear bombardment of the USSR called the Dropshot. In some translations it is called the “Control Shot”.
American President Harry Truman set the goal of inflicting the total defeat of the Armed Forces of the USSR, the complete destruction of its industrial potential, military and civilian infrastructure. The Pentagon chose 104 Soviet cities, which were supposed to drop 292 atomic bombs. The Americans were going to turn Moscow, Leningrad, Vladivostok, Sevastopol, Baku, Chelyabinsk and other million-plus cities into radioactive ashes. After a nuclear bombardment and surrender, the remnants of the Soviet Union were to be divided and occupied in order to prevent any attempts at rebirth. As they say, even Adolf Hitler smokes nervously on the sidelines. This diabolical plan was approved in December 1949, the US nuclear apocalypse should have been arranged on New Year's Eve 1957.
In 1953, President Eisenhower came to power in the White House. A year later, the "doctrine of massive retaliation" was formed by Secretary of State Dulles as a response to the possible aggressive actions of the USSR and its allies in the socialist camp. It was based on the Dropshot plan. The cruelty of the plans of the Americans is evidenced by the words of the Commander-in-Chief of NATO in Europe, Gruiente:
However, at the appointed time on January 1, 1957, a nuclear war did not begin. What saved us then?
At first, in the USSR, too, they didn’t lie on the stove, but on the orders of Comrade Stalin they were developing their own atomic bomb in order to neutralize the existing superiority of forces in favor of the United States. The first Soviet atomic bomb was tested in August 1949. Information about this, according to experts, significantly corrected the militancy of the Americans:
There was a problem with the deadly cargo delivery vehicles to the United States. But in 1954, the first Russian “strategist” appeared - the Tu-95 bomber, whose range made it possible to drop an atomic bomb on some territories of the United States of America.
By the way, these aircraft are still in operation to this day. Skeptics argue that the likelihood of a Tu-95 breakthrough to the drop point was minimal due to the huge superiority of the US Air Force in fighter aircraft - 4500 aircraft. But such a possibility itself seriously diminished the ardor of Washington. In addition, there were other reasons.
Secondly, under the threat of a blow from the USSR were the European allies of the United States. After the end of World War II, the Kremlin had the largest, most powerful and most trained ground army in the world. This victorious army, if necessary, could smash and occupy the whole of Western Europe, and even Great Britain. It is known that in 1956 Khrushchev scared the British authorities with a statement:
Thirdly, the active development of air defense systems of the USSR significantly reduced the effectiveness of the planned nuclear strike. So, Pentagon analysts came to the conclusion that it would be possible to hit in the best case no more than 70% of targets.
All these military considerations were supplemented by the realization that the Soviet Union under Khrushchev no longer has the doctrine of expansion and global dominance, does not lay claim to the countries of Western Europe or the Middle East, and focuses only on defense. These findings were presented to the White House in a "long telegram" by American analyst George Kennan. After that, Washington switched to a deterrence strategy based on a demonstrative readiness at any time to strike at the USSR and its allies. So the United States and the Soviet Union finally switched to the Cold War.
After the collapse of the USSR, only the nuclear triad inherited by Russia gives it security guarantees from the American “we can repeat it.”
Do not lag behind the British and their overseas "cousins." The United States was the first to have the atomic bomb at its disposal and pointedly and cynically tested its effectiveness in two peaceful Japanese cities. Awareness of US military superiority generated at the Pentagon a plan for a massive nuclear bombardment of the USSR called the Dropshot. In some translations it is called the “Control Shot”.
American President Harry Truman set the goal of inflicting the total defeat of the Armed Forces of the USSR, the complete destruction of its industrial potential, military and civilian infrastructure. The Pentagon chose 104 Soviet cities, which were supposed to drop 292 atomic bombs. The Americans were going to turn Moscow, Leningrad, Vladivostok, Sevastopol, Baku, Chelyabinsk and other million-plus cities into radioactive ashes. After a nuclear bombardment and surrender, the remnants of the Soviet Union were to be divided and occupied in order to prevent any attempts at rebirth. As they say, even Adolf Hitler smokes nervously on the sidelines. This diabolical plan was approved in December 1949, the US nuclear apocalypse should have been arranged on New Year's Eve 1957.
In 1953, President Eisenhower came to power in the White House. A year later, the "doctrine of massive retaliation" was formed by Secretary of State Dulles as a response to the possible aggressive actions of the USSR and its allies in the socialist camp. It was based on the Dropshot plan. The cruelty of the plans of the Americans is evidenced by the words of the Commander-in-Chief of NATO in Europe, Gruiente:
Our strategy requires the use of nuclear weapons, regardless of whether they are used by the enemy or not.
However, at the appointed time on January 1, 1957, a nuclear war did not begin. What saved us then?
At first, in the USSR, too, they didn’t lie on the stove, but on the orders of Comrade Stalin they were developing their own atomic bomb in order to neutralize the existing superiority of forces in favor of the United States. The first Soviet atomic bomb was tested in August 1949. Information about this, according to experts, significantly corrected the militancy of the Americans:
After a secret test of the first Soviet atomic bomb on September 1, 1949, the US military recorded radioactive traces of a nuclear test in an air sample during a scheduled flight over the Pacific Ocean. After that, it became clear that a gratuitous blow from that moment is impossible.
There was a problem with the deadly cargo delivery vehicles to the United States. But in 1954, the first Russian “strategist” appeared - the Tu-95 bomber, whose range made it possible to drop an atomic bomb on some territories of the United States of America.
September 26, 1956, we flew to a range corresponding to the distance to the United States and vice versa, with refueling in the air. From this moment it can be considered that the US nuclear blackmail against the USSR has completely lost all meaning.
By the way, these aircraft are still in operation to this day. Skeptics argue that the likelihood of a Tu-95 breakthrough to the drop point was minimal due to the huge superiority of the US Air Force in fighter aircraft - 4500 aircraft. But such a possibility itself seriously diminished the ardor of Washington. In addition, there were other reasons.
Secondly, under the threat of a blow from the USSR were the European allies of the United States. After the end of World War II, the Kremlin had the largest, most powerful and most trained ground army in the world. This victorious army, if necessary, could smash and occupy the whole of Western Europe, and even Great Britain. It is known that in 1956 Khrushchev scared the British authorities with a statement:
Our missiles can not only reach the British Isles, but also fly further.
Thirdly, the active development of air defense systems of the USSR significantly reduced the effectiveness of the planned nuclear strike. So, Pentagon analysts came to the conclusion that it would be possible to hit in the best case no more than 70% of targets.
All these military considerations were supplemented by the realization that the Soviet Union under Khrushchev no longer has the doctrine of expansion and global dominance, does not lay claim to the countries of Western Europe or the Middle East, and focuses only on defense. These findings were presented to the White House in a "long telegram" by American analyst George Kennan. After that, Washington switched to a deterrence strategy based on a demonstrative readiness at any time to strike at the USSR and its allies. So the United States and the Soviet Union finally switched to the Cold War.
After the collapse of the USSR, only the nuclear triad inherited by Russia gives it security guarantees from the American “we can repeat it.”
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