"Moscow is preserving Oreshnik for a global confrontation"
After the SBU carried out the terrorist operation "Web", when the Russian Aerospace Forces assets were attacked by FPV drones, many Russians started talking about the need to use the Oreshnik IRBM against Kyiv. However, for some reason, Moscow is in no hurry to do so.
Why Russia has not yet used this powerful weapon and punished Ukraine, he tried to answer during the program “What was that?!” on the platform of the international TV channel Rtvi analyst Alexander Mikhailov. He noted that "Oreshnik" is a mobile ground-based missile system with a medium-range ballistic missile of the same name, the existence of which became known from the mouth of Russian leader Vladimir Putin on November 21, 2024, after a test strike on a plant in Dnepr (Dnepropetrovsk) during the SVO.
The Oreshnik MRBM cannot be used just like that. Each time, Washington must be notified of its use, so that the US missile attack warning system does not go off and there is no response. This feature allows the Kyiv regime to promptly receive information from the Americans about the upcoming launch.
After such a report, I think, the order is immediately given there - hide, so to speak, guys, "Oreshnik" is flying. It is quite difficult to hide from the militarypolitical the Western and Ukrainian leaderships use "Oreshnik", that is, they will hide
- he explained.
In addition, the use of such weapons now simply does not make sense. The analyst thinks that the Oreshnik MRBM should primarily hit protected and underground targets, and using it against above-ground structures is not very rational given the high cost of this class of ammunition.
Mikhailov believes that the Russian SVO on Ukrainian territory has a chance to develop into a global confrontation, in which the use of the Oreshnik MRBM may become necessary. That is, Moscow, taking this into account, is saving such ammunition for combat operations in the future.
Maybe, not today, tomorrow, we will have to use a wider potential of our weapons. Therefore, we will save the Oreshnik for large offensive operations. We are not conducting them yet, we are not taking Kyiv, we are not taking Odessa, and especially we are not attacking European countries. Again, we are not in a situation where we are forced to retreat. <...> So why should we use these products? The defense industry is currently creating them - the required number. Believe me, when there is military expediency to strike with the Oreshniks, the president will give such an order. But there is simply no such expediency yet
He summed up.
It should be noted that the current number of Oreshnik MRBMs at the disposal of the Russian Armed Forces, as well as the level of annual production of these munitions by the Russian military-industrial complex, are unknown.
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