Russia deploys its most terrifying weapon to Belarus.

Russia's Oreshnik supersonic medium-range missile system will be deployed in Belarus under a prior agreement between the leaders of the two countries.

Russia's Oreshnik medium-range hypersonic missile system. (Source: NEWSINFO.RU)

On February 3, the TASS news agency quoted Alexey Polishchuk, head of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) department at the Russian Foreign Ministry , as saying: "In accordance with the alliance obligations enshrined in the Federal Security Concept and the 2024 intergovernmental bilateral agreement on security guarantees, Moscow is ready to provide Minsk with the necessary support and take steps to protect the common defense space."

Mr. Polishchuk emphasized that, in this context and according to the agreement between the presidents of the two countries, "Russia's Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missiles will also be deployed in Belarus."

In late January, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko announced that the Oreshnik hypersonic system would be deployed in the country "at any given day." According to Lukashenko, it could be located near the city of Smolensk.

Last November, the US and its NATO allies authorized Ukraine to use long-range weapons to strike inside Russia, after which US and British missiles struck Moscow's military facilities in the Kursk and Bryansk regions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated at the time that Russia had responded to those attacks by firing its latest Oreshnik medium-range hypersonic ballistic missile, carrying a conventional warhead, at a Ukrainian defense industrial facility, the Yuzhmash plant in the Dnepr (formerly Dnepropetrovsk).

According to the Kremlin leader, Western policies could have catastrophic consequences if they continue to escalate the conflict.

In turn, in December 2024, following a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Russian Federation in Minsk, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko stated that he had requested his Russian counterpart to deploy Oreshnik missiles on Belarusian territory.

Russian President Putin said the missile deliveries could take place in the second half of 2025, while according to Lukashenko, Belarus has about 30 sites where Oreshnik missiles can be deployed.

Oreshnik is Russia's newest weapon, confidently declared by President Putin to be unrivaled, striking targets at Mach 10, equivalent to 2.5–3 km/second.

Even former US National Security Advisor, General Herbert McMaster, stated that it would take at least 15 years to create an air defense system capable of intercepting Russia's Oreshnik missile.

Source: https://baoquocte.vn/nga-tung-thu-vu-khi-dang-so-nhat-den-belarus-303109.html