Russian military scientist describes four scenarios in which Russia and USA destroy themselves

A nuclear struggle between Russia and the USA may result in the overall destruction of the 2 nations, Konstantin Sivkov, Deputy President of the Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences for Info Coverage believes.

In his article for the Navy Industrial Courier, “The Path to Armageddon”, Sivkov wrote that within the occasion of a nuclear assault on Russia, Moscow would have 4 choices of the way to reply.

In a primary possibility, Russia launches a preemptive nuclear strike in opposition to the USA and its allies.

“On this case, nearly all warheads will attain their targets, and the USA will stop to exist as a state,” the skilled assures, admitting that Washington’s retaliatory strike will probably be 30-40 p.c weaker than the preventive one. Nonetheless, it is going to trigger monstrous harm to Russia.

The second possibility for Moscow to behave is to launch a preemptive nuclear strike on the time when Washington begins to destroy Russian strategic deterrence forces with standard arms.

“The enemy will have the ability to neutralize solely a small a part of the Russian nuclear potential — not more than 10-12 p.c. The results of such a strike will probably be simply as catastrophic for the USA as within the first possibility,” the creator wrote.

In a 3rd possibility, Russia might have interaction from 40-50 to 70-75 p.c of its nuclear potential to strike a retaliatory nuclear blow. The 2 nations will truly stop to exist after they trade such assaults, Konstantin Sivkov believes.

“The fourth possibility includes a retaliatory nuclear strike. One has to confess that that is probably the most possible means for Russia to proceed. On this case, as much as 30 p.c of the preliminary variety of Russian warheads will have the ability to attain targets on the territory of the USA. A lot of the American financial system will probably be destroyed with such an assault, however not utterly, the specialist believes.

Sivkov is assured that because of a nuclear struggle between Russia and the USA, human civilization will persist, however will probably be utterly totally different with such nations as China, India, and Brazil taking the lead. In his opinion, a nuclear battle between Russia and the USA will mark the onset of a “nuclear autumn”, slightly than a “nuclear winter”.