Odd Footage Released of Putin Bearing ‘Nuclear Baggage’
Date : 18th October
Location: Moscow, Russia
Rare video of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing with officers bearing the ‘nuclear briefcase,’ which may be used to launch a nuclear attack, was released on Wednesday.
Putin was captured on camera heading to a security-guarded meeting after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Two Russian naval personnel in uniform, each carrying a briefcase, followed Putin. A close-up of one of the briefcases is shown.
A navy officer usually carries Russia’s nuclear briefcase. The president always has the briefcase, which is called the “Cheget” (after Mount Cheget in the Caucasus Mountains), but it is not often captured on camera.
The Nuclear Football is Another Gadget that President of US possesses
“No trip of Putin’s is complete without certain suitcases,” the Kremlin journalists of state news agency RIA wrote on Telegram beneath the video.
In a another video, Putin is seen grinning as he descends steps as he leaves a meeting in Beijing with the navy commanders, who are once more captured on camera.
This “nuclear football” is another gadget that the president of the United States possesses. Should the president not be present at the White House, the satchel contains the codes that would be used to verify an order to launch nuclear missiles.
The conflict in Ukraine has brought Moscow and Washington’s tensions to their greatest point since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, coinciding with China’s efforts to bolster its nuclear arsenal in line with its growing power position.
President uses Highly Classified Command-and-control Network
On Tuesday, the Russian parliament began the process of rescinding the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and the country’s senior lawmaker forewarned the US that Moscow might even decide to pull out of the agreement completely.
The president uses the highly classified “Kazbek” electronic command-and-control network to communicate with rocket forces, and the briefcase serves as a secure conduit for such communication. “Kavkaz” is the name of another system that Kazbek supports.
Unique Flashcard Activates The Briefcase
Additionally, Sergei Shoigu, the current Russian minister of defence, possesses a nuclear briefcase. There might be one for the current chief of staff, Valery Gerasimov.
There are two buttons in the “command” section: a red “cancel” button and a white “launch” button. Zvezda claims that a unique flashcard activates the briefcase.