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Russia's 'Grom' Vs NATO nuclear deterrence ROK-US air force training overlap

김종찬안보 2022. 10. 18. 15:56
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Russia's annual nuclear exercise 'Grom' begins at the end of this month, and NATO's countermeasures against nuclear deterrence military exercises from the 17th to the 30th are overlapping with the joint military exercises of the ROK and the US Air Force, raising tensions.
In the nuclear deterrence exercise called 'Steadfast Noon', NATO will conduct fighter training over Belgium, Britain and the North Sea from the 17th. A total of 60 fighter-bombers will be mobilized, the website said.
Reuters reported on the 13th that "as Russia is expected to soon conduct large-scale nuclear military exercises in response to President Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons, the United States and its allies will be challenged to discover the difference between training and practice." "Usually, major nuclear exercises are held annually around the year, and US and Western officials expect the exercises to be held in a few days, and US officials have said it is likely to include test launches of ballistic missiles," the report said.
Defense Minister Lee Jong-seop said on the 17th that "North Korea has completed preparations for its seventh nuclear test." "The peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula and the international community are serious, including a head-on violation of the 9/19 military agreement due to North Korea's recent artillery fire in buffer zones in the East and West Seas. They are threatening to do so,” he reported to the National Assembly.
The ROK Air Force said on the 18th, "The ROK and US Air Forces will conduct the '2022 Combat Readiness Comprehensive Training' from the 31st to the 4th of November. This is to verify the system and improve combat readiness capabilities." The F-35B of the 3rd Marine Corps, the US Army in Japan, will participate.
For the general training, the Australian Air Force dispatches aerial tankers to the multinational joint aerial exercise 'Pitch Black', which South Korea attended last month.
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held from the 16th to the 24th, and North Korea fired various missiles for about three weeks until the 14th, and a series of provocations such as air force demonstrations and artillery fire increased military tension on the Korean Peninsula.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said at a press conference in Brussels that "the alliance will monitor Russia's annual nuclear exercise very closely, as it has been doing for decades," Reuters reported.
"Russia's 'Grom' exercises are routine, including large-scale maneuvers of strategic nuclear forces, including missile launches," said NSC spokesman John Kirby. Believe it, but we know that the Russian nuclear forces are conducting extensive exercises at this time of the year and will monitor it," he told Reuters.
A senior U.S. military official told Reuters that "the United States has not yet been notified of the nuclear weapons drills that Russia expects to conduct soon." I will,” he said on the 17th.
'Larepubblica' (Italian newspaper), which first announced on the 2nd that Russia's nuclear torpedo test was imminent in the Kara Sea area of ​​ the Arctic Ocean, said, "NATO is calling 'Poseidon' as Russia's 'doomsday weapon' We have sent warning information to member countries and allies about the progress of the test plan,” the Voice of America (VOA) reported on the 3rd.