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Russia Warns West with Modernized Nuclear Command System: 'Threat Greater Than Ever'

AD29 September · 21:302 hours ago

Russia has modernized and fully reactivated the Perimeter nuclear command system, also known as Dead Hand, which can authorize retaliatory strikes even if national leadership is eliminated. Leaked documents indicate significant infrastructure upgrades at the Kosvinski Kamen facility in the Ural Mountains to protect against bunker-buster munitions. While the Russian Ministry of Defense neither confirmed nor denied the status, expert Maxim Starchak notes the system's primary function remains deterrence rather than aggression. Starchak suggests that while current tensions are high, post-war European nations may face a more acute threat from new Oreschnik missile deployments.

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