{"id":45743,"date":"2023-02-16T21:16:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T18:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/belarusian-aircraft-adjusted-to-carry-tactical-nukes-lukasenka\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"belarusian-aircraft-adjusted-to-carry-tactical-nukes-lukasenka","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45743\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian aircraft adjusted to carry tactical nukes \u2013 \u0141uka\u0161enka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>February 16, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Belarus \u201cabsolutely does not need\u201d strategic nuclear weapons, Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka told foreign journalists in Minsk on February 16.<\/p>\n<p> According to him, Belarus gave up the nuclear arsenal left from the Soviets \u201cas the Americans insisted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe had the most modern Topol-Ms [In reality, Topol. Belarus\u2019 nuclear disarmament was fully completed in November 1996. The Topol-M system was adopted by Russia in 1997.] The most advanced weapons were here,\u201d \u0141uka\u0161enka was quoted as saying by his press office. \u201cWe removed them&nbsp;in exchange for a guarantee from the Americans, Europeans and Russians that they would never infringe on our sovereignty and independence, that they would never apply economic sanctions to us. That\u2019s what is written there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThey [the West] spit and trampled on it. They apply sanctions against us, strangling us wherever possible, in violation of that treaty. If we had these nuclear weapons, they wouldn\u2019t have talked to us like that. So, everyone understands only force,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p> According to \u0141uka\u0161enka, Belarus does not need strategic nuclear weapons because it is not going to \u201cstrike America or even European countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cAnd tactical nuclear weapons . . . that is what we are talking about, about preparing these aircraft that can carry tactical nuclear weapons,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Belarusian aircraft, \u0141uka\u0161enka said, \u201care ready to transport a special supply, and a pilot unit has been prepared too.\u201d \u201cWe\u2019ve had these planes, ready to carry this supply, since the Soviet times. And we\u2019ve trained the people quickly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 16, BPN. Belarus \u201cabsolutely does not need\u201d strategic nuclear weapons, Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka told foreign journalists in Minsk on February 16. According to him, Belarus gave up the nuclear arsenal left from the Soviets \u201cas the Americans insisted.\u201d \u201cWe had the most modern Topol-Ms [In reality, Topol. Belarus\u2019 nuclear disarmament was fully completed in November [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45743","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarusian aircraft adjusted to carry tactical nukes \u2013 \u0141uka\u0161enka | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 16, BPN. 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