STRATEGIC MESSAGES

What does the naval exercise by the Russian nuclear submarine fleet in the Sea of Okhotsk really mean?

 

By Dany Smith 

While negotiations to end the war in Ukraine continue to move toward a safe harbor, supporters of the war against Russia would not be willing to give up just yet, even if the Zelensky regime were to capitulate. It is true that the most aggressive Atlanticist supporters are found in the Baltic countries (Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia), from where drone attacks have been launched and anti-Russian propaganda has been broadcast (in coordination with Western media). But those pulling the strings are the British, backed by a group of partners who divide up their tasks ranging from the French to the Poles.

Moscow no longer trusts words or even signed documents. The facts support this mistrust, and just to recall the most important ones, let’s mention the Minsk I and II agreements, which turned out to be major scams aimed at preventing real peace. Trump was undoubtedly another major factor in this regrettable dynamic. After proclaiming that it was his intention to stop the war (and even that he would do so within 48 hours), his double standards and underhanded tactics soon became apparent ones that Vladimir Putin would not let pass without warning of the possible consequences. The Anchorage summit in Alaska was another of Trump’s fiascos, but one that came as no surprise to Vladimir Putin.

Despite all this, NATO and the U.S. administration’s wayward involvement failed to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia; and that is why, in the face of the severe global economic, financial and trade crisis of global scope, resulting from the U.S.’s moves to open up war fronts in Western Asia while simultaneously waging a covert proxy war in Ukraine, has forced a halt before the losses become even greater.

And as we have said, the Russian government—and particularly Vladimir Putin himself—does not trust its Western partners, much less believe that Donald Trump has any control over his European allies, who, led by British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, seem determined to go against the apparent intention of a definitive ceasefire, despite lacking the necessary resources to prevent, much less counter, a nuclear-scale offensive involving this type of missile. In fact and this is no secret the U.S. is not up to the challenge of intercepting this type of intercontinental missile with its missile defense systems.

The successful tests of the BULAVA intercontinental missile, launched from a nuclear-powered attack submarine of the Pacific Fleet in the Sea of Okhotsk, are much more than just a test of its strategic weapons systems. The exercise involved the launch of this intercontinental missile from the Borei-A-class nuclear submarine “Generalissimo Suvorov” while fully submerged, demonstrating that Moscow could deliver a swift and surprise strike right under its enemies’ noses. The submarine’s name implicitly conveys part of this message, as it refers to Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov, an 18th-century Russian general known as “the Invincible” for never having been defeated in his long career.

It is a loud and clear response to the rhetoric coming from the European elite (led from London) and their agents in the Baltic governments, who are betting on total confrontation without considering the consequences.

Precisely on this point, Putin did not order these naval exercises involving one of his most sophisticated and destructive weapons systems to send a vague and meaningless message. Unlike the Anglo-Saxons, the Slavs, and in particular the Russians, are very direct in their messages, and Vladimir Putin is a clear example of this behavior. There are compelling and well-documented grounds that have led the Russian leader to take this action. Beyond the ongoing aggression by the FAU and SBU units under the close guidance of “those willing to cooperate,” these grounds likely stem from intelligence reports that have put the Kremlin on alert regarding a potential event that these individuals are already in the process of carrying out.

We must not forget that since the agreement reached between Donald Trump who urgently asked his counterpart Vladimir Putin (following a policy of sanctions and aggression) to release part of his reserves to supply diesel in the face of a global shortage resulting from Washington’s foreign policy blunders (the war in Iran), efforts are now underway to remedy a macroeconomic crisis born of these blunders, which is already engulfing all of Europe.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the submarine’s maneuver and the missile launch, stating that the intercontinental missile was fired toward the Kura test range on the Kamchatka Peninsula. Obviously, NATO and British naval intelligence were covertly and remotely monitoring the tests, and as Putin once said, “it’s good that they see it.”