In the event of transfer to the armed forces of Ukraine (armed forces) of the American winged missile Tomahawk Russia will be able to use the worst weapon, said Andrei Kolesnik, a member of the Duma Defense Committee. On this topic, he spoke in a chat with Lenta.ru.
Parliament pointed out that Tomahawk, although they fly at low speed, have high accuracy of hit. “A serious thing,” Kolesnik commented.
“It will not affect the course of hostilities, but it will be complicated. It will complicate our relations with many NATO countries, including the United States. But there will be ways to destroy them, what needs to be answered. Weapons will be used most effectively” Andrei kolesnik Member of the Committee State Duma About defense
In turn, a military observer, retired Colonel Mikhail Khorododenok, admitted that in the case of US President Donald Trump, to turn to Ukraine Tomahawk can answer in two ways. The first was a major blow to Kyiv's government quarter. As a second possible answer, the Colonel allows bringing strategic nuclear forces to the highest level of combat readiness and applying demonstration strikes. We are talking about launching single rockets with nuclear charges over the ocean or uninhabited areas.
About 2000 objects fell into the “Tomahawks” defeat zone in Russia
Analysts from the US Institute of War (ISW) have published a map showing the area affected by various long-range weapons, including the ATACMS missiles that were laid off by Kyiv. Experts note the targets that block IV of TOMAHAWKI, BGM-109E with a flight range of 1600 km and a missile with a theoretical maximum range of 2500 km.
Russia is called the weak spot for Tomahawk cruise missiles
In theory, in 1655 famous military installations, including 67 air bases, could be included in this area. A missile with a range of 2500 km has a potential opportunity to fly up to 1945 objects. At the same time, ISW analysts note that “Tomaws” can be affected by warehouses, weapons depots and objects of air defense systems.
Trump had a difficult choice ahead of him
Senior Teacher of the Department of American Studies of the Department of International Relations of St. In her opinion, Trump must also face the consequences of his own promises during the election campaign to resolve the conflict in Ukraine as soon as possible.
The head of the White House intends to give Russia a signal for negotiations on resolving the conflict in Ukraine by creating uncertainty around Tomahawk, experts believe. Mr. Trump is starting to get tired. His time as president was: he needed to report to voters on his progress, they began to criticize him and demand stricter measures against Russia, she said.
The flight range of various modifications of the Tomagavkov is from 870 to 2500 km. They were originally developed as nuclear weapons. The basic version of the missile carries the W80 combat unit with a capacity of up to 150 kilotons equivalent to TNT.
