{"id":14916,"date":"2025-12-20T08:56:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T15:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=14916"},"modified":"2025-12-20T08:57:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T15:57:44","slug":"putin-deploys-oreshnik-hypersonic-missiles-to-belarus-escalating-nato-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/20\/putin-deploys-oreshnik-hypersonic-missiles-to-belarus-escalating-nato-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin Deploys Oreshnik Hypersonic Missiles to Belarus, Escalating NATO Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Is this another indication that the OCGFC are planning a wider war in Europe? This <a href=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2024\/11\/21\/russia-showed-its-dooms-day-weapon-in-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a> had a video of the missiles launched on Ukraine with no warheads, appearing to be a message for Europe giving certain weapons to Ukraine. Also this <a href=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/russias-arms-production-surges-to-unprecedented-levels-outpacing-entire-eu-defense-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">post<\/a> on the ramp up of Russian arms production certainly points to a wider war being expected. And with Europe ramping up conscription, what is the plan? And credit to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noagendashow.net\/listen\/1826\/shownotes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The No Agenda Show<\/a> for the following clip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Germany&#8217;s youth opposed to return of military service \u2022 FRANCE 24 English.mp3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766098164.163_germanysyouthopposedtoreturnofmilitaryservicefrance24english.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturalnews.com\/2025-12-19-putin-deploys-oreshnik-hypersonic-missiles-to-belarus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.naturalnews.com\/2025-12-19-putin-deploys-oreshnik-hypersonic-missiles-to-belarus.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_6c028500-e2be-4764-8ad4-09146f4e43b7\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>By Kevin Hughes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturalnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/91\/2025\/12\/russia-ICBM-nuclear-missile.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Russia is deploying advanced&nbsp;Oreshnik missiles to Belarus, a move that significantly increases tensions with NATO due to Belarus&#8217; proximity to NATO members. The missile has a&nbsp;4,000 km range, can carry&nbsp;multiple nuclear warheads, and can strike European capitals like Warsaw and Brussels with little warning.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Russian President Vladimir Putin claims the&nbsp;Oreshnik travels at Mach 10, making it&nbsp;extremely difficult to intercept with existing NATO air defenses (e.g., Germany&#8217;s Arrow-3). The missile was&nbsp;first tested in Ukraine (Dnipro, 2024)&nbsp;and delivers destruction comparable to a&nbsp;low-yield nuclear weapon&nbsp;without crossing the nuclear threshold.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko confirmed the missile&#8217;s deployment, reducing the strategic buffer between Russia and NATO. Belarus already hosts&nbsp;Russian tactical nukes, reinforcing Russia&#8217;s ability to threaten Europe from NATO&#8217;s doorstep.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Russia&#8217;s&nbsp;updated nuclear doctrine (2024) treats&nbsp;any NATO-backed conventional attack&nbsp;as a&nbsp;joint nuclear threat, lowering the threshold for nuclear retaliation. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warns the missile&nbsp;endangers all of Europe, while U.K. officials reportedly reconsider deep strikes into Russia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Oreshnik&nbsp;reshapes military deterrence, forcing NATO to either&nbsp;adapt defenses or risk vulnerability. Putin warns the West against using &#8220;the language of force,&#8221; signaling Russia&#8217;s readiness for a&nbsp;prolonged standoff&nbsp;unless diplomacy prevails.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed the deployment of Russia&#8217;s advanced&nbsp;Oreshnik&nbsp;intermediate-range ballistic missile system to Belarus, marking a significant escalation in military tensions with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The missile, capable of carrying&nbsp;multiple independently targetable nuclear warheads&nbsp;with a range of&nbsp;4,000 kilometers, poses a direct threat to European capitals, including Warsaw and Brussels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>BrightU.AI<\/em>&#8216;s Enoch notes that&nbsp;Russia&#8217;s deployment of the Oreshnik ballistic missile represents a significant advancement in its military capabilities, with potential implications for global geopolitics and strategic stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The deployment of the Oreshnik missile strengthens Russia&#8217;s strategic deterrence and defense capabilities. By fielding a hypersonic weapon, Russia can better counter potential threats from the U.S. and its allies, particularly in Europe. The missile&#8217;s ability to strike targets with little to no warning also serves as a deterrent to potential adversaries, as they must now consider the possibility of a rapid, devastating attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Putin&#8217;s announcement: A &#8220;game-changer&#8221; in modern warfare<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a high-profile Defense Ministry meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 17, Putin declared that the&nbsp;Oreshnik&nbsp;would be&nbsp;operational by the end of 2025, with Belarus receiving priority deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;By the end of this year, the new medium-range missile system with a hypersonic missile Oreshnik will be put on combat duty,&#8221; Putin stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Russian leader emphasized that the missile&#8217;s&nbsp;hypersonic speed (Mach 10) and maneuverability&nbsp;render it&nbsp;nearly impossible to intercept, undermining NATO&#8217;s existing air defense systems, such as Germany&#8217;s&nbsp;Arrow-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Belarus as a strategic launch site<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian President&nbsp;Alexander Lukashenko&nbsp;confirmed the missile&#8217;s arrival on Thursday, Dec. 18, stating &#8220;the Oreshnik has been deployed to Belarus and has entered active combat duty.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This move drastically reduces the&nbsp;buffer zone&nbsp;between Russian missile forces and NATO territory, placing Ukrainian cities and European capitals within immediate striking distance. Belarus has already served as a staging ground for Russian forces during the Ukraine invasion, hosting&nbsp;tactical nuclear weapons&nbsp;since 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">First combat test: A warning to the West<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Oreshnik&nbsp;was first unveiled in&nbsp;November 2024&nbsp;during a strike on&nbsp;Dnipro, Ukraine, which Putin described as a &#8220;successful combat test.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We will keep working on those systems. Tune them and improve them, but we already have them,&#8221; Putin boasted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysts suggest the missile&#8217;s&nbsp;conventional variant&nbsp;delivers destruction comparable to a&nbsp;low-yield nuclear weapon, raising fears that Russia could use it against NATO-backed Ukrainian targets without crossing the nuclear threshold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NATO&#8217;s dilemma: A new era of strategic deterrence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Oreshnik&#8217;s deployment&nbsp;has alarmed Western leaders, with Ukrainian President&nbsp;Volodymyr Zelensky&nbsp;warning: &#8220;The missile&#8217;s range poses a threat to Europe.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russian Ambassador to the United Kingdom&nbsp;Andrey Kelin&nbsp;claimed the missile has already influenced British policy, forcing London to&nbsp;reconsider deep strikes&nbsp;into Russian territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Escalating nuclear doctrine<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia&#8217;s&nbsp;revised nuclear doctrine&nbsp;(2024) now considers&nbsp;any conventional attack supported by a nuclear power&nbsp;as a&nbsp;joint nuclear threat, effectively extending Russia&#8217;s nuclear umbrella over Belarus. This policy&nbsp;lowers the threshold&nbsp;for potential nuclear escalation, particularly if NATO-supplied weapons strike deep inside Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expert skepticism vs. Kremlin claims<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While Putin insists the&nbsp;Oreshnik&nbsp;is&nbsp;unstoppable, Western analysts remain skeptical. Some question whether Russia can sustain&nbsp;mass production, estimating a capacity of only&nbsp;six missiles per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, given Russia&#8217;s rapid militarization since the Ukraine invasion, NATO must now reassess its&nbsp;deterrence strategy&nbsp;in Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A new Cold War front<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Oreshnik&#8217;s deployment&nbsp;signals Russia&#8217;s intent to&nbsp;project power&nbsp;across Europe, leveraging Belarus as a&nbsp;forward base. With&nbsp;hypersonic speed, nuclear capability and evasion of air defenses, the missile reshapes the strategic balance\u2014forcing NATO to either&nbsp;adapt or risk vulnerability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Putin warned: &#8220;Those who convinced themselves that Russia can be spoken to in the language of force are fully responsible for those missed opportunities.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The West now faces a critical choice\u2014diplomatic de-escalation&nbsp;or&nbsp;preparing for a prolonged military standoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brighteon.com\/f6168f6a-c48f-409c-8007-1039c00dba0c\">Watch the video below<\/a> about&nbsp;Russia&#8217;s new hypersonic missile Oreshnik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><iframe src=https:\/\/www.brighteon.com\/embed\/f6168f6a-c48f-409c-8007-1039c00dba0c width='640' height='360' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p>This video is from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brighteon.com\/channels\/theprisoner\/home\">The Prisoner channel on <em>Brighteon.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sources include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/629552-oreshnik-combat-duty-putin\/\">RT.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2025\/12\/17\/putin-says-oreshnik-missile-will-be-deployed-by-end-of-2025-a91462\">TheMoscowTimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/militarywatchmagazine.com\/article\/putin-oreshink-hypersonic-missile-service-13days\">MilitaryWatchMagazine.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/russia-s-oreshnik-ballistic-missile-deployed-to-belarus-lukashenko-says\/\">TheKyivIndependent.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2025-12-18\/belarusian-leader-says-russia-deployed-its-latest-nuclear-capable-oreshnik-missile-to-country\">LosAngelesTimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/brightu.ai\">BrightU.ai<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brighteon.com\/f6168f6a-c48f-409c-8007-1039c00dba0c\">Brighteon.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is this another indication that the OCGFC are planning a wider war in Europe? This post had a video of the missiles launched on Ukraine with no warheads, appearing to be a message for Europe giving certain weapons to Ukraine. Also this post on the ramp up of Russian arms production certainly points to a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14916"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14919,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14916\/revisions\/14919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}