US Explains Why Belarus Introduces Nuclear Weapons Into Military Strategy

How will it be used?

Belarus has included a clause on the use of tactical nuclear weapons in the new military doctrine probably to reflect the deployment of this type of weapons by Russia in the country in 2023.

This is reported by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

It is noted that the draft of the new military doctrine of Belarus for the first time provides for the use of Russian tactical nuclear weapons.

ISW analysts note that the specifics of how the new doctrine will be applied to tactical nuclear weapons are still not clear.

Transfer of Russian Nuclear Weapons to Belarus

Yesterday, January 16, Belarusian Defence Minister Viktar Khrenin said that the country wants to update its military doctrine for the first time in eight years. Now it should include the use of nuclear weapons.

We remind you that at the end of May 2023, the defence ministers of Russia and Belarus agreed on deploying Russian nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus.

Also, the aggressor country handed over to the Belarusian military Iskander-M complexes, which are capable of launching nuclear-tipped missiles.

At the end of December 2023, dictator Aliaksandr Lukashenka said that Belarus had already received all the nuclear weapons, which Russia had promised to transfer.