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Stealing Putin’s Nuclear Fighter Plane? The Great Theft of the Russian Army’s “End of the World Plane”

“Mission Impossible?” On the 8th, the Russian state media “Ria Novosti” issued an extremely incredible message about national security: An IL-80 “doomsday plane” of the Russian Air Force, dedicated to the command of the president of nuclear war . Aircraft – During the upgrade of the aircraft in southern Russia, it was stolen by unknown thieves. Officials said: The thieves “did not know how to open the cabin” and directly hijacked 39 communication equipment loaded on the plane. At present, the Russian national security unit and the army have launched a joint criminal investigation, but what military systems have been stolen? The Russian army said only evasively: “Only the” radio “was lost on board.” Since the IL-80 is designed to protect the Russian president and direct the global nuclear war, it occupies an extremely important key position in Russia’s nuclear intimidation force. Therefore, the extremely exaggerated theft incident this time has also left all parties dumbfounded and has cast doubt on the ability of the Russian military to protect important strategic equipment.

The IL-80, which was built by Russia’s Ilyushin Design Bureau, is a “nuclear war plane” developed at the end of the Cold War; its scenario is roughly the same as that of the US E-4B “doomsday airliner.” When the country enters a full-scale conflict, OR when faced with a nuclear attack, national leaders They will take refuge in this specially built nuclear war plane, and the generally funded team on the plane can also contact nuclear forces at various locations.

Let the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces aboard the plane immediately command and order the remaining forces to launch a “nuclear war” revenge.

In the “mutual guarantee of destruction” mechanism of the nuclear weapons strategy, the existence of IL-80 and E-4B is a guarantee of terrorist balance to direct nuclear retaliation and ensure a second response to the attack. They are also important generals in nuclear intimidation strategies. It is precisely for this reason that the “great nuclear robbery” of this time has especially surprised all parties.

There are only 4 IL-80s on active duty, and they were deployed to the Chkalovsky Air Force Base in Moscow during peacetime. Under normal conditions, the air traffic needs of Russian President Putin will take over the number one special aircraft of the Air Force maintained and operated by Rossiya; But in major wars or nuclear war crises, Putin must urgently catch up. “Doomsday Special Plane” rose into the air.

However, according to RIA Novosti, the IL-80 that was stolen this time was at the civil-military airport of Taganrog in southern Russia, near the eastern border of Ukraine, undergoing regular maintenance and system updates. -This location is also the base of the headquarters of the upgrade recruitment unit “Beriyev Design Office”.

Although IL-80 is a product of the Ilyushin Design Bureau, which specializes in the manufacture of large aircraft, Belyev, known for building seaplanes, is a manufacturer specializing in contracting “custom modifications” to the Russian Air Force. Therefore started in 2008 The “Doomsday Aircraft Improvement Project” was also carried out by the Belyev Design Office in Taganrog. Only the specific improvement project, project schedule, and redevelopment progress were not disclosed to the public due to “military secrets” issues. .

“The upgrade project for this ‘doomsday plane’ has been going on since the beginning of 2019. The base patrol and engineers from the Belyev Design Office will also periodically count the equipment on the plane.” Russian media “Interfax News Agency” “(Interfax) reported:” The last time the inventory team confirmed the inventory was on November 26, when all the checklists were correct … “

“Who knows, last week, engineers at the Beriev Design Bureau discovered that the cargo compartment of the plane had been opened by external forces, and the large amount of communication equipment loaded on the plane … just disappeared.” .

The “Moscow Times” stated that the Russian National Security Agency and the army, which received the report, have established a joint investigation team. However, due to the delicate state of the aircraft involved, the official attitude is deliberately discreet, with the exception of the “theft of 39 radio sets”. Also, the specific case? How damaged is the body? Does the lost equipment pose risks to national security? Both the research unit and the outsourced Beriev Design Bureau declined to speak in shame.

Relevant opinions believe that the risk of theft from the Russian nuclear fighter plane may be large or small. Based on a more conservative logical judgment, the IL-80 parked at Taganrog airport has long been repaired. Dashboard loaded smart equipment and CRS systems should have been dismantled and unloaded prior to the project, and will not remain in the same place and exposed to concentration hazards. Therefore, the equipment stolen this time is probably just general communication equipment. “The best expectation is probably that an unknown thief will take it apart and sell it as electrical scrap.”

However, a stricter judgment may threaten the security of capital in Russia’s “nuclear weapons chain of command.” The status of the ugly IL-80 is important because it is equipped with the improved “Zveno-2S Advanced Communication Command System”. In the extreme state of the outbreak of nuclear war, this system can instantly and covertly contact all of Russia. Russia’s nuclear weapons units, including strategic nuclear submarines hidden deep under the sea and deep-buried intercontinental missile silos, if the stolen equipment involves the Zveno-2S system, does that mean that nuclear weapons communications and Russia’s command mechanisms may be affected by foreign forces? Get a crack? And thus reduce the Russian nuclear threat of mutual guarantee destruction?

The “Moscow Times” stated that the Russian Interior Ministry is actively investigating whether there are “internal ghosts” linked to criminal groups in the Belyev Design Office; however, the known news and public opinion throughout the case mainly point to “general crimes.” It is not “espionage”. The report emphasized that although the IL-80, which has been in the military for nearly 30 years, is still a major “nuclear war plane” in Russia, body design is, after all, the old thinking in the end. of the Cold War. Therefore, the Russian military is actively looking to update the budget and ask Iraq to stay. Based on the newly developed IL-96-400M wide-body passenger aircraft, the Shanghai Design Bureau created a new generation of advanced “doomsday aircraft” for President Putin.