The Russian military command has developed plans for a possible war with South Korea and Japan. In particular, the Russian military has compiled a list of potential targets for strikes, which includes nuclear power plants, roads, bridges, tunnels, as well as oil refineries, chemical and steel plants, according to the Financial Times citing secret documents from 2013-2014, reports UNN.
Details
The strike plans, briefly outlined in a collection of leaked Russian military documents covering 160 objects, are about roads, bridges and factories chosen as targets to stop "regrouping of troops in areas of operational purpose".
The documents, which Western sources showed to the FT, emphasize Moscow's acute concern about the state of its eastern flank. The Russian military command fears that the country's eastern borders will be left unprotected in any war with NATO and vulnerable to attacks from American assets and regional allies.
The documents are taken from 29 secret Russian military files, mostly devoted to training officers for a potential conflict on the country's eastern border in the period from 2008 to 14, and are still considered relevant to the Russian strategy.
This year, the FT reported that the documents contain previously unknown details about the principles of using nuclear weapons, as well as describing scenarios of military modeling of a Chinese invasion and strikes deep into Europe.
The list of targets for Japan and South Korea was contained in a presentation intended to explain the capabilities of the non-nuclear cruise missile X-101. Experts who studied it stated that, judging by the content, it was distributed in 2013 or 2014.
The first 82 objects on the list of Russian targets are military, such as central and regional command posts of the armed forces of Japan and South Korea, radar installations, air bases and naval facilities.
The rest of the objects are civilian infrastructure, including road and rail tunnels in Japan, such as the Kanmon Tunnel connecting the islands of Honshu and Kyushu. Energy infrastructure is also on the list, including 13 power plants, such as nuclear complexes in Tokai, as well as fuel processing plants.
Supplement
In addition to increasing economic dependence on China, Moscow has involved 12,000 North Korean servicemen in combat operations in Ukraine, and Pyongyang in turn is providing it with economic and military support.
After the launch of an experimental ballistic missile over Ukraine in November, Putin stated that "the regional conflict in Ukraine has taken on elements of a global character".