{"id":5886,"date":"2026-05-21T13:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T13:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=5886"},"modified":"2026-05-22T13:50:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T13:50:46","slug":"watch-russian-nuclear-warhead-fitted-to-missile-in-belarus-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/watch-russian-nuclear-warhead-fitted-to-missile-in-belarus-video\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH Russian nuclear warhead fitted to missile in Belarus (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The drill was part of a broader exercise testing the readiness of Russia\u2019s nuclear triad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry has released new footage from its joint <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/640258-russian-nuclear-exercise-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nuclear exercise<\/a> with Belarus, showing troops training to equip an Iskander ballistic missile with a nuclear warhead.<\/p>\n<p>The bilateral nuclear-sharing arrangement, which Moscow has compared to similar practices within NATO, was launched in 2023. Russia and Belarus said at the time that the move was a response to what they described as growing hostility from the US-led military bloc.<\/p>\n<p>Several short-range Iskander missile systems have been stationed in Belarus. Matching <em>\u201cspecial munitions,\u201d<\/em> the Russian military term for nuclear payloads, are stored separately at a secure facility.<\/p>\n<p>The video published by the ministry on Thursday shows a drill involving the <em>\u201cdelivery of nuclear munitions to field storage locations at the position of a missile brigade of the Republic of Belarus.\u201d<\/em> The footage includes both nighttime and daytime handling of a warhead. Troops receiving the delivery proceeded to <em>\u201cdiscreetly move to an area designated for test launches.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>A separate video highlighted key components of Russia\u2019s nuclear triad taking part in the larger exercise. It showed ground-mobile launchers for intercontinental ballistic missiles being escorted by security units, the deployment of the Imperator Aleksandr III nuclear submarine in the Pacific Ocean, and preparations for a test flight by a MiG-31K jet carrying a nuclear-capable Kinzhal hypersonic missile.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow said this week\u2019s maneuvers are intended to prepare Russia and Belarus to act <em>\u201cin the conditions of aggression\u201d<\/em> by foreign states. European NATO members have been sharply increasing military spending and rearmament efforts, citing what they claim is a potential threat from Russia. Moscow has repeatedly denied any intention to attack the bloc.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys urged NATO to stage a demonstration of force to show its ability to <em>\u201craze\u201d<\/em> military infrastructure in Russia\u2019s Kaliningrad exclave. The Kremlin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/640244-peskov-nato-threat-kaliningrad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">described<\/a> the comment as <em>\u201cborderline crazy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The drill was part of a broader exercise testing the readiness of Russia\u2019s nuclear triad Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry has released [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5886"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5886"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5887,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5886\/revisions\/5887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}