RUSSIA - New Nuclear-Powered Strategic Missile
State news agency RIA Novosti quoted Putin as saying the “last successful test of the Burevestnik, a global-range cruise missile with a nuclear installation, a nuclear propulsion system, has been conducted.”
Putin told the Federal Assembly in March 2018 that the goal was to ensure a strategic balance in the world for decades to come, including the Burevestnik and Sarmat missiles.
“It is a low-flying stealth missile carrying a nuclear warhead, with almost unlimited range, unpredictable trajectory and ability to bypass interception boundaries,” Putin said then.
Also in his speech at the Valdai Forum, Putin said that it is possible to revoke the ratification of a treaty banning nuclear tests.
“The United States signed the corresponding international act, document, treaty banning nuclear weapons tests, and Russia signed it. Russia signed and ratified, and the United States signed but did not ratify,” Putin said in Sochi.
The Russian president added that he sees it fit to “mirror the manner of the United States” and revoke Russia’s ratification.
A CNN report in September revealed that Russia, the US and China have all built new facilities and dug new tunnels at their nuclear test sites in recent years, according to satellite images, at a time when tensions between the three major nuclear powers have risen to their highest in decades.
“It’s very clear that all three countries, Russia, China and the United States have invested a great deal of time, effort and money in not only modernizing their nuclear arsenals, but also in preparing the types of activities that would be required for a test,” said retired US Air Force Col. Cedric Leighton, a former intelligence analyst.
Putin is a staunch proponent of what he calls a “multipolar world order,” promoting structures such as the BRICS group of emerging economies as a counterweight to US- and Western-led institutions that have harshly condemned Russia for its war on Ukraine.
-www.cnn.com, 6 October 2023
Arno's Commentary
The news media busies itself reporting on the global arms race; in this case, nuclear. In February of 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, with the purported goal to “de-Nazify” the country. In actuality, it’s Putin’s opposition to Ukraine’s aspiration to join NATO. Wikipedia reports “up to 500,000 casualties during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.”
We note that Ukraine is European, and Russia’s attack is the first open war against a European nation in decades. What is the future? Ukraine, for one, has repeatedly stated it will not cede any territory to Russia. Geopolitically speaking, this is all but impossible. Yet, as the famous Prussian General Carl von Clausewitz once stated, “War is a continuation of policy by other means.”
Often, we read and hear from Christian media that this is in preparation for Armageddon. That, however, is not the case. How do we know? Because those judgments are unto destruction. They originate not with nuclear bombs, but from God the Creator Himself. This is documented in Revelation 6:16: “And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.” Revelation 9:21 adds: “Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.” And more plainly, it’s written in Revelation 16:11: “And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.”
What this saber-rattling represents is a shadow of the prophecy in Joel 3:9: “Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up.”
Arno Froese is the executive director of Midnight Call Ministries and editor-in-chief of the acclaimed prophetic magazines Midnight Call and News From Israel. He has authored a number of well-received books, and has sponsored many prophecy conferences in the U.S., Canada, and Israel. His extensive travels have contributed to his keen insight into Bible prophecy, as he sees it from an international perspective.
