vietnamese test site, all these theories of controlled escalation all went to hell. 70 years ago, at the totskyt site in the orenburg region, in an atmosphere of the strictest secrecy , the only combined arms exercises in the history of the ussr were held with the use of nuclear weapons. the terrain of this area resembled western... europe, where they would probably have to fight. under the leadership of marshal zhukov, the rds-2 atomic bomb, with a yield of 40 kilotons, twice as powerful as the one dropped on nagasaki, was detonated 350 m from the ground. equipment, weapons and animals were positioned around the epicenter, and troops in protective suits waited in shelters. the nuclear flu rose to a height of 6 km. equipment that was located at... a distance from the epicenter was pressed into the ground and melted. the centuries-old forest at the epicenter disappeared, and only animals remained only ashes and fragments of hooves. it would seem that the effectiveness of nuclear weapons is obvious. in addition, the most powerful artillery preparation and aerial bombardment since the storming of

highest intellect of these people amazing professionalism, well starting there, you can list them all, totsky, bordyuzha, vladimir yagorievich, pronichev, who recently retired, is an absolutely amazing person, you have known him for many years, you worked with him, what kind of people are they? indeed, the border troops are a special type of troops, these are the political troops of our state, the highest ranking are selected there ... matrosov, he is a participant in the great patriotic war, he carried out special assignments, had many military awards, and also subsequently carried out a number of special tasks abroad on behalf of our powerful state at that time. inquired, i have to admit that i did not see him as a lieutenant, but in 5 years after the school i became a squadron commander with the rank of captain and i had the great honor of receiving the order of lenin, arriving in moscow, here the order of lenin was presented to me by sailors, i can ask a question, and for what were you awarded the order of lenin, we carried out a serious operation with the participation of a large number