President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko, during a visit to a plant in Borisov that manufactures firefighting apparatus, said he expects the deployment of Oreshnik missile systems to Belarus to provide a deterring effect just like the tactical nuclear weapons that had also been deployed, reported BelTA. While the use of the nuclear weapons comes with great responsibility, the Oreshnik missile systems represent a conventional weapon although they are very powerful, he said. “If we have powerful conventional weapons, then Poles, who are busy buying tanks, some APCs and missiles from Korea to America, will have to think hard before invading our country. Because the response will be serious. And indeed there is no antidote to this weapon. It is impossible to intercept, shoot down, and so on,” the President stated.
Lukashenko also said that Minsk is now in the process of choosing the site where the Oreshnik will be deployed in Belarus. “We have about 30 such sites. We will choose the ones closest to the targets. We will deploy them and choose targets. As you may have noticed, I laid down only one condition to Putin: Belarus will determine the targets, not Russia. But it will help us to use the weapons. In other words, we will press the button together, if necessary, God forbid. We will determine the targets ourselves. He agreed,” the President added.
