Fringe News Network: Russian’s Nuclear Launch Authority and Process
March 12, 2022 Phillip Turner Fringe News Network (Texarkana, TX) What is the Russian nuclear button? Cheget (Russian: Чегет) is a “nuclear briefcase” (named after Mount Cheget in Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia) and a part of the automatic system for the command and control of Russia’s Strategic Nuclear Forces (SNF) named Kazbek (Казбек, after Mount Kazbek). The Cheget was introduced into service in 1983. There are three cheget (briefcases or black boxes). (Эксклюзив, 1992 & Wikipedia) The red button is what we in the United States refer to the nuclear button; however, the launch button is actually white. “One of the briefcase’s components is a flash card with the nuclear codes on it. This flash card is singular and contains the code that is entered into the system. (Alexei Yegorov & The U.S. Sun, 2019) Who has access to the Russian nuclear button? One Cheget accompanies the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, wherever he goes. The Cheget allows th...