MOSCOW. May 7 (Interfax-AVN) - A Russian lawmaker denounced on Wednesday some experts' proposals to effect transition from a strategic triad of ground, aerial, and naval components to the strategic monad based on the Strategic Missile Forces.
Andrei Kokoshin, chairman of the national security commission of the Unified Russia party, was asked by Interfax- Military News Agency to comment on the upcoming session of the State Duma lower house of parliament that is expected to address ratification of the Strategic Offensive Reductions (SOR) Treaty, Russia's future system of nuclear containment, and structure and composition of the Russian strategic nuclear forces.
"Taking into account Russia's limited economic resources, some experts propose transition from a strategic triad consisting of ground, aerial and naval components to the strategic monad on the basis of the Strategic Missile Forces, abandoning strategic nuclear submarines and heavy bombers with nuclear munitions. This will be an erroneous way of development of the strategic nuclear forces that decreases their combat stability," Kokoshin said.
"Availability of even relatively small airborne and naval components alongside with intercontinental ballistic missiles, both stationary and on mobile launchers, dramatically increases ambiguity for a potential attacker, which contributes to maintenance of strategic stability," he noted.
"Though there is currently no threat of a sudden disarming strike against the Russian strategic nuclear forces, it is necessary to take care of parameters of strategic stability maintenance all the time," Kokoshin concluded.