Midnight haze fell in the tent, She blew out the lamp, lit the lamps.
Holofernes' eyes of fires hot
They burn from Judith's speeches.
- Today, Vladyka, I will be yours.
Spread out freely, pour me some wine.
You are my master from now on, and I
Yours is undivided, forever yours.
You got drunk from the anticipated caresses …
So why is my face white as chalk?
Am I not Judith, not Israel's daughter?
I will die, but I will be able to help the people.
Holofernes fell asleep on the bloody carpets.
Leave my soul, anxiety and fear.
Even if the sword is beyond the strength of a woman, God help me to cut off Holofernes
The heavy head that I raised
When he listened to my tales like a boy.
When he said he loved me
He did not know that his mortal hour had struck.
Dawn penetrated the turquoise tent.
The heads of the severed eye prayed:
- Judith, I directed your hand, You trampled me in an unequal battle.
Farewell, daughter of arms of Israel, You will not forget Holofernes and the night!
Terror, from the Latin terror (fear, horror) - intimidation of political opponents by means of physical violence. Terror is also called the threat of physical violence for political or any other reasons, or intimidation with the threat of violence or murder
Wars are an integral reality of our world. Wars have practically never stopped throughout human history. Only two decades passed between the two world wars, which claimed tens of millions of lives. In those periods when there were no global wars, local conflicts in different parts of the planet did not stop and continue to this day. Wars always have instigators and initiators, always have leaders or a group of leaders who take the action necessary to start a war.
The question arises: perhaps the best solution is to eliminate the warmongers - the leaders of the hostile states, at the initial stage of the war or even before it starts? Would Moscow have been burned if Napoleon had been killed in the first week of the war of 1812? Would the Great Patriotic War have started if Hitler was destroyed in early June 1941? Returning to our realities, let us ask ourselves: would a coup d'etat take place in Ukraine in 2014, which marked the beginning of a civil war, if Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili were destroyed on the same day, 08.08.2008, when he gave an order to attack Russian peacekeepers?
In addition to directly affecting the current conflict, the elimination of hostile leaders has a “prophylactic” effect on other potential adversaries. Few people want to get involved with a state that is consistently destroying its enemies.
Considering the number of victims of war, both among the military and among the civilian population, I believe that the destruction of the leaders of hostile states, contributing to the incitement of war, is ethically justified. The question is how to do it. Leaders usually show caution, secretly change their place of residence, they are guarded by trained professionals, and the armed forces protect the area where they are located. Applying all of this together, VIP targets can deflect or dodge the blow.
Not every weapon is suitable for VIP terror, since the target will most likely have to be hit in the depths of the enemy's country, in an area that is maximally protected and controlled by the enemy's troops. What weapons can be effectively used for the purposes of VIP terror?
Sniper weapon
Sniper rifles are classic weapons for eliminating high-priority targets. The latest high-precision sniper rifles can hit targets at ranges over two kilometers.
Technical accuracy - 0.3 MOA / 9 mm between centers (5 shots per 100m).
The maximum effective range is 2500m ++.
Muzzle velocity - more than 900 m / s.
Working temperature range - -45 / +65 C.
Caliber -.408 Cheytac.
Length - 1570 mm.
Height - 175 mm.
Width - 96 mm.
Weight - 9 600 g.
Barrel length - 900 mm.
Effort of descent - reg. 50-1500 g.
The classic sniper weapon has several disadvantages. Firstly, a sniper or a reconnaissance and sabotage group must be in enemy territory, close enough to the target. Secondly, the security services are well trained against sniper threats - the object is covered from all sides, there are shot detection and trajectory tracking systems.
If we talk about hitting a target on the route, then vehicles are usually well armored, in addition, it is difficult or even impossible to hit a moving target at a great distance, given that it is necessary to hit not the vehicle itself, but the VIP target inside it. A solution that will allow more effective use of sniper weapons to destroy well-protected high-priority targets may be an increase in the caliber of sniper rifles in combination with equipping them with guided ammunition.
In Russia, at the Tula enterprise TsKIB SOO, a promising 14.5 mm rifle with a firing range of over 3500 meters is being developed. According to some reports, it will not use a 14.5x114 mm cartridge, but a 14.5mm bullet with a sleeve re-crimped from 23x152 mm or even 30x165 mm aircraft ammunition. At the same time, the recoil of a promising 14, 5-mm rifle, according to the developers, will be even less noticeable than that of the existing "Cracker" rifle of 12.7 mm caliber.
The power of rifles of caliber 14, 5 mm or more may already be enough to defeat armored vehicles of the first persons, but there remains a problem with aiming accuracy. It is difficult to create a guided ammunition in a rifle caliber, although the American agency DARPA tried to create a guided ammunition in a 12.7 mm caliber. The project of a 12, 7 mm guided bullet was also worked out in Russia. An increase in the caliber of sniper rifles to 14, 5-23 mm may contribute to the emergence of guided ammunition in the indicated calibers in the medium term.
Anti-tank guided missiles
Until guided ammunition for large-caliber sniper rifles appeared, there is another type of weapon that allows you to hit the enemy with high accuracy at a great distance, in the line of sight - these are anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) launched from anti-tank missile systems (ATGM). Modern portable ATGM systems can hit targets at a range of about 5-10 kilometers. The missile's near-supersonic speed leaves the enemy a minimum of time to react.
The use of anti-tank missile systems against VIP targets also has its drawbacks. Compared to bullets / shells of a sniper weapon, the launch of an ATGM has much more unmasking factors. After detecting a flying ATGM by technical means or visually, a VIP convoy can set up a smoke screen, sharply change the speed and course of movement. Escort vehicles can be equipped with active protection complexes (KAZ).
Both large-caliber sniper weapons and ATGMs require the direct presence of armed forces on enemy territory in the form of reconnaissance and sabotage groups, trained and armed insurgents or mercenaries. Captured by the enemy before the start of the active phase of their mission, they can be interrogated and used as Casus belli - a formal reason for declaring war.
To increase the likelihood of survival of an abandoned reconnaissance and sabotage unit, a large-caliber rifle or ATGM can be placed on a portable remote-controlled weapon module, which can be guided remotely. After completing the mission, the remote-controlled module can be destroyed by detonating or using a thermite mixture.
Cruise missiles
Currently, there is a weapon capable of destroying the enemy thousands of kilometers from the launch site: high-precision cruise missiles (CR). On the one hand, cruise missiles have a relatively low subsonic flight speed. It will take several hours from the moment the CD is launched from a distance of several thousand kilometers to the moment the target is hit. During this time, the target can repeatedly change its location. This problem is partially solved by the possibility of re-targeting the CD in flight. The latest versions of the American KR "Tomahawk" can patrol in the target area for several hours and, after receiving target designation, strike as soon as possible. Presumably, the Russian CDs also have such a function (or it will be implemented in the near future).
It must be understood that as a weapon against VIP targets, the CD can only be used in countries with a focus and / or underdeveloped air defense (AA) defense. Otherwise, flying missile launchers will be detected in advance, which will lead to their destruction by air defense forces, evacuation, or the transfer of the VIP target to the bunker.
To increase the likelihood of covert penetration of missile launchers into enemy territory, their design should be developed with the widespread use of low-visibility technologies. This approach is implemented in the newest American rocket AGM-158B JASSM-ER. The combination of low signature, long flight range, retargeting capability in flight and a highly effective seeker makes the AGM-158B JASSM-ER one of the best missile launchers for destroying protected high-priority targets.
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Cruise missiles with the ability to retarget in flight have largely become a harbinger of another similar type of weapon - unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with a long flight duration. Russian and American diplomats are still arguing over whether or not long-range UAVs should be assigned to the Kyrgyz Republic.
Modern UAVs of the MALE (Medium Altitude, Long Endurance) and HALE (High Altitude, Long Endurance) class are capable of staying in the air for several days. Compared to "disposable" cruise missiles, UAVs can be equipped with more advanced reconnaissance assets. In the event of gaps in the enemy's air defense system, a long-range UAV can, along an optimal route, using the unevenness of the terrain, secretly reach the range of its weapons. Preliminary target detection can be issued by a reconnaissance and sabotage unit or a recruited agent, after which the UAV, controlled by the operator, will carry out additional search and defeat the target.
As in the case of cruise missiles for operations to eliminate VIP targets, the use of detection technologies on UAVs will be important. Work in this direction is being actively pursued in the United States. In Russia, the Sukhoi company is developing an unobtrusive S-70 Okhotnik UAV.
A critical drawback of Russian UAVs is the absence of a global high-speed satellite communication system, which limits the UAV's flight range to the range of a stable signal from ground communication centers or air command posts / repeaters.
Returning to UAVs with a long flight duration, we can say that their shortcomings are somewhat similar to the shortcomings of the CD: low flight speed, which allows a VIP target to get out of the affected area, the possibility of early detection and destruction by the enemy, the ability to act only against countries with limited developed Air defense.
The best weapon for hitting VIP targets would be one that would be almost impossible to dodge, and it would also be extremely difficult to reflect the blow inflicted by such a weapon. Such weapons already exist.
Hypersonic weapons
Hypersonic missiles flying at speeds exceeding five speeds of sound make it possible to create a situation where the VIP target does not have time to react to the attack and leave the affected area. Hypersonic weapons are one of the hallmarks of the high-tech military of the 21st century.
Russia has developed the Kh-47M2 "Dagger" hypersonic aircraft missile system, which includes an aircraft carrier and a hypersonic aeroballistic missile moving along a quasi-ballistic trajectory with a maximum speed of over Mach 10 (speeds of sound). As a carrier, MiG-31K aircraft and a long-range Tu-22M3 bomber are used. It is possible that in the future "Dagger" will be placed on other carriers.
Even more impressive capabilities are possessed by the hypersonic guided gliding warhead of the Avangard missile system, moving at speeds over Mach 20. Unfortunately, "Avangard" is used only for strategic deterrence tasks and, accordingly, is implemented only in the version with nuclear equipment, although in conventional equipment it could be an extremely effective weapon, including for solving problems of destroying VIP targets.
Another formidable weapon for hitting VIP targets can be the promising 3M22 Zircon hypersonic missile. Presumably, a ramjet rocket engine is installed on the 3M22 Zircon rocket, which will allow it to carry out a long flight at speeds over Mach 8. Initially, "Zircon" is supposed to be used from ships and submarines, in the future the complex can be placed on aircraft and ground carriers.
Not every power can repel a blow or evade a blow with hypersonic weapons. With a range of launching a hypersonic missile or unit from a distance of 1000 kilometers, a VIP target will have about ten minutes to react.
In fact, the time for changing the location of the VIP target will be even less - just a few minutes, depending on the range at which the hypersonic ammunition is detected. During this time, the VIP target must receive information about the strike, make a decision and leave the location. A random or artificial delay at any stage will result in the destruction of the VIP target.
Orbital impact
36th US President Lyndon Johnson said:. In the 21st century, this phrase may become more relevant than ever in history. Without delving into the importance of space infrastructure for the armed forces at the present time, it is necessary to mention projects for the deployment of strike systems in space.
These include the project "Arrows of God" ("Wands of God"), within the framework of which it was planned to launch platforms into orbit capable of striking targets on the surface with massive tungsten rods.
The military of the leading countries of the world show no less interest in laser weapons that can be placed in the Earth's orbit.
Of course, orbital strike platforms with kinetic and laser weapons are not a matter of today, but in 20-30 years they may well become a reality, and on the scale of history, this period flies by like one instant.
However, already in our time, the American unmanned reusable spacecraft X-37, capable of vigorously changing its orbit in the altitude range from 200 to 750 kilometers, has become frequent in space. Presumably, the spaceplane is currently being used as a test platform and / or for reconnaissance. However, the presence of a compartment capable of holding up to 900 kilograms of payload, potentially allows the X-37 to be equipped with weapons to destroy objects in / from space, or at least prototypes of such weapons.
conclusions
The destruction of highly protected VIP-targets - leaders of hostile states can allow you to stop the war before it starts or contribute to its end. The very ability to strike non-nuclear weapons at highly protected targets with hypersonic weapons or weapons placed in planetary orbit within a few minutes after the release of the command can become a serious deterrent to prevent enemy aggression.
More traditional weapons can be used against countries with outdated unbalanced armed forces: cruise missiles and long-range UAVs, reconnaissance and sabotage units equipped with anti-tank systems and large-caliber sniper rifles placed on remote-controlled weapon modules.
An equally important task is the development of weapons and methods of protection against VIP-terror from potential adversaries and terrorist organizations.
