I’m Patrick Lancaster with breaking news and analysis. Russia has conducted a full nuclear triad drill—land-based ICBMs, a submarine-launched ballistic missile, and air-launched cruise missiles—while Moscow officials harden their rhetoric on arms control and the West. Deputy Security Council Chair Dmitry Medvedev says the United States is now at war with Russia, escalating the political framing of the conflict.
In this report, I show the launches, explain what was tested and why it matters, and break down the risks with New START information exchanges frozen and escalation ladders getting shorter. Routine or message? You decide—here’s what actually happened and why the timing matters.
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Chapters
0:00 – Breaking intro: triad launches
1:05 – What the “nuclear triad” is
2:02 – Land: Yars ICBM launch
3:10 – Air: Tu-95MS cruise missile shots
4:05 – Sea: SLBM from submarine “Bryansk”
5:12 – Objectives claimed “achieved”
6:05 – Arms control freeze & New START
7:25 – Medvedev: “U.S. at war with Russia”
8:30 – Sanctions, oil spike, and timing
9:35 – What this signals to NATO and markets
10:25 – Bottom line & risks of miscalculation
11:10 – On-the-ground updates & outro
Key points
• Triad validation: command-and-control readiness across land, sea, air
• New START information exchange still suspended = higher miscalc risk
• Medvedev’s framing hardens Russia’s narrative vs the U.S.
• Sanctions + rhetoric + exercises = compounding escalation signals
Credit to : Patrick Lancaster