Russian officer with a "nuclear box"
Ratly published via Reuters
On Wednesday, a rare video showed that Russian President Putin was accompanied by officials with the "nuclear box" to visit Beijing, which can be used to order nuclear strikes.
After the meeting of China -Russia leaders, Putin was photographed walking under the security personnel to walk to another meeting place. The two Russian Navy officers in uniform followed closely, and the two were holding a box.The lens gave one of the box close -ups.
Russia's nuclear handbox is traditionally carried by a naval officer.The nuclear box is called "Cheget" (named because of the CheGet Mountains in the Gaasal), and has been around the president, but it is rarely photographed.
The reporter of the Russian News Agency (RIA) in the Kremlin posted a post under the video published by Telegram saying: "There are some boxes in Putin's itinerary. Without them, the itinerary is not complete."
Another video shows that Putin walked out of a meeting in Beijing, and the naval officers were once again photographed only a few steps away from Putin, and Putin grinned and walked down the stairs.
U.S. President also has such a device-called "nuclear football".If the president is not in the White House, there is a password in this box that the president is used to verify the launch of the nuclear missile command.
The current Russian Minister of Defense, Ha Yigu, also has a nuclear box.Glacimov, the current Chief of Staff of Russia, may also have one.
A video played by Zvezda TV in Russia in 2019 shows that there is a series of buttons in one of the boxes.
There are two buttons in the "command" part: a white "launch" button and a red "cancel" button.According to Zvezda, this box is activated through a special flash card.
