CHEGET

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Context

• Rare footage was shown of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing accompanied by officers carrying the so-called nuclear briefcase known as the "Cheget".
• It can be used to order a nuclear strike.

Cheget

• Cheget is a "nuclear briefcase" (named after Mount Cheget).
• It is a part of the automatic system for the command and control of Russia's Strategic Nuclear Forces (SNF) named Kazbek.
• The cheget was developed during the early 1980s.
• It is connected to the special communications system code-named Kavkaz.
• Kavkaz "supports communication between senior government officials while they are making the decision whether to use nuclear weapons.