There’s no doubt in my mind that one of the biggest threats to our national security, to our way of life, and to global peace as a whole, is Russia, and by extension, it’s leader, President Vladimir Putin. Now, before anyone gets their panties in a tangle, that doesn’t mean I favor our nation’s intervention into the war between Russia and Ukraine. I just mean we need to do a much better job of keeping an eye on Putin and ensuring he doesn’t get a wild burr up his backside that turns into an itchy finger that can’t resist pressing the nuke button.
And we have a whole lot of reasons to worry about that too. Especially after the Kremlin launched a satellite called Cosmos 2576 into Earth’s low orbit The Pentagon weighed in on the matter saying, that Cosmos 2576 is capable of launching attacks against their own.
Perfect.
As if we didn’t have enough to worry about, right? Good grief.
According to Metro:
Brigadier General Pat Ryder said it is the same orbit as the US government satellite USA 314, adding the country is ‘on stand-by’ to protect its interests. Russia had previously warned any satellite seen as aiding Ukraine will become ‘legitimate targets’, and claimed the US wants to turn space into an ‘arena for military confrontation’.
Putin’s army have began tactical nuclear weapon drills close to the border with Ukraine to ‘warn the West’ not to help Ukraine anymore. Footage shows trucks carrying missiles to a launch site and troops preparing a bomber to carry a nuclear warhead. Russian officials said this was just the first stage of drills involving driving to launch sites and loading planes with hypersonic Kinzhal missiles.
It comes as Defence Secretary Grant Shapps revealed lethal weapons are being flown from China to Russia and into Ukraine. Speaking at the London Defence Conference, Mr Shapps said: ‘US and British defence intelligence can reveal that lethal aid is now flying from China to Russia and into Ukraine.
“I think it is a significant development and we should be concerned about that because in the earlier days of Putin’s war, China would like to present itself as acting as a moderating influence on Putin,” Shapps said. “That recent visit we saw, the I think 64% increase in trade that we’ve seen between the two countries, reveals that there is actually a much deeper relationship there.”
“And this is new intelligence which leads me to be able to declassify and reveal this fact today. I think it’s quite significant,” he added. Shapps then issued a call to increase Nato spending, explaining that the United Kingdom will “lead by example and do everything that we can to ensure our wake-up call is heard loud and clear.”
What’s super spooky is we have no idea how many of these kind of warheads Russia has in their possession. This is critical, need-to-know information. Without this kind of intelligence we’re all at a disadvantage for trying to figure out what Russia could be up to when they start making moves. That’s not where you want to be tactically.
And if that’s not bad enough, Putin is continuing to issue threats of nuclear war against Nato countries if they decide to take action and deploy troops in Ukraine.
An ex-general has warned Russian missiles will be able to reach Britain in less than two hours. General Sir Richard Barrons warned Russia’s 600mph weapons could reach the UK in just 90 minutes – and the UK won’t be able stop Putin’s arsenal.
The senior commander told The Sun: ‘The UK does not have the air and missile defence that Ukraine has, for now. We’ve not needed it.
‘The sort of missiles that fall on Kyiv could fall on London. And Kyiv’s air defences are way, way better.
‘Even a quite elderly Russian cruise missile, I’m going to cite Kh-101 released from an aircraft over western Russia, arrives in London 90 minutes later with a 500 kilogram explosive warhead and an accuracy of two meters.
‘So pick your door in Downing Street.’
Let’s hope we see some changes in this situation soon, along with a peaceful ending to this whole mess between Ukraine and Russia before it spreads out onto the global stage and results in a third world war.
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