- 03 Nov 2022 01:48
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I *swear*, ya miss *one* news cycle.... (grin)
Isn't this *all* just boilerplate, though -- ?
Robert Urbanek wrote:
Putin and his allies have made a number of threats and suggestions of a nuclear strike on the UK, such as the report on June 26: “Vladimir Putin ally warns London ‘will be bombed first’ if World War 3 breaks out.”
The Russians would hopefully be deterred by the United Kingdom’s arsenal of 120 operational nuclear weapons. Only 40 are deployed at a time, all on four nuclear-powered submarines. Presumably, they can only be launched at the direction of the prime minister, although there may be a secondary line of command if London was suddenly erased from the map.
Still, the ability of the submarines to receive attack orders might be compromised, if not by Russian signal interference, then perhaps by a natural source: a giant solar storm that wipes out global communications, leaving nuclear powers guessing if their opponents will take advantage of the situation.
I *swear*, ya miss *one* news cycle.... (grin)
Isn't this *all* just boilerplate, though -- ?