Russia warned it would ‘sink the British Isles’ with its nuke arsenal
EUROPE could be gearing up to forge a bubble of nuclear protection from Russia made up of 300 French ballistic missiles.
French president Macron has suggested the submarine-launched warheads are fanned across the continent to shore up collective defence.
His offer followed a German minister urging the UK and France to forge a “nuclear shield” to deter Russia.
Leaders in Europe are worried about the ramifications of a possible Donald Trump win in the November presidential election.
And nuclear threats are coming out of Russia thick and fast as Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine drags on.
Macron said he wanted to open up conversations about “missile defence, long-range weapons and nuclear weapons” across Europe.
The French premier, who has been incredibly vocal about stepping up defence in the face of Putin, said we need a “credible European defence”.
The current US-led Nato alliance, he believes, does not offer enough protection.
France, he says, “is ready to contribute more to the defence of European soil,” independently from America, offering up the 300-ballistic and cruise missile store.
Trump warned just days ago that he will let Russia do “whatever the hell it wants” to Nato members who don’t step up in giving 2 per cent of their GDP to defence.
German minister Lindner dubbed this: “a call to further rethink this element of European security under the umbrella of NATO”.
The UK and France are Europe’s primary nuclear powers and have independent control over their own significant weapons arsenals.
But Russia’s nuclear stores dwarf their collective power, with the world’s most extensive and varied collection by a considerable amount.
Even the US has fewer nukes.
FRESH NUKE THREAT
Just this weekend, one of Putin’s state TV propaganda puppets issued a fresh nuclear threat against the West.
Dmitry Kiselyov warned: “If NATO countries deploy their forces to Ukraine in order to deal strategic defeat to Russia, then that very moment will come of which Putin has spoken.
“In that case, we’ll send everything flying everywhere! Sarmat, Yars and Avangard missiles.
“American decision-making centres and launch sites on land and sea are already in our crosshairs.
“France, as a nuclear power, will have to be disarmed in an instant.
“The British isles will simply go underwater. We have the technologies for this.”
By referring to “American decision-making centres and launch sites”, Kiselyov was referencing bases across Europe in allied countries.
Just days ago Moscow warned that Nato’s nuclear weapons and facilities would be targeted if they are deployed in Poland.
A EUROPEAN DEFENCE FRAMEWORK
Macron is suggesting France’s nuclear arsenal of submarine-launched ballistic missiles and air-launched cruise missiles are shared around the continent.
He urged: “French doctrine is that we can use [nuclear arms] when our vital interests are at stake … There is a European dimension in these vital interests.
“I am in favour of opening this debate, which must therefore include missile defence, long-range weapons and nuclear weapons for those who have them or who have American nuclear weapons on their soil.
“France will keep its specificity, but it is ready to contribute more to the defence of European soil.”
And last week he doubled down on a specifically European network of defence: “The European pillar of Nato that we are building is essential. But we should build a European defence framework.
“We have to … build a Europe able to show that it is never a vassal of the US.”
Source : https://www.the-sun.com/news/11216916/europe-russia-france-uk-nuclear-umbrella-missiles
