(OPINION) These days, most people in the western world give very little thought to what a nuclear war might be like. And that is very strange because we are actually closer to a global nuclear war than we have ever been before.
If a conflict between Ukraine and Russia erupts, the U.S. and Russia would essentially be in a state of war from that point forward. I do not anticipate that we would immediately be firing nuclear missiles at one another, but it would definitely put us on the verge of such a scenario.
Both sides would be in a state of constant alert with their fingers on the triggers, and all it would take is a single mistake to unleash an unthinkable nuclear nightmare. The Biden administration seems to think that there won’t be any serious consequences for endlessly provoking the Russians, but Russian President Vladimir Putin definitely seems to understand what is at stake.
Following a very lengthy discussion with French President Emmanuel Macron, Putin issued a very ominous warning to the press… ‘I’ve been saying it, but I’d very much want you to finally hear me, and to deliver it to your audience in print, TV and online. ‘Do you understand it or not, that if Ukraine joins NATO and attempts to bring Crimea back by military means, the European countries will be automatically pulled into a war conflict with Russia?’
War with Russia should be something that we try extremely hard to avoid. Because once a war with Russia starts, there is a very good chance that it will eventually go nuclear. Putin says that he does not want such a conflict, and he told the press that there will be “no winners” if it actually happens… ‘Of course the [military] potential of NATO and Russia are incomparable. We understand it.
‘But we also understand that Russia is one of the leading nuclear states, and by some modern components, it even outperforms many. ‘There will be no winners. And you will be pulled into this conflict against your will. ‘You won’t even have time to blink your eye when you execute Article 5 (collective defense of NATO members)….
‘Mr. President Macron, of course, doesn’t want this. And I don’t want it. And I don’t want it….which is why he is here, torturing me for six straight hours.’ But even though Putin believes that there would be “no winners” in a nuclear war, he has still been preparing the Russians to fight one.
The development of the S-500 missile defense system was game-changing. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, it has “no analogs” anywhere in the world… “The S-500 anti-aircraft missile system has no analogs in the world and is designed to defeat the entire spectrum of existing and promising aerospace attack weapons of a potential enemy in the entire range of altitudes and speeds,” the defense ministry said in a statement.
Unfortunately, the Russians are quite correct about the S-500. There isn’t anything like it anywhere else in the world, and it gives the Russians a tremendous advantage. It has been designed to be able to intercept and bring down any incoming threats, and that includes intercontinental ballistic missiles from the United States…
Produced by Russian state-owned defense company Almaz-Antey Concern, the S-500 is designed to intercept intercontinental ballistic missiles and other aerial attacks at an altitude of up to 200 kilometers (124 miles). The weapon system can hit up to 10 targets at a range of up to 600 kilometers (372 miles) and has a response time of three to four seconds, shorter than the S-400. The S-500 uses the 77N6-N and 77N6-N1 missiles, which can be fitted with an inert warhead capable of destroying enemy nuclear warheads with precision. READ MORE
