REPORT – With Russia escalating its nuclear war rhetoric over Ukraine in recent weeks, former British Prime Minister Liz Truss was taking the nuke threat seriously.
She was especially concerned over intelligence warnings that Vladimir Putin might detonate a nuclear weapon in the air above the Black Sea.
This explosion would be a show of force to the West without triggering a full-scale nuclear exchange.
Intelligence officials warned that Putin might ‘go nuclear’ after Ukrainian forces blew up the bridge connecting Russia and Crimea, something Putin had said would ‘cross a red line’ and prompt ‘judgment day.’ (RELATED: Foreign Leader Facing Imminent Disaster Thanks to Remarkable Ineptitude)
Putin later said in a public speech that if Western forces endangered the ‘integrity’ of Russian territory ‘we will certainly use all the means at our disposal,’ adding: ‘This is not a bluff.’
And Ukrainian President Zelensky was also told by his intelligence agencies that there was a ‘very high’ risk Russia might use tactical nuclear weapons.
Even Joe Biden took the threat seriously enough to issue warnings to Putin about using nukes. (RELATED: Russia Smirks as Gas Crisis Consumes Hapless White House)
Still, while Putin using a tactical or low-yield nuke in Ukraine is less likely at the moment, some analysts believe a small nuclear detonation in the air over the Black Sea by a cornered and desperate Putin might be more plausible.
But even an air burst with a small, low-yield nuke over water could spread radiation that would threaten Europe and the U.K. if it blew in that direction.
And Truss reportedly became fixated with the weather forecast.
According to the Daily Mail:
A source said: ‘Liz was obsessed with the prevailing wind, watching the forecasts to see if she needed to trigger a Protect and Survive plan.’
Protect and Survive was a public information campaign on civil defence between 1974 and 1980 which advised the public on how to protect themselves during a nuclear attack. It detailed the warning signs when an attack was imminent and advised on what to do immediately after an attack, describing the effects of nuclear fall-out and how to plan for survival.
The Daily Mail added:
‘We found her watching the weather forecasts with unusual interest’. Radiation-detecting equipment is scattered across Europe as an early-warning system in the event of an accident or the deliberate use of a nuclear weapon, while cloud-mapping experts share information between countries about radiation direction.
But Truss’ obsession with Putin’s nuke threats may not be too far-fetched. The Mail on Sunday reported that the British Home Office is working with police to bolster the U.K.’s ‘radiological and nuclear detection equipment.’ (RELATED: ‘Worm and Weasel’ – King Charles Bans Harry and Andrew From Wearing Military Uniforms at Queen’s Funeral)
According to that report, a Home Office request, published two weeks ago, seeks an ‘information system for operational planning, alerting, reporting and managing’ nuclear threats.
This contract would focus on ‘inland detection’ against possible terrorist attacks using radiological or nuclear materials.
However, the request was reportedly funded by a Spending Review commitment in November 2020, well before the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Truss lasted just 44 days in office, becoming the shortest-serving prime minister in British history. ALD
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