I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving—without a nuclear attack.
The high threat level is not mentioned by Google News, but Germany is drawing up plans to use Metro stations as air-raid shelters, NATO has warned businesses to enter “wartime scenario,” and Sweden and Finland are distributing pamphlets on expedient shelter and the need to stockpile emergency supplies.
Former weapons inspector Scott Ritter has issued a dire warning that we are on the threshold of nuclear war.
As the graph below shows, the Russians are making steady advances in Ukraine. In response, NATO/Ukraine is attacking targets inside Russia.
The Biden Administration has authorized the use of long-range ATACMs, which cannot be launched by Ukraine without substantial U.S. assistance. British Storm Shadow missiles have also struck Russia. In retaliation, Russia attacked the Dnipro Yuzhmash aerospace manufacturing facility with a newly developed hypersonic Oreshnik intermediate range ballistic missile. Witness accounts say the underground working part of the facility was turned into dust. This suggests that the Oreshnik submunitions crashed at hypersonic speed into the workshops and simply pulverized them. There was no particular need for high explosives to do the job. NATO has no means to stop such a missile.
Putin has updated Russian nuclear doctrine. Triggers include some actions that the U.S./NATO has already taken or contemplated.
According to Tucker Carlson, the U.S. has approved the use of anti-personnel mines against Russian troops. Reportedly, U.S. officials have discussed giving nuclear weapons to Ukraine.
Could the out-going Administration use the lame-duck period before January 20 to commit the nation to war while it still has the power to do so?
Thinking about the possibility is the first step to preparedness.
Additional Information:
- Full video of Putin’s meeting with the Defense Ministry and defense industries on the Oreshnik missile
- Russian strategy: Patiently waiting to strike?
- To-do priorities in World War III
- Physicians for Civil Defense