A senior British military commander has created a sensation across the world by warning of a ‘third nuclear age’. This senior commander has warned that the world is on the brink of the “third nuclear age”. It is defined by many challenges and weak security measures.
Chief of the Defense Staff Admiral Tony Radakin said that although the likelihood of a direct nuclear attack by Russia on Britain or its NATO allies is low, Britain needs to recognize the seriousness of the threats it faces under the current circumstances.
Radakin said that despite international efforts to restrict the proliferation of nuclear weapons over the past three decades, the current era is “a whole lot more complex. While international efforts have separated the two superpowers in the Cold War through nuclear deterrence, “we are at the beginning. One of the challenges facing the West is the threat of Third Nuclear Age Russia using strategic nuclear weapons in Ukraine. The drive to expand its stockpile includes Iran’s failure to cooperate with international efforts to limit its nuclear program and North Korea’s “erratic behavior.”
attempts to destabilize the west
The British military commander claimed that all this comes against the backdrop of increasing cyber attacks, sabotage and disinformation campaigns aimed at destabilizing the West. He called the deployment of North Korean troops alongside Russian forces on the Ukrainian border the “most extraordinary development” of the year and warned that more deployments were possible. The annual lecture by the Chief of the Defense Staff is a tradition at RUSI, one of the country’s leading think tanks on UK military and strategic issues. Redkin used the lecture to make the case for continued reform of the British Army. The UK is therefore ready to respond to the changing international landscape. He said this includes Britain’s nuclear deterrent, which is “part of our inventory and about which Russia is most aware.”