Britain recognized Russia as the main threat and began a nuclear arms race
In response to the “Russian threat,” London plans to increase its nuclear potential by one and a half times.
This was reported by Kommersnat, a PolitNavigator correspondent , citing the Comprehensive Review of the country's defense and foreign policy until 2030, published yesterday in the UK.
The primary threat to the kingdom is Russia, and the main ally is the United States. It is noteworthy that previously the UK was steadily reducing its nuclear arsenal. “However, given the changing security environment and the existence of a wider range of technological and doctrinal threats, this cannot continue and the UK will raise its nuclear capability threshold,” the review says.
Thus, for the first time since the end of the Cold War, the country intends not to disarm, but, on the contrary, to increase its nuclear power. It is noted that nuclear potential is planned to increase by 40 percent.
In total, London intends to increase the number of warheads to 260, which is significantly less than the arsenal of Russia and the United States, but comparable to the potential of China.
“It is possible that British military planners began to doubt the survivability of their nuclear forces and the guarantee of nuclear retaliation “in any situation” in connection with the development of non-nuclear forces and weapons of potential adversaries, including anti-submarine and missile defense systems,” the scientist commented on the situation employee of the Center for International Security of IMEMO RAS, co-founder of the Vatfor project Dmitry Stefanovich.
He also did not rule out that increasing the “ceiling” is necessary to ensure rearmament with a new generation of nuclear warheads, unified with the promising American W93.
Britain has recognized Russia as its main threat and launched a nuclear arms race.