MAPPED: Russia's nuke targets in Britain is
your town safe? RUSSIA would turn Britain into an uninhabitable
wasteland if Vladimir Putin decided to launch a nuclear attack. Cold War predictions drawn up in secret by
the British government reveal the extent of a Russian nuclear strike on the UK. At least 38 towns and cities were feared to
be at risk from a strike from the Soviet Union along with dozens of army, navy and air
force bases. Russia has a nuclear stockpile second-to-none
in the world, outstripping that even of the US.
And Russian President Putin has made no secret
of the fact he is willing to use nukes, even unveiling his latest invincible weapons in
February. Relations have now reached new lows between
Russia and Britain over the poisoning of MI6 double agent Sergei Skripal. Daily Star Online can reveal nuclear targets
which Russia had in their sights ahead of a brewing new Cold War. Defence officials compiled a list of some
106 locations which they believed Russia was ready strike marking them probable
nuclear targets.
The plan was signed office by the Prime Ministers
office under Edward Heath. And chillingly it noted this was not believed
by the every target the Russias would attack in a general war. Spooks predicted a barrage of up 150 nuclear
missiles falling on the UK along with an unknown number of nukes launches from submarines. This is all according to declassified documents
held by the National Archives.
UK towns and cities listed: Central London,
Cheltenham, Edinburgh, Nottingham, Teeside, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Leicester, Stoke-on-Tent,
Belfast, Huddersfield, Sunderland, Gillingham, Rochester, Chatham, Maidstone, Glasgow, Birmingham,
Liverpool, Cardiff, Manchester, Southampton, Leeds, Newcastle/Gateshead, Bristol, Sheffield,
Swansea, Hull, Catterick, York, Preston, Cambridge, Dover, Reading, Salcombe, Brecon, Kidderminster,
Armagh. Alongside these major population centres were
23 RAF bases, 14 USAF bases, 10 radar stations, 8 military command centres, and 13 Royal Navy
bases. These simulations are likely to have changed
since the Cold War. But it still offers a chilling insight to
the extent of devastation Britain faces in a nuclear war.
Russia currently has a strategic nuclear arsenal
of 4,500 warheads with a total stockpile of 7,500. The biggest nuke ever tested by Russia is
the thermonuclear Tsar Bomba with a theoretical explosive yield of up to 100 megatons of TNT. One of these nukes dropped on London would
kill nearly 6 million people, with the blast felt as far away as Watford, Slough and Sevenoaks. Meanwhile the fallout would engulf Bedford,
Southend, Reading and stretch as far south as Brighton.
Luckily it was never tested at this full yield,
only being detonated at 50 megatons and only being detonated once. Moscows row with Britain remains diplomatic
for the moment, with the two sides going tit-for-tat over the poisoning of Skripal and his daughter
Yulia. The 66-year-old had sold secrets to MI6 while
working for Russian intelligence, and was traded to the UK in 2010 after being imprisoned
by the Kremlin. Foreign secretary Boris Johnson accused Putin
of personally ordering the attack on Skripal.
Russia has rubbished all accusations, and
called Boriss claims about Putin shocking and unforgivable. Royal Navy hero Admiral Lord West warned Daily
Star Online the increasing tensions with Russia put war at a real risk. He said while Putin doesnt want a war
with NATO the crisis is becoming extremely dangerous. The former First Sea Lord said: If we are
not careful, we might end up in a nuclear war." Putins officials have already warned Britain
not to threaten a nuclear power after Prime Minister Theresa May issued an ultimatum
to the Kremlin.
British forces remain along the Russian border
as part of NATO deployments in eastern Europe. Military tensions along this border remain
stretched, with Russia and NATO accusing the other of aggression..
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