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Nuclear war with China or Russia 'a very real possibility,' U.S. Strategic Command chief warns
https://www.washingtontimes.com/ ^ | February 1, 2021 | By Bill Gertz -

Posted on 02/02/2021 6:11:02 PM PST by RomanSoldier19

The United States must be ready for a nuclear war with China or Russia and seek new ways to deter both countries’ use of newly acquired advanced strategic weapons, the commander of the U.S. Strategic Command is warning in a major new review of the global balance of nuclear forces.

Adm. Charles Richard, writing in the current issue of the U.S. Naval Institute journal Proceedings, offered a blunt and detailed assessment that the luxury of living in a post-Cold War era when direct armed conflict with a rival nuclear power was not possible is over.

“There is a real possibility that a regional crisis with Russia or China could escalate quickly to a conflict involving nuclear weapons, if they perceived a conventional loss would threaten the regime or state,” the four-star admiral wrote.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ccp; nato; nuclear; nuclearwar; nucler; nukes; russia; war
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1 posted on 02/02/2021 6:11:02 PM PST by RomanSoldier19
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To: RomanSoldier19

As long as DC is ground zero, I’m fine with it.


2 posted on 02/02/2021 6:13:19 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far greater danger from authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Gee, that didn’t take long. Fascists LOVE killing people and breaking things....
......
Time to break out a golden oldie...
Yeah, come on all you,big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again..


3 posted on 02/02/2021 6:15:36 PM PST by gathersnomoss (Sunny day....)
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To: RomanSoldier19

I was talking to a few friends of mine about this a few days ago.


4 posted on 02/02/2021 6:16:08 PM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues th the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Agreed


5 posted on 02/02/2021 6:17:45 PM PST by Democrat = party of treason
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To: RomanSoldier19

C’mon man, that’s the eighties calling.


6 posted on 02/02/2021 6:18:08 PM PST by Irenic
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To: RomanSoldier19
We'll just turn our New Army loose on them. They'll be scared sh!tless...


7 posted on 02/02/2021 6:18:25 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Democracy Dies With Democrats)
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To: gathersnomoss

Be the first family on your block to have your kid come home in a box?


8 posted on 02/02/2021 6:18:30 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Well, it should take care of the covid crap.


9 posted on 02/02/2021 6:18:35 PM PST by eyedigress (Trump is my President!)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Thank God I learned to hide under my desk in grade school.


10 posted on 02/02/2021 6:18:43 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Beware the media industrial complex )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is just a trial balloon for the Biden/Harris sell-out of Taiwan.


11 posted on 02/02/2021 6:19:42 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

So, someone from the home of lies is telling us something?


12 posted on 02/02/2021 6:19:53 PM PST by The Duke (President Trump = America's Last, Best Chance)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Maybe the earthquake drills here in SoCal will go back to Air Raid drills like they used to be when I was in school.


13 posted on 02/02/2021 6:20:29 PM PST by eyeamok
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To: RomanSoldier19

With Iran as proxy


14 posted on 02/02/2021 6:20:35 PM PST by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Russia? Forty years ago,maybe...but not today. China,North Korea and Iran are,by far,the most dangerous countries in the world.


15 posted on 02/02/2021 6:20:56 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: RomanSoldier19

Maybe if we keep buying their garbage, keep letting them steal or secrets, and keep showing them that we won’t stand up to them under any circumstances, we can avert this nuclear war? Joe Biden is on it.


16 posted on 02/02/2021 6:21:31 PM PST by RC one (When a bunch of commies start telling you that you don't need an AR15, you really need an AR15)
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To: RomanSoldier19

If there ever was a time to do it it’s now. We have the worst most inept, ignorant and corrupt administration since since Obama.


17 posted on 02/02/2021 6:22:12 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: The Duke

18 posted on 02/02/2021 6:22:38 PM PST by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: BenLurkin

Exactly. Appease appease appease and enjoy your stock market returns.


19 posted on 02/02/2021 6:23:07 PM PST by RC one (When a bunch of commies start telling you that you don't need an AR15, you really need an AR15)
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To: gathersnomoss

“Uncle Sam needs your help again..”

Not this Uncle Sam.


20 posted on 02/02/2021 6:23:44 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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