STRATCOM Commander Warns Nuclear War With China Or Russia A 'Real Possibility'

Russia and China are growing and modernizing their strategic nuclear forces. Here, a Russian RS-24 Yars (or Topol-MR) road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile moves along a highway in Teikovo, Ivanovo region, Russia. Sputnik 

Daily Mail: Nuclear war with China or Russia is 'a real possibility' because rivals are 'aggressively challenging global peace in ways not seen since the height of the Cold War,' US Navy admiral warns 

 * US Navy admiral says nuclear war with Russia or China is 'a real possibility' 

 * Admiral Charles A. Richard heads the US Strategic Command - or STRATCOM 

 * Richard accused Cold War-era foes of 'aggressively challenging global peace' 

 * He said Russia, China were 'taking advantage of pandemic to advance agendas' 

 * Richard cited SolarWinds cyber attack, which US intelligence blames on Russia 

 * Russia has denied any involvement in the hack of US government agencies 

 * China has also stepped up military presence in South China Sea 

 * Richard noted Russia and China have bolstered their nuclear capabilities 

Nuclear war between the United States and Russia or China is ‘a real possibility’ because Moscow and Beijing are ‘aggressively challenging’ world peace ‘in ways not seen since the Cold War,’ a four-star admiral warns. 

Admiral Charles A. Richard, who heads the US Strategic Command (STRATCOM), which oversees America’s arsenal of nuclear weapons, expressed alarm at Russian and Chinese ‘cyber attacks and threats in space.’ 

Richard accused Moscow and Beijing of ‘taking advantage of the global pandemic to advance their national agendas.’

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WNU Editor: Admiral Charles A. Richard's article that has raised this warning is here .... Forging 21st-Century Strategic Deterrence (Admiral Charles A. Richard, U.S. Navy, US Naval Institute). 

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