The Energy Weapon: Russia Threatens Britain With Nuclears Weapon

Britain is ‘totally ill-equipped’ to deal with Russian nuclear threat and could be ‘wiped out’, top military expert reveals

BRITAIN is massively under-prepared for a nuclear war with Russia, a top military expert has warned.

Heightened tensions with Putin's Russia have seen renewed scrutiny being put on our defence capabilities.

And an expert on Britain’s relations with the increasingly belligerent nation has warned we could be easily wiped out in a nuclear conflict.

Even as NATO forces step up training in the potential battleground Baltic states, Moscow chiefs have been one step ahead — organising a huge programme of bunker-building and growing its apocalyptic nuclear arsenal.

And worse still, Britain is lagging way behind on military strategy, training standards and even our basic defence system.

The Energy Weapon

With the rising temperature of world events, Russia has started threatening the use of the energy weapon once again. Prices have already been cranked up in Ukraine, and Europe is very worried about the results.  John Kerry stated on Wednesday,

"It really boils down to this - no nation should use energy to stymie a people's aspirations. It should not be used as a weapon. It is in the interest of all of us to be able have adequate energy supplies critical to our economies, critical to our security, critical to the prosperity of our people…"

This is exactly what Russia is doing, and America is powerless to do anything about it. Reuters reported Gasprom’s increases for Ukraine on Thursday:

Russian natural gas producer Gazprom announced a more than 40 percent increase in the price Ukraine must pay for gas on Apr. 1, stepping up economic pressure on Kiev in its  political standoff with Moscow…. 

Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed in December to cut the gas price for Ukraine and provide a financial lifeline to Kiev after its abrupt decision not to sign a trade agreement with the European Union and rebuild economic ties with Moscow instead.  The discount was subject to a quarterly review.
After Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich was deposed in February following months of anti-government protests, Gazprom and Putin said the gas price discount would be scrapped because of the debt. 

John Kerry has pointed out America’s strategy regarding energy in Europe and the Middle East: