PLEASE PRAY FOR PEACE
In a further escalation, British Storm Shadow cruise missiles were shot from Ukraine into Russia today.
Fragments of a missile were found in a village near Kursk but also apparently an almost fully intact missile which was shot down has been retrieved by Russia for counter-analysis.
In brief, the Storm Shadow is a “bunker-busting” missile. (I do not know if British military personnel have to program and fire the missiles.)
The £2m air-to-surface cruise missile, which has a range of 155 miles, can devastate underground bunkers. It flies close to the ground at over 600mph in order to avoid radar detection before making a sudden climb and delivering its 450kg warhead in a vertical dive. [Daily Star]
The message, from Vladimir Putin, has been simple, consistent, direct. He warned that if British missiles were fired at Russia, Britain would shift from being an ally of Ukraine to becoming a full participant in the war.
And so in the eyes of the Kremlin, Britain is now a belligerent in its war with Ukraine, regardless of how Sir Keir Starmer has tried to play down the threat -- and the implications. [The Telegraph]
This irresponsible brinksmanship takes us even closer to WWIII.
The next World War — almost by definition — will be a nuclear war leading to the annihilation of billions of people and civilization as we know it.
PLEASE PRAY FOR PEACE.
Dr. Kevin Hay
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