Adm. Richard warns that nuclear conflict is now a “real possibility”.
Yaron Steinbuch – New York Post Feb 3, 2021
The admiral who heads the US Strategic Command — which is responsible for nuclear deterrence — is calling on the nation’s military and civilian leaders to seek new ways to face threats by Russia and China, including the “real possibility” of nuclear conflict.
Adm. Charles Richard warned that Moscow and Beijing have “begun to aggressively challenge international norms” in “ways not seen since the height of the Cold War.”
“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,” he wrote in the February issue of Proceedings, the US Naval Institute’s monthly magazine.
“Consequently, the U.S. military must shift its principal assumption from ‘nuclear employment is not possible’ to ‘nuclear employment is a very real possibility,’ and act to meet and deter that reality.”
He added: “We cannot approach nuclear deterrence the same way. It must be tailored and evolved for the dynamic environment we face.”
“At the U.S. Strategic Command, we assess the probability of nuclear use is low, but not ‘impossible,’ particularly in a crisis and as our nuclear-armed adversaries continue to build capability and exert themselves globally,” he wrote.
In his blunt assessment of the geopolitical landscape, Richard also said the US “must wrestle with the relationships among competition, deterrence, and assurance. Despite views to the contrary, successful competition does not result in an ‘end state.’”
“We must rethink how we assess strategic risks and how those assessments inform our planning and execution. Following our conclusion that crisis or conflict with a nuclear-armed adversary could lead to nuclear employment, U.S. Strategic Command embarked on a revised ‘Risk of Strategic Deterrence Failure’ assessment process to better inform our own thinking,” he wrote.
Russian frigate test-fires a Tsirkon hypersonic missile. Click to enlarge
Richard said the Defense Department “must reframe how it prioritizes the procurement of future capabilities. Our record in this regard is not stellar,” adding that “we must ensure that all of our capabilities map to an overarching strategy.”
The Navy officer added that the US “must acknowledge the foundational nature of our nation’s strategic nuclear forces, as they create the ‘maneuver space’ for us to project conventional military power strategically.”
He expressed his alarm at a spike in “cyberattacks and threats in space” by Russia and China, as well as their investment in advanced weapons, including nukes.
“Not surprisingly, they are even taking advantage of the global pandemic to advance their national agendas. These behaviors are destabilizing, and if left unchecked, increase the risk of great power crisis or conflict,” he wrote.
“We must actively compete to hold their aggression in check; ceding to their initiatives risks reinforcing their perceptions that the United States is unwilling or unable to respond, which could further embolden them,” Richard continued.
“Additionally, our allies may interpret inaction as an unwillingness or inability to lead. Remaining passive may deny us opportunities to position in ways that underpin one of our greatest strengths: strategic power projection,” he added.
He said he bristles when he hears the Defense Department being accused of “being stuck in the Cold War.”
“The department is well past the Cold War; in fact, a large part of our challenge lies in the fact that we no longer view our environment through the lens of potential enemy nuclear employment,” he wrote.
“The United States has sustained global counter-terrorism efforts for two decades — and has grown accustomed to ignoring the nuclear dimension. Our recent experiences against non-nuclear-armed adversaries have allowed us to believe nuclear use is impossible and not worthy of attention,” Richard continued.
“Further, assessing risk is more than just assessing likelihood; it also involves accounting for outcomes. We cannot dismiss or ignore events that currently appear unlikely but, should they occur, would have catastrophic consequences,” Richard added.
He warned that the nuclear capabilities of the US adversaries are “sobering.”
“More than a decade ago, Russia began aggressively modernizing its nuclear forces, including its non-treaty-accountable medium- and short-range systems,” he wrote.
“It is modernizing bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs), nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, warning systems, command-and-control (C2) capabilities, and the doctrine to underpin their employment — in short, its entire strategic force structure,” Richard continued.
“This modernization is about 70 percent complete and on track to be fully realized in a few years. In addition, Russia is building new and novel systems, such as hypersonic glide vehicles, nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered torpedoes and cruise missiles, and other capabilities,” he added.
Richard noted that “until we come to a broad understanding of what the threat is and what to do about it, we risk suffering embarrassment — or perhaps worse — at the hands of our adversaries.”
“International norms”… US hegemony. The US is done for, we might all be done for. Keep in mind that many sheeple in Washington have been openly campaigning for big wars with China and Russia for decades. They actually see this as a business model.
Put that demented MUTHAFCKER in the nut house… NOW!
America will start the war that kills a billion and set the survivors back 5,000 years. Not many of us know how to cast metals or build weaving machines and what’s lying around won’t last forever.
“The International Criminal Court ruled Friday that it had jurisdiction over the situation in Palestinian territories, paving the way for the tribunal to open a war crimes investigation.
ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda had asked the court for its legal opinion on whether its reach extended to areas occupied by Israel, after announcing in December 2019 that she wanted to start a full probe.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced the ICC as a “political body” while the United States said it had “serious concerns” over the decision. The Palestinians called it a “victory for law”.
The ICC said in a statement that judges had “decided, by majority, that the Court’s territorial jurisdiction in the Situation in Palestine, a State party to the ICC Rome Statute, extends to the territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.”
Netanyahu has declared ICC to be anti-Semitic.
USA along with its military agree with him.
I reckon ICC need to also look at the crimes the US military has committed.
Just a thought, it’s been reported 5000 more Americans died today of COVID. I wonder how many were serving military folk? Probably zero.
The paranoid sees “threats” everywhere, but it is the unfortunate people around him who are in danger. Amerikike is pointless.
JOB SECURITY IS PRIORITY ONE, EH ‘ADMIRAL’ ? You’re one of the morons who probably endorsed the absurd notion that is almost twenty years old now…Do I have to say it? TWO PLANE ENDED UP LITERALLY PULVERIZING 3 skyscrapers. The almighty American “intelligentsia” sold the world their stinking mule crap of WMD’s and the rest, like America, is now history.
We need to rid our judiciary’s of corrupt judges then we might stand half a chance of putting these war criminals on trial for crimes against their own people as well as everyone else’s http://empireexposed.blogspot.com/2019/05/chapter-25-dunblane-massacre-scottish_4.html
Any quality race hygienist, can detect the Semitic ancestry in this US Admiral…
I wonder how “no-nukes” missiles will fly over “flat earth”. Those nuclear mushroom clouds on the horizon must be CGI. I better wear 4 masks to stop the covids says the flat earther to the no nukeser.
The world is completely insane.
Russian has unstoppable SS-18s aimed at Washington D.C., just one missile with multiple warheads can blow away all of Texas.
So what did the one fisherman say to the other when out in the boat fishing when they see the city in the horizon go up in mushroom clouds?
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Here you see that the US militairy are subordinate to the US Navy Command and intelligence. Considering the foreign interference in the US Elections I am not surprised at all.
bluescreen bullshit !
CHINA IS ROTHSCHILDS + ISRAHELLS DOMAIN
and they will not allow to touch it for their brave new
world order .
USA JEW DEEPSTATE is ruling since over 30 years a secret war against northern
hemispher AGAINST INTERNATIONL NORMS with its CHEMTRAILING with
nano particles of aluminium,barium,strontium etc,+ morgellons. geoengineering they
call it . this dust clouds circle around the northern globe for month therefore we have
from oct- march always a grey sky umbrella and no more natural cloud forming . the
nano dust enters our lungs and changes our bodys to antennas open to 5G micro radar
in connection with corona fake induced THERAGRIPPER CHIPS vaccination are we
destined to remotecontroled mas surveylance ! ! !
I plead for abolishon of state,judges,politicans, police,militar. everybodies right to bear arms .
everybody his own judge ! shurely there will be in the beginning a lot of bloodshed. everybody
searching for his personal enemy. mafiagroups have to be eleminated by other mafiagroups .
it will be a lot of bloodshed but i thing it would be better than a worldwide atomwar. and
everybody in the end will learn without shit paper laws how to behave, not to hurt, not to insult
others . in the end all will learn like once in wild west better not to provocate others .
NEVER AGAIN STATE + JEW SLYNESS !
I should have been a little more focused on the article and the plans the US military have of bringing the world to heel.
These folks serving high up in the offices of military aggression need to be on a short leash and only able to bark from their enclosures.
America, are you up for a war with Russia and China?
Perhaps America only really wants to bark orders at them and Russia and China are now big dogs growling back at them.
And what has become of the American dog…it’s a rabid mut.
Humm Adm. Richard must be smoking some potent shit , laced with LSD IMHO ..
Obama’s purge of the patriotic military officers worked like a charm. Look at what’s left. Now the ‘negro’ SecDef intends to purge the ranks of White people so between our own military and the UN military, us old vets have to prepare for a new war, I expect.
Most of the shit your reading is just like the Trump fiasco and everything else…pure theater.
I would bomb the admirals house first
WE TOLD YOU BIDEN WOULD PUSH THE BUTTON. NEXT.