Remembering Russia's Conventional Capabilities
As ZeroHedge reported last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the West about the consequences of attacking Russia with Western-made missiles, including British Storm Shadow missiles:
On Thursday President Vladimir Putin issued a stern warning in the wake of Ukraine launching long-range strikes on Russia's territory utilizing newly approved US and UK long- range missiles.
"Kiev has launched a long-range missile strike against military facilities located within internationally-recognized Russian territory," began his televised address by saying. He confirmed British-made Storm Shadow missiles and US-made HIMARS were fired targets located in Bryansk and Kursk Regions.
He said this action threatens to turn the Ukraine conflict into a global war. "A regional Ukraine conflict instigated by the West has acquired elements of a global one," Putin spelled out, and noted that these systems cannot be used without the direct operational involvement of Western military specialists.
Whenever Russia makes these sorts of warnings, people often think of Russia's nuclear weapons, which anti-Russia hawks insist Russia is unlikely to use. But as British historian Mark Felton pointed out on Friday, Russia has plenty of conventional weapons with which it could retaliate against NATO. In the video below, Felton described what a conventional attack by Russia on Britain might look like.
What A Conventional Attack Might Look Like
Below is Dr. Felton's video, followed by a summary of some of its key points.
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