Hello John and Doves,
The longer this Ukraine-Russia war
drags on the greater the risk of the use of "someone" using
tactical nukes.
"A while ago the US
president, Biden, recognized that the risk of using tactical
nuclear weapons by Russia has increased
significantly...Biden's intervention indicates that US
agencies have detected signs or movements of tactical
nuclear warheads. This fact, combined with Russia's
refusal to increase ground forces fighting in Ukraine, has
alarmed the Pentagon."
In a 60 Minutes interview with
Biden, he was asked what he would say to President
Putin: "Do not do it. No. No. You're going
to change the face of warfare in comparison to anything else
since World War II."
Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman
of the Security Council of the Russian Federation has been
using biblical terms for what may happen: like "Apocalypse",
"the four horsemen". He believes that "if Ukraine
continues to be "pumped" full of weapons, then "sooner or
later the military campaign will go to another level", with
unpredictable actions by the opposing sides. Medvedev
is afraid that then "everything will catch fire", and the
West, which is "weakening Russia by proxy", will not be able
to sit it out. "Everything will catch fire around them
as well. Their people will be devastated. Their
earth will literally burn, and concrete will melt. We
too will suffer a lot. It will be very bad for
everyone. After all, it is said: "By these three
plagues a third of mankind was killed, by the fire and the
smoke and sulphur coming out of their mouths...."
What concerns me the most is
Russia's nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. - all
told, their 11 subs can launch some 624 nuclear
warheads. And they have a sub that can carry a tsunami
creating nuclear torpedo. Also, Russia has
approximately 306 strategic intercontinental ballistic
missiles that carry multiple nuclear warheads - they can
launch around 1,185 nuclear warheads. And there are
some 68 heavy bombers that can carry some 700 nuclear
warheads.
The US has 14 ballistic missile
submarines - each can carry an average of 90 warheads per
sub. The US has 400 Minuteman III intecontinental
ballistic missiles in silos - each ICBM carries one
warhead. And there are 66 bombers that can carry
gravity bombs or warheads.
At some point in The Tribulation
it does look like nuclear weapons will be used: these
will be used against the nations that fought against
Jerusalem: "Their flesh shall consume away while they
stand upon their feet, their eyes shall consume away in
their holes, and their tongues shall consume away in their
mouth." Zechariah 14:12 But then, this could be
something God does, not using any nuclear weapon.
And possibly the "flying
scroll" that flies between heaven and earth of
Zechariah 5 could be an ICBM - with fire in a basket that
has a lead lid - that the angel calls "the iniquity of
the people throughout the land"; this will completely
destroy whatever it hits.
Also, since America and Europe
aren't mentioned (?) in Ezekiel 38/39 we don't know what
happens to them that keeps them from helping Israel in the
Gog Magog war. They could have been previously nuked
or blackmailed with nukes and compromised; hit with
EMPs. ??
Who knows what else Russia could
consider a target.
"The Biden administration
announced Thursday it will send another $600 million in
military aid to Ukraine, as the U.S. rushes more weapons to
fuel Kyiv's counteroffensive that has reclaimed large
stretches of the embattled country and forced
Russian troops to retreat.
US
sends new military aid for Ukraine to boost momentum
It continues to surprise me that
the U.S. and other countries have, from the get go, told the
whole world through various news outlets what they are
sending (military equipment, weapons, etc), how much, when
and to where and at what cost, and then pictures go all over
the internet of the movement of military equipment to
Ukraine. Who does that? And this has allowed
Putin to target any country sending weapons to
Ukraine. It's like they are asking for retaliation.
The "retreat" part of the Russians
seems dangerous to me...put this with Putin not increasing
boots on the ground...if the war is 'going south' for Putin,
he has few options....he may be clearing out areas for the
use of bigger weapons.
"British military Major General
warned that Valdimir Putin could use tactical nuclear
weapons in the near future because of the unraveling of his
invasion of Ukraine. Major General Rupert Jones
explained that Vladimir Putin is now coming under more
pressure to win the war in Ukraine. The British
military General outlined two strategies the Russian leader
could adopt in a bid to ease the mounting pressure he has
been facing since Ukraine launched its counter-offensive in
August..."."Putin is under greater and greater pressure and
has got to do something. And the things he has done so
far have not worked...He's tried to use a lot of firepower,
and that hasn't worked so what does he do? What does he do
next? A general mobilization isn't effective because
you can't train and equip the forces he needs, so his
options are relatively limited. One option is to
double down on using conventional firepower....The
alternative...is to use tactical nuclear weapons....he's no
fool, he knows the implications of using tactical nuclear
weapons."
Rose Gottemoeller, "who severed as
NATO's deputy secretary general between 2016 and 2019
...cautioned that the Kremlin could respond in unpredictable
ways....The former deputy NATO chief then warned that Moscow
could resort to using weapons of mass destruction in an
attempt to make Kyiv capitulate. "I fear they will
strike back now in really unpredictable ways and in ways
that may even involve weapons of mass destruction," she
said. "He might put in a play a nuclear demonstration
strike, either a single strike over the Black Sea or perhaps
a strike at a Ukrainian military facility in order to strike
terror not only into the hearts of the Ukrainians but also
the global partners and allies of Ukraine."
Even this author in The Atlantic
lists "several scenarios for how Russia might soon use a
nuclear weapon seem possible: 1) a detonation over the Black
Sea, causing no casualties but demonstrating a resolve to
cross the nuclear threshold and signaling that worse may
come, 2) a decapitation strike against the Ukrainian
leadership...3) a nuclear assault on a Ukrainian military
target, perhaps an air base or supply depot...and 4) the
destruction of a Ukrainian city, causing mass civilian
casualties and creating terror to precipitate a swift
surrender..."
What
If Russia Uses Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine? - The Atlantic
I don't think that Putin ordering
a tactical nuclear strike in Ukraine would be a big surprise
at this point. The U.S. advisers must be seeing
something worrying. So that Biden warns Putin 'not to
do it.' Like they know he is going to. It
certainly wouldn't be the first/last tactical nuke used - it
would probably continue to escalate with tactical nukes in
European, Russian and American cities. And it will
come at a huge cost for both sides.
Anything is possible.
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
Maranatha!
Chance