The threat of a Russian rocket attack on Great Britain is the highest since the end of the Cold War, has warned a report.
Vladimir Putin's fleet of rocket loaded submarines and warships off the coast of Norway pose an acute threat to the UK, a study by a think tank called the council about geostratey has discovered.
The northern fleet of Russia, which carries 800 cruise rocketing, including those such as the calibration that is able to hit a target at more than 1500 miles away, can be used to launch an attack on Great Britain, which, according to the report, does not have sufficient air defense to protect itself.
“The rocket threat is the most grimy it has been since the end of the Cold War,” the report seen by The Times.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer asked for an evaluation to determine where the forces of Great -Britain are vulnerable, with the findings that have been handed over to ministers who now decide how much of the assessment should be made public.
It is expected that – if it is fully published – the report will outline the lack of air defenses of the armed forces against missiles, because the British Naval Destroyers of Great Britain would have difficulty werening attacks as Russia is currently raining on Ukraine.
The GEOSTRATEDY Council said in its report that 'it is wise' to stimulate the air defenses of Great Britain on Royal Navy carriers because of the costs of land systems, although it also has to be purchased in an ideal world '.
Other European countries have already strengthened their air defense, in which Germany signed a £ 3 billion deal to buy 3 -Antiballist Raketystems from Israel – considered one of the best in the world.
Vladimir Putin's fleet of rocket loaded submarines and warships off the coast of Norway pose an acute threat to the UK, a study by a think tank called the Council on Gostratey (file image of a Russian warship)
The northern fleet of Russia, which wears 800 cruise missiles, including those such as the calibration that is able to hit a target at more than 1500 miles away, can be used to launch an attack on Groot -Britain, which does not have enough air defenses to protect itself (a rocket of a Russian nuclear submarine)
According to the Council of Geostratey, Russia has a 'limited' amount of ballistic rockets that are able to reach the UK.
But the report warns that Russia, China and Iran are using money for the development of hypersonic and ballistic rockets.
“As the reach increases, the British islands will increasingly become a potential threat,” the authors reportedly warned.
The authors added that the UK would have to buy 'multiple' batteries of the Sky Sabre and other existing soil-relied systems to defend British military bases.
In addition, anti-aircraft guns such as the German Parde system used in Ukraine must be purchased as a defense against drones.
For Norway, where there is a fleet of Russian warships, the report argues that the Royal Netherlands Navy should concentrate on defending the 'Svalbard-Tromso Gap' and Russian submarines to be aware of the range for cruise rissiles to touch Great Britain.
In the meantime, ministers must increase the order of E-7 Wedgetail aircraft that can detect incoming rockets early from three to five, which were initially ordered.
“The geography of Great -Britain gives clear benefits, but the rocket threat is growing,” said William Freer, a researcher at the Council on Geostratey.
Image of HMS Diamond, a type 45 Destroyer, currently on operations in the Mediterranean Sea, can be seen here with its Wildcat Helicopter test that fires his defensive help suite
On this photo supplied by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Monday, January 27, 2025, the nuclear submarine of Arkhangelsk of the Russian navy at the basis of the Northern fleet in Russia arrives
He added that the Russian fleet of Norway was the 'most urgent care', but the development of new rockets by China or Iran must also be considered.
Military bases in the United Kingdom – including abroad, such as in the field of the British Indian Ocean – who are “essential for Great Britain who maintain his military power” are “currently too vulnerable,” according to Freer, who said that their protection should be the “first priority”.
This is after Putin has performed the production of a new hypersonic rocket that he first shot against Ukraine in November, with 'nobody in the world has such weapons'.
The Russian despot fired the new Oreshnik rocket in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, after Ukraine had fired American Atacms and British Storm Shadow long-range missiles deep in Russia.
The Oreshnik, which means Hazel Tree, travels at speeds of approximately 8,370 miles per hour and is able to wear multiple nuclear nuclear heads.
But Putin told the Russian nation in a television on television that the rocket was fired at a military-industrial site in DNIPRO used conventional nuclear heads.
After firing the Orishnik, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov Great Britain warned of their 'reckless' action in delivering long-moving missiles to Ukraine.
Peskov said: “The most important message is that the reckless decisions and actions of Western countries that produce missiles deliver them to Ukraine and then participate in strikes on Russian territory, cannot stay without a reaction of the Russian side.”
Freer said that the Russian fleet of Norway was the 'most urgent care' (file image of the northern fleet of missiles of Russia during an exercise)
The weapon is not as powerful or fast as the most frightening ICBMs in Russia, such as the RS-24 Yars, which is able to unleash several individual nuclear core heads everywhere in the US after having flown through the space with 19,000 MPH.
But the 'Orishnik' is still a hypersonic projectile that can fly the speed of the sound 10 times – or about 7,600 mph – to a range of approximately 5,000 km, or 3,100 miles, according to Russian military sources.
If the rocket was launched from the Kapustin Yar range in the South Athrakhan region in Russia, as it was in yesterday's strike in Ukraine, Putin could still comfortably hit a target in Europe or the UK without turning to its most powerful weapons.
Goals in London would rise in flames for less than 20 minutes, while Berlin would have further east less than 15 minutes before the impact.
Russian military analysts also warned that the Orishnik was certainly nuclear capable, even though he was armed with conventional nuclear heads in the strike on Ukraine.
