British authorities are clearly not taking these threats seriously, as they’re going ahead with their military aid to Ukraine. Whether or not the threats are serious, however, well, we shall see.
“Russian state TV shows ‘nuclear tsunami’ wiping out UK,” 1News, May 3, 2022:
Russian state television has issued a strong warning that the Kremlin could wipe out the UK with the push of a button for supporting Ukraine.
In his Sunday evening primetime show, Channel One anchor Dmitry Kiselyov told viewers Russia’s underwater Poseidon missile had the capability to spark a 500-metre radioactive tsunami that would wipe out the UK.
The Poseidon is an autonomous, nuclear-powered unmanned underwater missile approximately 20 metres long and weighing up to 100 metric tons.
“The explosion of this thermonuclear torpedo close to Britain’s coastline will cause a giant tsunami wave, up to 500 metres high,” Kiselyov said.
“This wave also carries extreme doses of radiation. Having passed over Britain, it will leave what is left of them in a radioactive desert, unfit for anything for a long time.”
The threat comes as Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce a new NZ$580 million package of military aid to Ukraine when he addresses Ukraine parliament on Tuesday local time (Wednesday NZT)….
