Article By Frank Bergman
One of Vladimir Putin’s senior advisors has reportedly revealed that the Russian government is “actively considering” a plan to trigger World War 3 by launching an unprecedented nuclear attack on Europe that would completely “eliminate the UK and Germany” in a single escalation.
The explosive warning was revealed by Tucker Carlson, who said the threat came directly from one of Putin’s closest strategic thinkers.
Carlson cited his recent interview with Sergey Karaganov, a longtime Kremlin insider widely viewed as reflecting Putin’s own strategic thinking.
“In that interview, he says point blank, yes, if the Ukraine war continues at this tempo for a year or two more, we — speaking apparently on behalf of the Russian government — will eliminate the UK and Germany with nuclear weapons,” Carlson said.
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The threat carries catastrophic implications.
Both the United Kingdom and Germany operate multiple nuclear power reactors.
A nuclear detonation near those facilities, or even an electromagnetic pulse, could trigger reactor meltdowns, exponentially magnifying radioactive fallout beyond the initial blast zones.
Putin has recently highlighted that while the U.S. and Russia maintain early-warning systems for intercontinental ballistic missiles, most European countries do not.
🚨⚡️ Vladimir Putin’s nuclear warning to Europe:
— RussiaNews 🇷🇺 (@mog_russEN) January 7, 2026
"Russia and the U.S. have early warning systems. Europe has none. They're defenseless.
Our tactical nukes are 4x stronger than Hiroshima’s. We have more of them. Much more.
If war breaks out—Europe will burn first." pic.twitter.com/2rKLlDCbjL
However, that distinction may be academic.
Modern submarine-launched hypersonic missiles can reach targets in minutes, rendering traditional warning systems nearly useless.
As missile speeds increase, reaction time shrinks, and the margin for error approaches zero.
A “Damned If You Do” Nuclear Trap
Early-warning systems themselves carry lethal risk.
Over the past half-century, both U.S. and Russian systems have falsely detected incoming nuclear attacks.
In several cases, restraint by individual officers prevented accidental annihilation.
In the hypersonic era, a “defensive” response could only be preemptive, virtually guaranteeing retaliation.
The result is a no-win scenario: respond and trigger an apocalypse, or hesitate and risk destruction anyway.
Russia’s New Nuclear Doctrine
In November 2024, Moscow formally updated its nuclear doctrine, dramatically lowering the threshold for nuclear use.
Under the revised policy, Russia now claims the right to:
Launch nuclear strikes in response to non-nuclear attacks
Target non-nuclear states using weapons supplied by nuclear powers
Strike allied nations aiding an adversary, including NATO members
That framework squarely places NATO and the United States in Russia’s declared crosshairs due to their support for Ukraine.
The same day the doctrine was signed, Ukraine began using U.S.- and NATO-supplied long-range missiles capable of carrying nuclear payloads, though currently armed with conventional warheads, to strike Russian territory.
“Doomsday” Weapons Back on the Table
Russia has also resumed testing its nuclear-powered Burevestnik missile, a weapon so destructive the United States abandoned a similar project decades ago.
Often described as a “doomsday” or “armageddon” weapon, the missile is designed to operate after a nuclear exchange, delivering radioactive devastation across vast distances.
Russian tests have reportedly left behind radioactive contamination and even dead nuclear specialists.
The U.S. once pursued a comparable weapon under Project Pluto in the 1950s, a nuclear-powered cruise missile meant to ensure no survivors after a global nuclear war.
The concept was ultimately shelved due to its uncontrollable lethality.
Trump, Testing, and the Nuclear Endgame
In October 2025, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would resume nuclear weapons testing, breaking with decades of restraint under Cold War-era treaties.
The announcement came just hours before Trump was scheduled to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Shortly afterward, Russia signaled it may also resume testing.
Despite the move, Trump has repeatedly argued for global denuclearization, including during his second term, warning that modern thermonuclear weapons, delivered by hypersonic systems, are fundamentally different from those used in World War II.
A World Living on Borrowed Time
In 1945, only one nation possessed nuclear weapons, delivered by slow-moving aircraft.
Today, multiple countries, including regional rivals like India and Pakistan, possess the ability to annihilate civilization.
Even a single nuclear terrorism event could spark a catastrophic miscalculation, convincing a nuclear power that it is under attack and triggering an unstoppable chain reaction.
Humanity has avoided nuclear war so far.
But as history, technology, and probability converge, that record offers no guarantees.
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