US doesn’t ‘seem prepared’ for possibility that Putin uses nuclear weapons: expert

America’ reactionary strikes to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine recommend that it doesn’t have an ample plan in place to reply if Russian President Vladimir Putin decides to make use of a nuclear weapon, a former U.S. intelligence officer advised Fox Information.

Rebekah Koffler, a former U.S. Protection Intelligence Company agent and creator of “Putin’s Playbook: Russia’s Secret Plan to Defeat America,” defined to Fox Information that whereas the U.S. definitely has a strategic plan in place if Putin makes use of a nuclear weapon, latest responses to Russia’s aggression instill little confidence that the US is doing the required preparation for such an final result.

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Koffler mentioned that “the truth that we’ve not responded in a methodical method to any of Putin’s actions nor have we deterred any of his actions” is purpose to be involved that the US doesn’t have a coherent plan to answer a possible nuclear assault.

“Judging by our general response and that we put all our eggs in a single basket with sanctions and we have been caught off guard whatever the truth Putin by no means made it a secret what he was going to do but we’re greedy at straws,” Kofffler mentioned. “Provided that, it doesn’t appear that we’re ready for the opportunity of him utilizing nuclear weapons.”

Natali Sevriukova reacts subsequent to her home following a rocket assault the town of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022.
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“The minute that Putin mentioned he modified the fight readiness standing we didn’t say something,” Koffler mentioned.  “This complete confusion looks like a haphazard strategy on our aspect.”

Koffler says that the US needs to be very energetic in placing collectively a contingency plan and establishing again channels to stop Putin from de-escalating the battle by way of escalation, a technique Putin has developed over his years in energy.

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a gathering of the Supreme Eurasian Financial Council in Yerevan, Armenia.
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So far as the chance that Putin would resort to utilizing a nuclear weapon, Koffler says that Putin is able to making such a drastic choice.

“He has excessive danger tolerance,” Koffler mentioned of Putin. “I imagine that it’s inside his mind set.”

Russia claimed on Saturday that it deployed a hypersonic missile that destroyed a munitions warehouse in Ukraine, which Koffler mentioned is a part of a strategic plan Putin is utilizing to point out the world he has a “excessive tolerance for warfare.”

“It is a game-changer within the geopolitical realm, not in contrast to within the army realm, as a result of they’re making an attempt to [send a] strategic message,” she mentioned. “In my evaluation, [Putin] is climbing small steps within the escalation ladder on the trajectory to nuclear warfare.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin speeches in the course of the live performance marking the anniversary of the annexation of Crimea, March,18,2022, in Moscow, Russia. 1000’s individuals gathered at Luznkiki Stadium to assist President Putin, annexation of Crimea and army invasion on Ukraine. (Photograph by Contributor/Getty Photos)
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“We’re so targeted on pondering that it is so loopy and outdoors the realm of risk,” Koffler mentioned concerning the potential use of a nuclear weapon. “However take into consideration all of the loopy issues he has already completed. “He invaded Crimea. He’s now attacking Ukraine in essentially the most brutal method potential.”

Koffler defined that the nuclear possibility isn’t essentially one of many subsequent steps Putin will take however that it may possibly’t be “dominated out” as a result of the additional you “drive Putin into the nook” the extra the “likelihood will increase as a result of he has every little thing at stake proper now.”