Statement by the Secretary of Defense of the UK, Michael Fallon on the possible application of a preemptive nuclear strike, if necessary, deserves a hard response.

This was announced by the First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security Franz Klintsevich on the page in Facebook.

"And I'm not afraid to overdo it. At best, this statement should be regarded as an element of psychological warfare, which appears in this context in a particularly disgusting way. Otherwise, it's absolutely bad, because a natural question arises: against whom is the United Kingdom prepared to preventively use nuclear weapons? If against a nuclear power, the UK, which has not the largest territories, will literally be wiped off the face of the earth by a retaliatory strike, "he stressed..

Klintsevich also compared Britain's statement with the actions of the United States.

"If we are talking about a non-nuclear power, then, apparently, the British do not give rest to the laurels of the United States, who dropped atomic bombs on defenseless Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

But that time has irrevocably passed, as well as the time of the former greatness of the British Empire. As we say: on the clothes stretch and legs, "- he added.

As reported by the "Observer", it became known earlier that Prime Minister Teresa May is ready to use Trident ballistic missiles in "the most extreme circumstances," even if the Great Britain itself is not subjected to a nuclear strike.

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