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🗓️ 13 March 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Nuclear war is back in people’s minds after Vladimir Putin put Russia’s deterrent on high alert. How real is the threat? And if an atomic conflict did break out, what would it look like? Dr Matthew Harries, Senior Research Fellow in Nuclear Policy at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), joins Ros Taylor to discuss the likelihood of atomic warfare, and what Putin’s threat really means. “Russia is a nuclear armed state, so we have to take escalation very seriously.” “Vladimir Putin knows nuclear weapons are scary, and talking about them is a tactic designed to intimidate.” “A no-fly zone would NATO in direct conflict with Russia. They would respond.” https://www.patreon.com/bunkercast Presented by Ros Taylor. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Jacob Archbold, Jelena Sofronijevic and Alex Rees. Audio production by Jade Bailey. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:14.3	CND badges and assumed it would be impossible for nuclear weapons to be used in
1:18.0	Europe. There were nervy moments, tensions between India and Pakistan,
1:22.3	missile tests in North Korea, but nuclear war in Europe didn't feel like an imminent threat.
1:27.5	That was until Russia invaded Ukraine and Vladimir Putin said he was putting his nuclear missiles on an unspecified level of alert.
1:35.2	What weapons does Russia have? How might it use them?
1:38.1	Matthew Harris is a senior research fellow in the Prol and nuclear policy program at
1:43.0	Rousie based in Berlin and knows more than most of us about the nuclear threat.
1:47.0	Matthew, welcome to the bunker.
1:49.0	Hi, Ros, nice to be talking to you.
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