VLADIMIR Putin has renewed his nuke threat against the West by appearing to ready a nuclear missile for launch. Footage shows a huge Russian Yars rocket able to hit the UK and the US being loaded into a silo at a base near Moscow. The intercontinental ballistic missile has a 7,500 mile range and when nuclear-armed is reportedly 12 times more destructive than the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It was seen in Russian propaganda being installed in a launch-pad using a special transport and loading unit – but there is no indication of any order for an imminent launch. Putin was seen in late October overseeing the launch of a similar Yars nuclear missile on a mock attack on the West amid high tension in the war with Ukraine. In the drills, Russia reportedly practised its response to a Western nuclear attack and were aimed at targeting the UK and US… (READ MORE)

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