by SIMPLICIUS THE THINKER
One thing to keep an eye on, as we get closer to go time, is the following report which claims that the U.S. has recently outfitted Ukraine with ‘radiation sensors’ to detect nuclear blasts. This is worrying only from the standpoint that of my long held theory that once Russia truly crushes the Ukrainian army once and for all, one of the only remaining ways ‘out’ to save Ukraine will be a nuclear falseflag, i.e. blaming some nuclear attack on Russia, similar to the infamous ‘gas attacks’ blamed on Assad.
“The United States is wiring Ukraine with sensors that can detect bursts of radiation from a nuclear weapon or a dirty bomb and can confirm the identity of the attacker,” the Times report says. The goal, according to the report, is for US officials to be made immediately aware of if a radioactive weapon detonates inside Ukraine, and to be able to identify Russian forces as the culprit.
NYT describes the measure as “the hardest evidence to date that Washington is taking concrete steps to prepare for the worst possible outcomes of the invasion of Ukraine, Europe’s second largest nation.”
It’s very forebodingly troubling that they describe the team making these preparations as a ‘shadowy group’:
The Nuclear Emergency Support Team, or NEST, a shadowy unit of atomic experts run by the security agency, is working with Ukraine to deploy the radiation sensors, train personnel, monitor data and warn of deadly radiation.
In a statement sent to The New York Times in response to a reporter’s question, the agency said the network of atomic sensors was being deployed “throughout the region” and would have the ability “to characterize the size, location and effects of any nuclear explosion.” Additionally, it said the deployed sensors would deny Russia “any opportunity to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine without attribution.”
This Twitter account rightly understands the connotation :
The idea would be an obvious one: allow Ukraine to launch its offensive. As Russian troops fall back slightly in order to trap the AFU into the standard over-extension a la Hannibal’s famous Battle of Cannae tactic, the Western MSM would be directed to pump up a hysterical propaganda storm of mass Russian retreats, routs, defeats, etc. This narrative would be sold as a mass defeat of Putin’s army, forcing Putin’s hand into a final hour desperation nuclear strike. The reality on the ground would likely be the complete opposite: the AFU would be massively slaughtered, taking unprecedented casualties. But to no avail: the MSM’s narrative would be complete. Putin got routed and was forced to use a tactical nuke on Ukrainian forces to save his troops.
This of course would then open the door to NATO intervention at least insofar as stealing Odessa, fortifying Western Ukraine as a bulwark against the Russian army that the AFU can later escape to, etc.
It’s not definitive that this will happen, but it is one possible scenario being prepared for the CIA and co. as a contingency, should the AFU begin taking massive losses, and is something to keep an eye on.
Interestingly, at the same time the U.S. has recently revealed that it has “sensitive nuclear technology” at the Energodar nuclear power plant, and warned Russia “not to touch it.”
Given the fact that there’s been previous evidence that Ukraine was storing and/or developing nuclear weapons or their constituents at some of these plants, it is a concerning development.
Only recently Arestovich revealed that Ukraine had only two types of guarantees for its protection: either to join NATO, or if that should fail, to immediately develop a nuclear weapons program: Video. And since it’s obvious that the former is not likely, then there’s very strong chance Ukraine would be long underway with the latter. Arestovich adds that Ukraine would be able to develop nukes in under a year. I would not be surprised if the CIA misplaced some ‘sensitive technology’ connected to this pursuit.
