Biden Preps to Use Nuclear Weapons First-Doomsday Plane Flies Over UK

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Biden Ready to Use Nuclear Weapons First in Extreme Circumstances

Joe Biden is prepared to use nuclear weapons first in “extreme circumstances” after abandoning plans to drastically water down US policy.

The Telegraph UK 25 MAR 2022






The US president’s U-turn came after pressure from allies and the Pentagon and amid fears that Vladimir Putin may resort to deploying weapons of mass destruction in the coming months.



The US currently allows itself to use nuclear weapons to “defend the vital interests of the United States, its allies, and partners”, and in response to “significant non-nuclear strategic attacks”.

However, for years Mr Biden has sought to rein that back, and in 2017 said: “The sole purpose of our nuclear arsenal is to deter and, if necessary, retaliate, for a nuclear attack against the United States and its allies.”

Mr Biden included his desire to minimise the role of nuclear weapons in his 2020 presidential campaign. He was considering announcing the move earlier this year, but the decision was delayed amid the build-up of Russian forces on the Ukraine border, The Telegraph understands.

“In the current situation, it’s very challenging to make the case for ‘sole purpose’,” an arms control expert who consulted with Mr Biden’s nuclear policy officials said. “The optics are extremely bad when Russia is being as threatening as it is. You don’t want to look weak.

“It was on the president’s desk, awaiting his decision, then Ukraine happened. Pre-Ukraine, there was a chance the president would have gone ahead and made a ‘sole purpose’ declaration. He wanted to do that, but he didn’t have a lot of support in the Pentagon.”

Mr Biden’s decision came as he faced pressure to set a “red line” for how to respond to any use of chemical weapons by Putin in Ukraine.

Speaking in Brussels on Thursday, he said the West would respond “in kind” but declined to say whether it would lead to military intervention.

In 2020, Russia published a doctrine outlining its possible use of nuclear weapons. It detailed four justifications – a ballistic missile attack against Russia or an ally, use of a nuclear weapon by an enemy, an attack on a Russian nuclear weapons site or any attack threatening the existence of Russia.

Last month, Putin ordered that his nuclear forces be put on high alert.

As the US president, Mr Biden has the only authority to launch America’s nuclear weapons.

His new policy will say that the “fundamental role” of the country’s nuclear weapons is to deter nuclear attacks, US officials told the Wall Street Journal. However, that will still allow them to be used in “extreme circumstances” as a deterrent against chemical, biological, massive conventional and even potentially cyber attacks, the officials said.

Allies in Europe had been concerned that Mr Biden’s original plan would weaken deterrence against a massive conventional or chemical and biological attack by Russia on Nato.

Japan feared that the US explicitly limiting itself to retaliation against a nuclear strike could one day leave it open to an overwhelming conventional attack by China.

Supporters of Mr Biden’s original, more limited “sole purpose” campaign pledge will be disappointed. “With ‘sole purpose’ you’re still safe, you’re still saying ‘if you want to nuke us you’re going to die’. That’s the essence of deterrence,” said one member of the nuclear policy community who backed it.

“Even Putin would know if he does one or two nukes in Ukraine he can’t get away with it.”

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has delayed the completion of Mr Biden’s overall defence strategy, of which the nuclear review is part. The strategy was determined to be too focused on China and is being amended to acknowledge the increased Russian threat.

The Federation of American Scientists had called Mr Biden’s previous comments about limiting options for nuclear weapons use “unusually explicit”.

In a report last year, it said: “‘Sole purpose’ will be a contentious idea under any circumstances. Allied governments, advocates of various aspects of the current nuclear weapons policies and political opponents are understandably concerned about the president’s statements.”

According to Duyeon Kim, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, “nuclear deterrence is effective when adversaries know the United States would actually use its nuclear weapons”.

Mr Biden had faced opposition from Republicans in his desire to diminish the role of nuclear weapons in deterrence.

Some Democrats had wanted him to go even further than he hoped to and had urged the adoption of a so-called “no first use” policy, which could have included potentially taking practical steps to slow down how quickly warheads could be launched.


China is the only nuclear power to have a “no first use” policy, but there are US doubts about its credibility. India’s “no first use” policy still allows it to respond with nuclear weapons to a biological or chemical attack.




The UK maintains a policy of strategic ambiguity which does not rule out using them first. According to the Ministry of Defence, the UK is “deliberately ambiguous about precisely when, how, and at what scale we would use our weapons. This ensures the deterrent’s effectiveness is not undermined and complicates the calculations of a potential aggressor”.





Doomsday Plane Flies Over UK...

US ‘Doomsday plane’ designed to survive WW3 nuclear blasts lands in UK amid Ukraine war,,,









The Nightwatch plane as it flew over England


A doomsday plane that was designed to be an airborne base for the US during nuclear war has been spotted flying over Britain.

The Boeing 747 E4-B aircraft can remain in the air for days, and even withstand the electromagnetic pulse from a nuclear blast.

Washington has maintained a fleet of the £150million planes since the Cold War, with the intent of using them as mobile bases if a war did turn nuclear.

At least one of the massive jets are kept ready to take off 24/7.

The plane, known as the ‘Flying Pentagon’ would house senior military personnel and the defence secretary and was spotted taking off from the US as apart of the convoy shuttling the president over to Europe.

Keen-eyed plane watchers spotted the plane, the GRIM99: Nightwatch, taking off to support Joe Biden’s visit to Europe.

Biden flew over in Air Force One to take part in what could be vital summits that are due to last four days.




Doomsday plane worth £150M that can 'withstand nuclear blasts' flies over English Channel



The airborne command post is a mobile war room, brimming with military strategists and analysts who, in a worse case scenario, would help guide Biden through the early days of nuclear war.

This comes as Russian state TV warns any NATO intervention, even sending in peacekeepers to Ukraine, could be met with a nuclear response.

The Kremlin’s propaganda mouthpieces issued the chilling warnings on some of its most popular TV show.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had previously placed his nuclear resources on full alert in an attempt to scare of the west from action.

He also refused to rule out the use of nuclear weapons should there be an existential threat to Russia.










Doomsday plane worth £150M that can 'withstand nuclear blasts' flies over English Channel



Whilst the doomsday planes are not a secret, they are very rarely mentioned and the full capabilities of jets like Nightwatch are unknown.


After taking off from Washington as apart of the convoy, it passed over the Atlantic and English Channel before circling an area just north of Cambridge, according to the flight tracking app, Flight Radar 24.

It was believed to be headed for RAF Mildenhall.


The Nightwatch has three decks and can hold a crew of 112 people, whilst staying airborne for 12 hours without landing.

On top of that, aerial refuelling, now common amongst jets, means it could stay airborne for days.

Its windows are reported to have wire mesh to keep them intact, and equipment and wiring on board are hardened and there is thermal and nuclear shielding in the event of a blast.





The plane took off as apart of the support for Joe Biden's flight to Europe for four days of summits



It has 18 bunks and six bathrooms, a briefing room, conference room, work areas and executive quarters.

But unlike the luxury of the president’s plane, Air Force One, plane’s like Nightwatch have purely functional decor.

The bubble on the top is called a “ray dome” or “radome” and contains dozens of satellite dishes and antennae which can communicate with any US ship, submarine or aircraft anywhere in the world.

But, in December 2020, Russian media reported that radio communication equipment from the plane had been stolen while it was undergoing maintenance.

Russian President Vladimir Putin's chief spokesman has conceded that Russia has yet to achieve any of its military goals in Ukraine and refused to deny that Moscow could resort to the use of nuclear weapons.