THE EARLY STAGES OF WORLD WAR III: Nuclear Missiles Are Locked and Loaded — And It’s Only a Matter of Time Before the World as We Know It Is Turned Upside Down in a Storm of Fire and Ash

If we have the courage to look honestly at recent events, the present reality, and the trajectory of what lies ahead, one truth becomes painfully clear: we are already in the early stages of World War III. America and NATO are engaged in a war with Russia — not a theoretical future war, but one that is unfolding right now. We have gone from proxy conflicts, indirect attacks, and nuclear threats to openly preparing nuclear missiles for launch. The weapons are in place. The orders are written. The final step is to press the button. From this point, it is entirely possible — even probable — that we will escalate into a total nuclear exchange in which there will be no survivors, no victors, only the charred remains of what was once human civilization.

This is not speculation, not paranoia, and not conspiracy theory. It is pure, unfiltered, totalitarian madness. The danger is real, the evidence undeniable. And yet the masses remain numb, distracted, and indifferent. The public clings to normalcy while leaders march toward the abyss. This war will not remain contained. Once nuclear weapons are used, there is no such thing as control or containment — one flash becomes a chain reaction, and in hours the world is transformed into a radioactive wasteland. We are not talking about decades. We may not even be talking about years. We could be talking about days… hours… until the world as we know it is turned upside down in a violent instant.

Russia has sounded the alarm: the U.S. and NATO are no longer focused on deterrence — they are preparing for a decapitation strike. This is not Russian paranoia; it is cold military logic. The United States has redeployed nuclear weapons to the United Kingdom, a mere 2,700 kilometers from Moscow. Nuclear submarines have moved closer to Russian shores, openly signaling the readiness for a first strike — a nuclear knife pressed against Russia’s throat. Washington is forward-deploying nuclear warheads and preparing to install long-range missile systems in Germany — Tomahawk cruise missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads with ranges of up to 1,800 kilometers. This would leave Moscow only seconds to detect and respond before its command-and-control structure is obliterated. U.S. troops are stationed along Russia’s borders. Ukraine has been turned into a NATO weapons laboratory, armed with long-range missile systems capable of striking deep into Russian territory.

Putin’s warning is clear: if NATO continues to threaten Russian territory, Moscow will respond — and its response will be nuclear. History teaches that once a nuclear weapon is used, escalation is unstoppable.

The Ukraine conflict has evolved into a hybrid World War III, likely to continue and almost certain to go nuclear unless it is stopped. Early in the war, negotiations between Russia and Ukraine could have ended the conflict within weeks. But in March 2022, the U.S. deliberately sabotaged these talks, ensuring the war dragged on. Since then, Russia’s nuclear early-warning systems and strategic bombers have come under repeated drone attacks — something unthinkable even in the darkest days of the Cold War. These attacks have been impossible without U.S. or UK targeting data. Germany is now on the verge of sending Taurus missiles to Ukraine, operated by German personnel and guided by U.S. targeting. Moscow will consider this an act of war by Germany — and therefore by NATO.

Russian infrastructure remains under constant attack, including fuel depots critical for its nuclear-capable bombers. In early 2025, massive drone strikes targeted these facilities, again with Western-provided intelligence. Imagine if Russian-supplied drones were used by Mexican cartels to attack U.S. air bases — how would Washington respond? Under Russia’s nuclear doctrine, these are grounds for major retaliation. Three of Russia’s ten nuclear early-warning radar sites have been damaged, crippling their ability to detect incoming attacks and making them believe the U.S. is preparing for a nuclear first strike.

All of this is happening alongside the rapid militarization of Europe’s northern flank. Fifty-one new U.S. military bases are being established in Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark — with Finland alone adding 830 miles of NATO border with Russia. Before the war began, the U.S. moved missile defense systems into Romania and Poland — systems that can secretly be loaded with nuclear-armed Tomahawk cruise missiles. Russia’s 2021 draft treaty to remove these systems was rejected outright by Washington.

The U.S. has torn up nearly every arms control agreement, including the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. When New START expires in February next year, thousands of nuclear warheads will be redeployed. Submarines that currently carry 4–5 warheads per missile will be able to carry up to 12, with Trident D5 missiles capable of destroying Russia’s hardened ICBM silos with deadly precision. And in a sign of the new arms race, the U.S. has returned B61 nuclear gravity bombs to the UK, while Germany is preparing to accept ground-launched intermediate-range missiles by 2026 — missiles that would give Moscow only six to eight minutes’ warning before detonation.

Russia has responded by deploying intermediate-range hypersonic missiles to Belarus. These weapons travel at up to 12,000 miles per hour, carry massive warheads, and can obliterate any NATO command center. No NATO headquarters is safe from them. If Russia were to use conventional warheads on these missiles, would the U.S. and NATO retaliate with nuclear weapons?

Meanwhile, President Trump has moved U.S. nuclear submarines closer to Russia. From such positions, a Trident missile could strike Moscow in just seven minutes. Each submarine can carry hundreds of nuclear warheads, with the capacity to unleash mass destruction on a scale no nation could survive. Even if the U.S. destroyed all of Russia’s land-based missiles in a first strike, Moscow would still have its Poseidon nuclear drone torpedoes — 100-megaton warheads mounted on unstoppable, supercavitating torpedoes capable of annihilating coastal cities and rendering them uninhabitable for centuries.

If the meeting between Trump and Putin on Friday fails to de-escalate the crisis, we must face the reality that a total nuclear war is no longer a distant threat — it will be at our doorstep. The warheads are locked and loaded, primed for launch. We stand on a chain of escalation already in motion, leading with terrifying certainty toward the greatest cataclysm in human history. We have crossed the threshold into world war, and the only stage left is the nuclear one. Once that line is crossed, there will be no return, no recovery, and no tomorrow.

The leaders who drag us toward this inferno speak as if they can control it, as if they can wage a “limited” nuclear war. This is the most dangerous illusion of all. There will be nothing limited about it. The first strike will trigger the second, the second the third, until the skies are black with ash and the earth is silent. Civilization will end not with a slow decay, but with a blinding flash and a roar that will echo through eternity. And all because we were too blind, too arrogant, and too proud to stop it when we still could.