The British
Defense Ministry is considering the option of conducting massive cyber
attacks in order to cut off power supply in Russia in the event of
“aggression” in Moscow. It is noted that, if you do not take into account the use of missiles with nuclear warheads, the United Kingdom does not have a sufficient arsenal of weapons to confront Russia. In this regard, the government has concluded that a massive cyber attack is the only alternative to the use of nuclear weapons in response to "Russian aggression."
Now, as the newspaper reports, the government wants to develop the country's offensive cyber potential in order to "turn off the light in the Kremlin, if necessary." It is assumed that this will give Britain more opportunities if Russia decides to seize the small islands of Estonia or invade Libya in order to establish control over oil reserves and provoke a new migration crisis in Europe.
It is also expected that Britain will be able to respond with a cyber attack if irregular Russian forces attack the British forces or pose a threat to the new British aircraft carriers.
Earlier, the head of the British Prime Minister’s Office, David Lidington, said that Western countries should be vigilant with regard to Russia, strengthen cyber security, but at the same time it is necessary to conduct a dialogue with Moscow.
In the past two years, Russia has often been accused of involvement in cyber attacks against other countries and links to hacker groups. However, no evidence of this has been provided. Another round of tension arose after the Netherlands Defense Ministry reported on the prevention of a “hacker attack” on the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. She, as reported in the department, tried to implement four Russian citizens. Suspected cyber attacks were expelled from the country in April.
The Russian Foreign Ministry called the charges of the Netherlands side "another orchestrated propaganda action" and stressed that "espionage" causes significant damage to relations between the countries. The Foreign Ministry also noted that the statement was made before the opening of the OPCW session on October 9 to create the "necessary" political background.
