Brits should be given survival training as nuclear threat looms, experts say

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nuclear threats, experts have claimed. The warning comes as tensions between Russia and the West continue to mount - sparking concerns among defence experts.

British army veterans and disaster response specialists say the UK is unprepared to combat Russian strikes. READ MORE 4 horrific takeaways from Putin's terrifying speech including very real nuclear threat They believe the UK is lacking compared to the US and Finland which have both stockpiled radiation pills, reports The Sun Online.Biden's administration is said to have purchased £260million of the drug Nplate, which aims to treat blood cell injuries after a radiological or nuclear crisis.Today (Thursday, October 13), Russian Security Council deputy secretary Alexander Venediktov threatened that it would be a "guaranteed escalation to World War Three" if Ukraine joined Nato.

It has been reported that pharmacies in Finland ran out of iodine pills a day after the health ministry suggested that each household should buy a single dose.Professor Andrew Futter, of International Politics at the University of Leicester, said: "If it was politically feasible, it would be a good idea to have people trained up, similar to the disaster preparedness projects in Finland."This would give us an idea of how society would function in the event of a disaster which disrupts our food and energy supplies."British Army veteran Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Crawford commented: "We can learn lessons from the Finns and others.