Dr Baranchik said: “Britain, for one, could have been put in its place more than once. On October 21 there was another strike with Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG cruise missiles. Our technical capabilities are vast. For example, on October 22 we could have scrambled two or three MiG-31K/Is and struck the Royal Navy’s flagship aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales with Kinzhal [Dagger] missiles.”
Britain was too weak to offer a strong response, Dr Baranchik claimed. He continued: “I doubt that after such a step our territory would have seen more Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG strikes. We could even have used a Kinzhal armed with a nuclear warhead of five or 50 kilotons. If the carrier strike group is at sea, collateral damage would be minimal. And it is unlikely Britain would have started a nuclear war with us.”
“The British and American elites would not have had time to change their nappies.”
It is unclear precisely where the British aircraft carrier was on October 22 when he claimed Russia had the chance to strike it. The HMS Prince of Wales transited north through the Bab al-Mandab Strait and entered the Red Sea on October 27, according to satellite imagery and ship-tracking data. It is reportedly transiting the Suez Canal today.
The move marked the carrier’s return from its Indo-Pacific deployment as it made its way toward the Mediterranean.
Footage shows the October 21 Storm Shadow strike on Bryansk Chemical Plant which produces gunpowder, explosives, and rocket fuel components for ammunition and missiles used against Ukraine.
Raging flames and thick black smoke were seen at the war factory immediately after the attack.