London Draws Up Emergency War Plans as Kremlin Threats Escalate

The British government is quietly overhauling its national defense contingency plans in response to growing concerns over a potential direct military strike from Russia.

The Gaze reports on this with reference to The Telegraph.

Officials have been tasked with revising emergency protocols that have remained largely unchanged for two decades. The updated strategies, developed amid increasing Kremlin threats and intensifying global instability, aim to bring the UK to a heightened state of wartime readiness.

Sources indicate that the new classified "Homeland Defense Plan" outlines detailed scenarios for how the British government would respond in the aftermath of an attack. This includes instructions for securing government leadership and the royal family, public communications strategies, and measures for stockpiling essential supplies.

The document envisions several threat types: conventional missile strikes, nuclear attacks, and advanced cyber warfare – threats that were less prominent when the previous version of the plan was last updated before 2005.

Security officials have flagged vulnerabilities in Britain’s critical infrastructure, including gas terminals, nuclear power stations, undersea cables, and major transport hubs. A risk assessment warned that a successful strike could result in civilian casualties, economic disruption, and severe damage to emergency and public services.

Ministers are reportedly concerned that the UK’s defenses would be insufficient against a coordinated assault by Russia or its allies, both on the battlefield and within British territory. Calls have intensified for the development of a British equivalent to Israel’s Iron Dome to intercept potential missile threats.

The revised plan is being prepared by the Cabinet Office’s Resilience Directorate and is said to be inspired by Cold War-era protocols known as the "War Book" – a secret government manual detailing actions in the event of a nuclear strike. That historical plan included evacuation routes for senior officials and even a maritime escape plan for the monarch.

The updated defense posture comes ahead of the UK’s new Strategic Defence Review, expected to lay out options for enhancing homeland security and reversing years of defense spending cuts. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has also pledged to raise defense expenditure to 2.5% of GDP by 2027, partly funded by reducing foreign aid from 0.5% to 0.3% of national income.

As The Gaze reported earlier, the UK government announced 150 new trade sanctions against Russia in order to “choke the Russian war machine.”