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Former NATO General Predicts Nuclear War In 2017

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Mark Melin
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A former NATO general turned author has outlined a rather specific scenario under which a Russian nuclear war takes place with Western European Allies in 2017.

Former NATO General Predicts Nuclear War In 2017

Russian nuclear war driven by Putin attacking Baltics

Former British General Sir Richard Shirreff, the second-highest NATO military office serving in Europe from 2011 and 2014, thinks it is “entirely plausible” that Russian nuclear war erupts over potential military aggression in the Baltic and Eastern European region.

Shirreff,  former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander of Nato, authored a book titled “2017 War With Russia,” argues that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been allowed to engage...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.