World War 3 countdown fears: US navy bosses 'fear Russia gaining control of Mediterranean'

THE US navy could ramp up its presence in the Mediterranean seas to take on Russia's warships based in Syria, according to a navy source.

American navy chiefs are considering "long-term" deployments in the Mediterranean as well as keeping four guided missile destroyers stationed in Rota, Spain, a senior Navy official told Russian news agency Sputnik.

If realized this would bring back the power struggle over control over one of the most important seas in the world that was last played out during the Cold War.

Most European merchant shipping carrying goods from Asia passes through the Suez Canal in Eygpt.

With its new Syrian bases, Russian warships could block ships from entering the canal as it imposes its own trade sanctions on NATO countries.

The US has not had a major presence in the Med since the mid-1990s following the end of the Cold War.

But in the past past year, the US Navy has moved four Arleigh Burke-class destroyers into the Mediterranean as part of its ballistic missile defence program in Europe amid increasing tensions with Russia.

Moscow has described this as dangerous and destabilizing.

A US source told Sputnik news: "The reason for those discussions at the top of that list, again, is the increased Russian presence and what it means.

"You could say it’s because of the migrant issue and the tax that that has put on European navies, and then certainly because of the increased Russian naval presence and capability."

It comes as former US defence secretary William Perry revealed the risk of a nuclear catastrophe – in a regional war, terrorist attack, accident or miscalculation – is greater than during the Cold War and rising.

Any progress towards peace made after the fall of the Soviet Union is unravelling and there is a "new danger" of an nuclear exchange between the US and Russia, he said.

The world could end by accident if either trigger-happy military misinterprets a threat.

Barak Obama and Vladimir Putin have as little as 15 minutes to decide whether to press the destruct button.

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