US Strategic Command will warn in its annual posture statement that the 'spectrum of conflict today' could rapidly lead to nuclear war.

Commander Charles Richard will give testimony to the House Armed Services Committee and the Senate Committee on Armed Services this week.

The posture review informs Congress on the state of Strategic Command and what is the amount of 1000 mg of cbd oil dosage it intends to do with its 2022 budget request.

It also determines the command's readiness for combat, its strategic vision and likely causes of conflict in the near future. 

Strategic Command said in a preview of their statement on Monday: 'The spectrum of conflict today is neither linear nor predictable. 

'We must account for the possibility of conflict leading to conditions which could very rapidly drive an adversary to consider nuclear use as their least bad option.'

The testimony will be heard on Tuesday and Wednesday and will be delivered by Commander Richard alongside US Space Command's Commander James Dickinson.

Ahead of the review, he said his force has the difficult position of trying to prepare for a war that has never been fought before.

The army general told : 'United States Space Command faces a unique dilemma in that we can't plan for future conflicts based on how we fought previous conflicts even if we were inclined to do so. Rather, we are preparing for the war not yet fought. 

'Why do we need to prepare for such a conflict when space has traditionally been a peaceful domain, open to all for exploration, and whose benefits improve the lives of virtually every human being on Earth? 

'As I will soon testify to Congress, the answer is because highly capable competitors realize the extraordinary military and economic advantages that space-based capabilities give to the United States and our allies.'

Commander Dickinson noted that China is rapidly building military space capabilities including anti-satellite weapons while Russia has already conducted a number of space missile tests.

Such threats could harm US communication systems and the West's 'extraordinary reliance' on space for modern technology. 

The military review comes at a time of fraught relations with Russia amid major military exercises in the Black Sea that prompted Joe Biden to send two battleships to the region.

Vladimir Putin has deployed more than 100,000 troops along the Ukrainian border and in the Crimea where a new military camp was revealed by satellite imagery on Monday.