Going nuclear? Why a growing number of Washington’s allies are eyeing an alternative to US umbrella

The ‘nuclear club’ currently consists of 9 nations? Could more nations be joining before long?

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen states that it is evident a nuclear arms race has commenced. #NuclearArms #GlobalSecurity

‘Operation Epic Fury’ – Anatomy Of A War Of Aggression

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‘Operation Epic Fury’ – Anatomy Of A War Of Aggression

Media Lens (...) In the Guardian, Julian Borger described this latest war as ‘an unprovoked attempt at regime change in collaboration with Israel, with no...

Last nuclear weapons limits expired – pushing world toward new arms race | IwPost

The expiration of the New START treaty has the US and Russia poised to increase the number of their deployed strategic nuclear weapons, pushing the world into dangerous territory.

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Russia baselessly claims UK and France plan to give Ukraine nukes

On the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv has denied "absurd" claims by Russian intelligence that they will be given nuclear weapons by the UK and France. #TheCube

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Iran-US nuclear talks may fail due to both nations’ red lines – but that doesn’t make them futile | IwPost

The US administration may sense that Iran is weak and ready to do a deal. But negotiations could be undone by intransigent red lines.

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@adub

It’s hard to overstate how incredibly reckless and destabilizing an idea this is: it’s bad enough knowing that there are thousands of weapons half a world away that can reach targets in under an hour, not imagine those same weapons constantly orbiting over your head, with time to target reduced to mere minutes.

Not to mention the risk of accidents or questions like how to de-orbit them, or the possibility of nuclear space junk (not so) randomly landing around the world, or what happens in the event of a Kessler cascade.

#NuclearArms #WorldPol #Russia