stefania mauriziFeb 4
1. Today is a terrible day:
Today marks the expiration of #NewSTART, the last bilateral treaty between the US and Russia for the control of strategic nuclear weapons, those that a nuclear power can use to wipe out large portions of an enemy nation's territory
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2. This is NOT the 1st time that a crucial treaty on #NuclearWeapons has expired.
Historically,when one treaty dies,another is made,but this time it is different:

it is the 1st time that a crucial treaty has expired and there are no negotiations underway to make another one

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3. For the first time in half a century, we have no shield against the risk of a war escalating into the use of #NuclearWeapons.

And we are so at risk that it is 85 SECONDS to midnight; during the Cuban missile crisis, it was 7 MINUTES:

https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/2026-statement/

2026 Doomsday Clock Statement - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

It is 85 seconds to midnight.

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
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4. The most authoritative Italian org for nuclear disarmament,#UnionOfScientistsForDisarmament (#USPID),founded in 1982, has petitioned #Meloni government to support negotiations for a new treaty, after #NewSTART expired.

#Meloni government did not even care to reply to USPID

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5. #Meloni govt is the 1st to have officially admitted the presence of U.S. tactical #NuclearWeapons in Italy.

As revealed by #HansKristensen ,#Italy is the EU country with the highest number of U.S. #TacticalNuclearWeapons and the only one with 2 nuclear bases: #Aviano and #Ghedi.

Feb 4 at 4:26pmMastodon for Android