https://www.ft.com/content/cd915be3-f06 ... pe=blockedThe closest that the world has come to a real nuclear crisis over Ukraine, so far, was in October 2022 — when Russia suffered a series of catastrophic setbacks in the war, including the loss of Kherson. There was one weekend when western officials became seriously concerned that Russia might be on the point of going nuclear.
But that crisis also created a new playbook for how to deal with Russian nuclear threats, when they look really serious. Step one is to talk to Russian counterparts and to threaten direct and massive western involvement in the conflict. Step two is to talk to other major powers — in particular, China and India — and to get them to warn Russia off, preferably in public.
For the moment, this playbook is back in the desk drawer. But it may have to be brought into operation once again before the war in Ukraine comes to an end — one way or another.
https://x.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1799879734551105754Meanwhile in Russia: Sergey Karaganov, who was embraced by the West prior to the invasion, considered to be one of Russia's most prominent and influential intellectuals, argues that God would want Russia to start a nuclear conflict with the decadent West.
Loll on see, kes ei karda ahvi tuumamalakaga. See ei tähenda, et midagi ette ei võeta (ilma akf-i sellest teavitamata).
https://x.com/theGeoView/status/1803838219617804312Putin has mentioned that they are considering potential changes to #Russia's nuclear doctrine.
- Possible Changes Related To Lowering Threshold For Use Of Nuclear Weapons In The West
- No Need For Russia's Pre-emptive Nuclear Strike
visuaal ka juurde https://x.com/i/status/1805158939266281688Miki kirjutas: ↑17 Juun, 2024 12:39 Tuumarelvade roll geopoliitiliste suhete halvenedes kasvab – nüüd uus SIPRI aastaraamat avaldatud.
https://www.sipri.org/media/press-relea ... ok-out-now
Tuumaarsenali tugevdatakse kogu maailmas
Üheksa tuumarelvaga riiki – USA, Venemaa, Ühendkuningriik, Prantsusmaa, Hiina, India, Pakistan, Korea Rahvademokraatlik Vabariik (Põhja-Korea) ja Iisrael – jätkasid oma tuumaarsenali moderniseerimist ning mitmed võtsid kasutusele uued tuumarelvad.....
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/fukus ... ppy-n48976But government officials and proliferation experts say Japan is happy to let neighbors like China and North Korea believe it is part of the nuclear club, because it has a “bomb in the basement” -– the material and the means to produce nuclear weapons within six months, according to some estimates. And with tensions rising in the region, China’s belief in the “bomb in the basement” is strong enough that it has demanded Japan get rid of its massive stockpile of plutonium and drop plans to open a new breeder reactor this fall.
Japan signed the international Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which bans it from developing nuclear weapons, more than 40 years ago. But according to a senior Japanese government official deeply involved in the country’s nuclear energy program, Japan has been able to build nuclear weapons ever since it launched a plutonium breeder reactor and a uranium enrichment plant 30 years ago.
“Japan already has the technical capability, and has had it since the 1980s,” said the official. He said that once Japan had more than five to 10 kilograms of plutonium, the amount needed for a single weapon, it had “already gone over the threshold,” and had a nuclear deterrent.
Japan now has 9 tons of plutonium stockpiled at several locations in Japan and another 35 tons stored in France and the U.K. The material is enough to create 5,000 nuclear bombs. The country also has 1.2 tons of enriched uranium.
https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/18 ... 3901682745Medvedev said that the laws of ancient Babylon authorize Russia to start a nuclear war:
"The laws of ancient Babylon and India, as well as the Old Testament and the Quran, give Russia the right to use nuclear weapons against its adversaries in the West," deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia stated.
"The principle of 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth' has a historical character. It was outlined already in the Code of Hammurabi, the Laws of Manu, the Laws of the Twelve Tables, and, of course, in the Old Testament and the Quran. So, one can and sometimes must repay evil with evil," Medvedev said in an interview with Argumenty i Fakty newspaper.
"Russian historical school" continues its research work.
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