Nuclear Weapons

Links on the Ukraine war, the new Cold War with Russia, and more — Some good links, with brief intros and commentary… Top Item: If you’re going to spend any time with today’s links… …I especially recommend this (audio) interview with Chas Freeman (the interviewer is Scott Horton, who shares some views of his own, which you may or may not agree with). https://scotthorton.org/interviews/2-24-23-chas-freeman-america-needs-to-use-diplomacy/

Russia has struck a deal with neighbouring Belarus to station tactical nuclear weapons on its territory, Russian state media has quoted President Putin as saying. Mr Putin has reportedly said that such a move would not violate any nuclear nonproliferation agreements. He added that the United States has stationed nuclear…

When I was in second and third grade, my father was a computer expert working at a university. One day he brought home a stack of curved white plastic-looking squares and a round hemispherical cap of the same material for us to play with. He said they were part of…

Are we heading towards a nuclear holocaust or are we far from it? Is this just a hoax or gonna be a reality? Well, the time is ticking for disaster at every doorstep. Ukraine’s war is fast turning into a deadly conflict, a fight to invite disaster. Until now every…

Links on news — and deeper issues — pertaining to the Ukraine war, the new Cold War with Russia, and more, with my commentary [Revised, March 12] A Few Words Before Getting to the Links The above image is the cover of the new Polish translation of my book on the Ukraine war, How the West Brought War…

If nuclear weapons exist there will someday be an unfortunate outlier circumstance where they get used and it will be tragic. They must be gotten rid of. If nuclear power plants exist there will be unfortunate outlier circumstances where meltdowns occur and they will be tragic. They must be gotten rid of. https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-missiles-target-cities-across-035609558.html The attack put Europe’s largest nuclear plant at risk by knocking it off the power grid for hours before it was reconnected. Because nuclear plants need constant power to run cooling systems to avoid a meltdown, the latest threat to the Zaporizhzhia plant again raised the specter of a nuclear catastrophe.