“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity”
MAR 8, 2024
LLAW’s CONCERNS & COMMENTS, Friday, (03/08/2024)
Where have all these wild and increasingly tense and frightening rumors and threats of nuclear war come from, and what on planet Earth is the actual reason for them? As near as I can tell the potential of nuclear war is only about nuclear war itself with maybe a few asides about geographic territory and control of natural and human resources.
But the entire world — including down under — now seems to be riled up over nuclear war and the nuclear nations threatening nuclear war to stop nuclear war, if that makes any sense at all, which it shouldn’t, yet does. Who are these guys and what are they thinking. Each country has to remodel their nuclear silos and build bigger and more powerful missiles with more powerful nuclear warheads — and maybe put nukes in orbit. Our governments call this “deterrence” which makes about as much sense as street gang fights or big kids beating up on the little kids on a primary school playground during recess.
Are our elected and appointed leaders of the various and sundry earthly world(s) actually that juvenile or childish? It seems so. America is rebuilding its entire nuclear arsenal, and no doubt Russia, China, North Korea, and the lesser radical nuclear nations are too, to the degree that they can. Listening to President Biden’s “State of the Nation” speech last night was built around the the basics of war and conflict, both defensively and offensive — as well as protective for some of our allies. But are we walking away from our help from Ukraine in order to conserve our pocket books and pacify Putin? We do this because he seems to say that if America and NATO actually send troops and military gear beyond what’s already there, Russia will attack three nations in NATO, and they will be nuclear attacks, or so the threat goes. No doubt this, if came to be, would quick-start the beginning of WWIII, because one offensive nuclear strike automatically would lead to an all-out defensive retaliation.
Wars and conflicts of any kind do not make eternal peace; they only ruin the quality of life for the losing nation(s) at the cost of doing the same to the winning nations(s). Both are filled with death ad destruction and are worse off than before. Retribution is always in the heart of the loser(s) even though a certain strained peace is managed until the loser(s) are once again strong enough to try to do their vengeance. Such is the way this has always been since the beginning of human history, but now it is an armageddon thing.
In the case of all-out nuclear war, all nations lose — even the ones that don’t even know that war is happening, including the animal kingdoms, nor do they understand that these wars will be their doomsday, too! ~llaw
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All Things Nuclear
NEWS
What It Takes To Care For The US Nuclear Arsenal | Science Friday – WNYC Studios
WNYC Studios
The United States, among other countries, is giving its nuclear arsenal—which contains about 5,000 weapons—a makeover. … Plus, to stay updated on all …
Jimmy Carter Killed This Technology 50 Years Ago. Congress Is About To Fund Its Revival. – HuffPost
HuffPost
In the last 47 years, China, France, Japan, Russia and the United Kingdom have all developed the tools to recycle nuclear waste. The U.S., by contrast …
Generations After The First Nuclear Test, Those Sickened Fight For Compensation – NPR
NPR
On August 6, 1945, a stone-faced President Harry Truman appeared on television and told Americans about the atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima …
Nuclear Power
NEWS
Worms living near Chernobyl nuclear plant have developed a ‘super power’
The Independent
Worms living near the world’s most well-known nuclear disaster zone appear to have developed new powers – immunity to radiation. In a new study, …
Worms living near Chernobyl nuclear plant have developed a ‘super power’
The Independent
The researchers found despite high radiation, the genomes of the worms were not damaged. <p>The Chernobyl nuclear plant showing damage from an …
Nearly a dozen U.S. states considering coal-to-nuclear transitions – Power Engineering
Power Engineering
A 2022 report from the U.S. Department of Energy found that more than 300 existing and retired coal power plant sites could convert to nuclear.
Nuclear Power Emergencies
NEWS
NRC Issues Event Notification for Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Tenn. – Energy Central
Energy Central
“Due to the reactor protection system actuation while critical, this event is being reported as a four-hour, non-emergency notification per 10 CFR …
A milestone achievement of the European Union support to the Gulf Cooperation Council’s …
EEAS – European Union
With one large nuclear power plant at its territory (Barakah in UAE) … Emergency Management Centre related with preparedness for and response to a …
Biden announces emergency port for Gaza aid – Daily Sun
Daily Sun
Biden announces emergency port for Gaza aid · Expanding Israeli settlements a war crime: UN · Russia & China Plan Building Lunar Nuclear Power Plant on …
Nuclear War
NEW
Putin Ally Suggests Nuclear Strikes on 3 NATO Members – Newsweek
Newsweek
The idea that a nuclear war could break out amid the conflict in Ukraine has been floated by numerous Russian officials, including Dmitry Medvedev …
Nuclear Watchdog Demands Russia End Ukraine-Plant Occupation – Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg.com
Even after two years of war in Ukraine that have triggered unprecedented international sanctions on other parts of Russia’s economy, the Kremlin …
U.S. embassy warns of imminent extremist attack in Moscow – Yahoo Finance
Yahoo Finance
… nuclear war if it sends troops to fight in Ukraine. The Kremlin says relations with the United States have never been worse and says the United …
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
Tensions rise at Europe’s largest nuclear facility amid occupation – EHN
Environmental Health News
The potential for a nuclear disaster at the plant poses a significant threat not only to the local environment but also to the broader region, with …
Russia preparing for long-term confrontation with NATO, including Baltics – intelligence
LRT
Lithuania’s intelligence agencies publish their national security threat assessment reports every year. The latest document looks into key threats and …
UN chief fears world ‘sleepwalking into wider war‘ – as North Korea steps up preparedness
Yahoo Lifestyle Canada
We need to end the threat posed by 13,000 nuclear weapons held in arsenals around the world. … threats … This follows a threat to turn the peninsula …