“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity” ~llaw
Mar 05, 2025
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Russia’s Vladimir Putin are both wanted for arrest for war crimes and both control nuclear weapons (Image: Archive)
LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD NEWS of TODAY with the RISKS and CONSEQUENCES of TOMORROW
In My Opinion:
TPNW stands for Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), in case you didn’t know, and I didn’t either.
The message here from Scotland’s “The National” newspaper is short and sweet and exactly right! As I have been whining for months, “deterrence” is not the answer to solving the issue of potential nuclear war. So why, I have to ask for the umpteenth time, are we spending billions, even trillions, of dollars in individual nations around the globe to build, rebuild, strengthen, and add more and more nuclear arms in every nuclear-armed nation when we already know nuclear deterrence cannot and will not work? The exalted leaders running nuclear-armed countries are obviously insane with their self-aggrandizing power and would just as soon destroy us all rather than join a common effort to abolish, not just conflict and war, but all things nuclear associated with war — and that must also include not only nuclear weapons, but nuclear power plants because nuclear power plants are nothing less than stationary nuclear weapons.
Just as stupid is the international idea that nuclear weapons defined as “tactical” or “small” nuclear weapons adds to the fear, or should, because the use of even one “tactical” nuclear weapon in a war zone, no matter how small, will immediately cause retaliation from the monstrous nuclear weapons awaiting launch from other countries that will destroy virtually every living species, including human, on planet Earth.
So my question is, why on Earth are we continuing to build and increase nuclear arms that can already be immediately deployed to targets everywhere around the globe, eliminating ourselves because we just simply cannot get along from one international boundary to another. ~llaw
Read on . . .
TPNW: ‘Global disaster looms amid nuclear threats on Gaza and Ukraine’
4th March
By Xander ElliardsContent Editor
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Russia’s Vladimir Putin are both wanted for arrest for war crimes and both control nuclear weapons (Image: Archive)
THREATS of nuclear weapons being used in Ukraine and Gaza show the world is closer to disaster than any time since the Cold War, an international group of parliamentarians has warned.
In a statement agreed upon and then issued from a UN summit on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), representatives from parliaments in countries including Japan, Scotland, Canada, France, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Norway, and French Polynesia also spoke against the policy of “nuclear deterrence” favoured by governments like the UK’s.
The group, whose members mostly represented countries who have not signed up to the TPNW, said that deterrence was not a security strategy but a “reckless gamble with humanity’s survival” – and pledged to push their respective governments to move towards nuclear disarmament.
READ MORE: UK Government slaps down Ian Murray over UN nuclear weapons summit
“As parliamentarians, we have the responsibility to protect the people we represent,” they said.
“Nuclear weapons do not protect people. Their use would unleash catastrophic, uncontrollable devastation, overwhelming any humanitarian response and destabilizing global security. Even their mere existence fuels proliferation, heightens tensions, and increases the risk of miscalculation or accident.
“We therefore cannot rely on nuclear deterrence as a security strategy. It would be a reckless gamble with humanity’s survival to base national security on a constant, credible threat of actual use of nuclear weapons.
“Threatening mass destruction runs counter to the security interests of humanity as a whole and renders nuclear deterrence as a dangerous, misguided and unacceptable approach to security.”
SNP MSP Bill Kidd
SNP MSP Bill Kidd, who is both the convener of Holyrood’s cross party group on nuclear disarmament and co-president of the global group Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND), was at the meeting representing Scotland.
The UK Government has declined to sign or ratify the TPNW, but the SNP have committed to doing so in an independent Scotland.
Speaking on Monday, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that “if ever there was a time to reaffirm support for the nuclear deterrent, it is now”, given the escalating tensions with Russia in Europe.
However, parliamentarians at the UN argued that those geopolitical tensions underline “the importance of implementing and universalising the TPNW”.
They said: “Far from ensuring security, nuclear weapons put the world at increasing risk – from Russia’s threats to use nuclear weapons in the context of the illegal invasion of Ukraine, to a minister of Israel suggesting to drop a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip, to threats of renewed nuclear testing, to expanded nuclear-sharing arrangements in Europe, and the modernization of arsenals in every single nuclear-armed state.
“Loose rhetoric about ‘small’ nuclear weapons and tactical use has lowered the threshold for nuclear war and brought us closer to catastrophe than at any time since the Cold War.”
Israel and Russia are two of the world’s nine nuclear-armed nations, alongside the UK, US, France, China, Pakistan, India, and North Korea.
READ MORE: I’m at the UN summit on nuclear weapons. This is what I learned on day one
The parliamentarians’ statement goes on: “Instead of addressing these risks, a small number of governments respond by doubling down – expanding their reliance on nuclear deterrence, issuing counter-threats, and pouring ever more resources into these weapons of mass destruction.
“Such a strategy is doomed to fail.”
The statement from the parliamentarians will be delivered to the UN summit by Hinamoeura Cross, a French Polynesian politician who – along with the entire population of her nation – was impacted by radioactive fallout from French nuclear tests.Subscribed
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All Things Nuclear
NEWS
What options the U.S. has to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon | NPR Illinois
NPR Illinois
Next Up: 4:00 PM All Things Considered. 0:00. 0:00. Fresh Air. NPR Illinois … But Stroul says attacking Iran’s nuclear program is a whole different …
Russia seeks to serve as mediator between US and Iran – Reuters
Reuters
… all international sanctions on Iran to prevent the country from acquiring a nuclear weapon. … things right’. 28 min ago. Ukrainian President …
Energy Stakeholders Group talks Chesapeake Utilities’ rate increase, exploring nuclear …
Delaware Public Media
All Things Considered. Next Up: 6:30 PM Marketplace. 0:00. 0:00. All Things … Nuclear Energy Feasibility Task Force. Sen. Hansen said she as …
Nuclear Power
NEWS
A Nuclear–Power Revival Brings Back an Old Problem: What to Do With the Waste – WSJ
WSJ
Already, more than 90,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel is being stored at sites in 39 states. These include 73 commercial nuclear power plants …
A Road Map for Rebuilding America’s Nuclear Arsenal | The Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation
China is the fastest-growing nuclear power on the planet, building more than 100 new nuclear weapons per year. Russia has more than 10 times as …
Penn State engages with NRC to build a new nuclear research facility
Penn State
Drawing on strong heritages of innovation to meet the renewed interest in nuclear energy, Penn State and Westinghouse Electric Co. are partnering …
Nuclear Power Emergencies
NEWS
Pluri Announces Exclusive Collaboration Agreement with Hemafund to Enhance Ukraine’s …
Morningstar
… nuclear power plant, which caused a fire in the containment shell. … radiation-related emergencies. The PLX-R18 doses will be stored ..
Russia has once again struck the energy sector in Odesa region: this is the fourth time in two weeks
112.ua
Nuclear power plant in Odesa was damaged … DTEK energy workers have received permission from rescuers and have started emergency …
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
A Road Map for Rebuilding America’s Nuclear Arsenal | The Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation
The United States must rebuild and replace its Cold War–era nuclear deterrent, given the growing threats posed by the autocrats in Beijing, …
Can France and the United Kingdom Replace the U.S. Nuclear Umbrella? – CSIS
CSIS
… nuclear sharing arrangement since the Cold War … nuclear strategy that is both credible and effective in protecting Europe from potential threats.
TPNW: ‘Global disaster looms amid nuclear threats on Gaza and Ukraine’ | The National
The National
THREATS of nuclear weapons being used in Ukraine and Gaza show the world is closer to disaster than any time since the Cold War, an international…
Nuclear War
NEWS
Assured distraction: How attacks on South Korea’s nuclear reactors could be a smoke …
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
An attack on South Korean reactors or spent fuel storage pools would release large amounts of radioactivity and cause massive evacuations, …
A Road Map for Rebuilding America’s Nuclear Arsenal | The Heritage Foundation
The Heritage Foundation
The United States must rebuild and replace its Cold War–era nuclear deterrent, given the growing threats posed by the autocrats in Beijing, …
Ukraine war latest: US cuts intelligence-sharing – Starmer insists Trump ‘reliable’
The Independent
Ukraine Russia war Trump Zelensky Putin Starmer PMQs latest news.
Yellowstone Caldera
NEWS
Mag. 4.1 earthquake (unconfirmed) – 30 km north of Cintalapa de Figueroa, Chiapas, Mexico …
Volcano Discovery
List and interactive map of current and past earthquakes near Yellowstone volcano.