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Orbiting Armageddon: Russia’s #EMP Threat from Space and Transatlantic Responses
Apr 17, 2025
Excerpt: "If a #NuclearBomb were detonated in orbit, the physical effects would be unlike a typical terrestrial nuclear blast. There would be no mushroom cloud or shock wave in the vacuum of space. Instead, the weapon’s energy would be released as intense radiation and electromagnetic pulses (Scientific American).
"#Satellites within line of sight of the explosion would be instantly subjected to a blinding flash of gamma rays and X-rays, likely frying their electronics on contact (Scientific American). Moments after, a powerful #EMP would form as the bomb’s gamma radiation ionizes the upper atmosphere. This process, known as the #ComptonEffect, releases billions of high-energy electrons that race along Earth’s magnetic field lines (Scientific American). The result is an expanding wave of electromagnetic energy.
"U.S. defense officials have described this kind of space-triggered EMP as a 'massive energy wave' that could 'destroy satellites' and disrupt a vast swath of the satellites that the world depends on for communication and commerce (Carnegie). In essence, one orbital blast could simultaneously knock out numerous satellites – military and civilian – that are crucial to GPS navigation, telephone and internet links, financial transactions, weather forecasting, and more.
"An EMP from space could also induce chaos on the ground. The pulse would interact with Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field to send geomagnetically induced currents surging through power lines and electronic networks (Aerospace America). In 1962, the U.S. #StarfishPrime test proved this danger: although detonated 400 kilometers above the Pacific, its EMP caused voltage spikes that blew out 300 streetlights and knocked out telephone lines in Hawaii, nearly 1,500 kilometers away (Scientific American , Aerospace America).
"An orbital detonation today, especially if positioned over populated regions, could overload electrical grids across vast areas. Transformers and grid infrastructure could be destroyed by the sudden, uncontrolled currents (Aerospace America). The scale of blackout could range over one or several countries, depending on the weapon’s altitude and yield. Experts warn that such a scenario would be devastating.
"A U.S. Congressional commission on EMP found that a nationwide power outage caused by a high-altitude nuclear blast could collapse critical infrastructure – an outcome it described as a potential
'civilization killer' if power and services were not restored quickly (Carnegie). In addition to massive economic damage, the disruption of communication and radar networks would impair defense capabilities, complicating crisis management during the very moment it’s most needed."Beyond the immediate blast and pulse, a space-based nuclear explosion would have a long-duration effect that could be even more damaging to space infrastructure. The explosion’s charged particles would become trapped by Earth’s magnetic field, forming an artificial radiation belt encircling the planet (Scientific American).
"This is exactly what happened after Starfish Prime: a man-made #RadiationBelt lingered for years, eventually destroying a third of all satellites in orbit at the time (Scientific American). In today’s environment, with thousands of satellites, the consequences would be dire. The intense radiation would bathe #LowEarthOrbit, causing surviving satellites to degrade and fail over the ensuing days, weeks, and months (Aerospace America). Many satellites that weren’t immediately destroyed would succumb to this enhanced radiation environment.
"Nearly 10,000 active satellites now orbit Earth, and most are not designed to withstand extreme nuclear radiation (Aerospace America). Critical constellations – for example, #SpaceX’s #Starlink network of small satellites (over 6,000 in orbit) that provides high-speed broadband, including to Ukrainian forces – would likely be heavily degraded or completely knocked offline (Scientific American). Replacement of satellites would be hampered as well: the orbital 'fallout' zone could remain dangerous for new satellites for years, denying space to any fresh deployments (Aerospace America). Even astronauts and cosmonauts in space could be in peril."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/PPMrQ#NoNukesInSpace #LEO #KesslerEffect
#KesslerSyndrome #NoNukes #NoWar #NuclearWeapons #Satellites -
Orbiting Armageddon: Russia’s #EMP Threat from Space and Transatlantic Responses
Apr 17, 2025
Excerpt: "If a #NuclearBomb were detonated in orbit, the physical effects would be unlike a typical terrestrial nuclear blast. There would be no mushroom cloud or shock wave in the vacuum of space. Instead, the weapon’s energy would be released as intense radiation and electromagnetic pulses (Scientific American).
"#Satellites within line of sight of the explosion would be instantly subjected to a blinding flash of gamma rays and X-rays, likely frying their electronics on contact (Scientific American). Moments after, a powerful #EMP would form as the bomb’s gamma radiation ionizes the upper atmosphere. This process, known as the #ComptonEffect, releases billions of high-energy electrons that race along Earth’s magnetic field lines (Scientific American). The result is an expanding wave of electromagnetic energy.
"U.S. defense officials have described this kind of space-triggered EMP as a 'massive energy wave' that could 'destroy satellites' and disrupt a vast swath of the satellites that the world depends on for communication and commerce (Carnegie). In essence, one orbital blast could simultaneously knock out numerous satellites – military and civilian – that are crucial to GPS navigation, telephone and internet links, financial transactions, weather forecasting, and more.
"An EMP from space could also induce chaos on the ground. The pulse would interact with Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field to send geomagnetically induced currents surging through power lines and electronic networks (Aerospace America). In 1962, the U.S. #StarfishPrime test proved this danger: although detonated 400 kilometers above the Pacific, its EMP caused voltage spikes that blew out 300 streetlights and knocked out telephone lines in Hawaii, nearly 1,500 kilometers away (Scientific American , Aerospace America).
"An orbital detonation today, especially if positioned over populated regions, could overload electrical grids across vast areas. Transformers and grid infrastructure could be destroyed by the sudden, uncontrolled currents (Aerospace America). The scale of blackout could range over one or several countries, depending on the weapon’s altitude and yield. Experts warn that such a scenario would be devastating.
"A U.S. Congressional commission on EMP found that a nationwide power outage caused by a high-altitude nuclear blast could collapse critical infrastructure – an outcome it described as a potential
'civilization killer' if power and services were not restored quickly (Carnegie). In addition to massive economic damage, the disruption of communication and radar networks would impair defense capabilities, complicating crisis management during the very moment it’s most needed."Beyond the immediate blast and pulse, a space-based nuclear explosion would have a long-duration effect that could be even more damaging to space infrastructure. The explosion’s charged particles would become trapped by Earth’s magnetic field, forming an artificial radiation belt encircling the planet (Scientific American).
"This is exactly what happened after Starfish Prime: a man-made #RadiationBelt lingered for years, eventually destroying a third of all satellites in orbit at the time (Scientific American). In today’s environment, with thousands of satellites, the consequences would be dire. The intense radiation would bathe #LowEarthOrbit, causing surviving satellites to degrade and fail over the ensuing days, weeks, and months (Aerospace America). Many satellites that weren’t immediately destroyed would succumb to this enhanced radiation environment.
"Nearly 10,000 active satellites now orbit Earth, and most are not designed to withstand extreme nuclear radiation (Aerospace America). Critical constellations – for example, #SpaceX’s #Starlink network of small satellites (over 6,000 in orbit) that provides high-speed broadband, including to Ukrainian forces – would likely be heavily degraded or completely knocked offline (Scientific American). Replacement of satellites would be hampered as well: the orbital 'fallout' zone could remain dangerous for new satellites for years, denying space to any fresh deployments (Aerospace America). Even astronauts and cosmonauts in space could be in peril."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/PPMrQ#NoNukesInSpace #LEO #KesslerEffect
#KesslerSyndrome #NoNukes #NoWar #NuclearWeapons #Satellites -
Orbiting Armageddon: Russia’s #EMP Threat from Space and Transatlantic Responses
Apr 17, 2025
Excerpt: "If a #NuclearBomb were detonated in orbit, the physical effects would be unlike a typical terrestrial nuclear blast. There would be no mushroom cloud or shock wave in the vacuum of space. Instead, the weapon’s energy would be released as intense radiation and electromagnetic pulses (Scientific American).
"#Satellites within line of sight of the explosion would be instantly subjected to a blinding flash of gamma rays and X-rays, likely frying their electronics on contact (Scientific American). Moments after, a powerful #EMP would form as the bomb’s gamma radiation ionizes the upper atmosphere. This process, known as the #ComptonEffect, releases billions of high-energy electrons that race along Earth’s magnetic field lines (Scientific American). The result is an expanding wave of electromagnetic energy.
"U.S. defense officials have described this kind of space-triggered EMP as a 'massive energy wave' that could 'destroy satellites' and disrupt a vast swath of the satellites that the world depends on for communication and commerce (Carnegie). In essence, one orbital blast could simultaneously knock out numerous satellites – military and civilian – that are crucial to GPS navigation, telephone and internet links, financial transactions, weather forecasting, and more.
"An EMP from space could also induce chaos on the ground. The pulse would interact with Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field to send geomagnetically induced currents surging through power lines and electronic networks (Aerospace America). In 1962, the U.S. #StarfishPrime test proved this danger: although detonated 400 kilometers above the Pacific, its EMP caused voltage spikes that blew out 300 streetlights and knocked out telephone lines in Hawaii, nearly 1,500 kilometers away (Scientific American , Aerospace America).
"An orbital detonation today, especially if positioned over populated regions, could overload electrical grids across vast areas. Transformers and grid infrastructure could be destroyed by the sudden, uncontrolled currents (Aerospace America). The scale of blackout could range over one or several countries, depending on the weapon’s altitude and yield. Experts warn that such a scenario would be devastating.
"A U.S. Congressional commission on EMP found that a nationwide power outage caused by a high-altitude nuclear blast could collapse critical infrastructure – an outcome it described as a potential
'civilization killer' if power and services were not restored quickly (Carnegie). In addition to massive economic damage, the disruption of communication and radar networks would impair defense capabilities, complicating crisis management during the very moment it’s most needed."Beyond the immediate blast and pulse, a space-based nuclear explosion would have a long-duration effect that could be even more damaging to space infrastructure. The explosion’s charged particles would become trapped by Earth’s magnetic field, forming an artificial radiation belt encircling the planet (Scientific American).
"This is exactly what happened after Starfish Prime: a man-made #RadiationBelt lingered for years, eventually destroying a third of all satellites in orbit at the time (Scientific American). In today’s environment, with thousands of satellites, the consequences would be dire. The intense radiation would bathe #LowEarthOrbit, causing surviving satellites to degrade and fail over the ensuing days, weeks, and months (Aerospace America). Many satellites that weren’t immediately destroyed would succumb to this enhanced radiation environment.
"Nearly 10,000 active satellites now orbit Earth, and most are not designed to withstand extreme nuclear radiation (Aerospace America). Critical constellations – for example, #SpaceX’s #Starlink network of small satellites (over 6,000 in orbit) that provides high-speed broadband, including to Ukrainian forces – would likely be heavily degraded or completely knocked offline (Scientific American). Replacement of satellites would be hampered as well: the orbital 'fallout' zone could remain dangerous for new satellites for years, denying space to any fresh deployments (Aerospace America). Even astronauts and cosmonauts in space could be in peril."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/PPMrQ#NoNukesInSpace #LEO #KesslerEffect
#KesslerSyndrome #NoNukes #NoWar #NuclearWeapons #Satellites -
Orbiting Armageddon: Russia’s #EMP Threat from Space and Transatlantic Responses
Apr 17, 2025
Excerpt: "If a #NuclearBomb were detonated in orbit, the physical effects would be unlike a typical terrestrial nuclear blast. There would be no mushroom cloud or shock wave in the vacuum of space. Instead, the weapon’s energy would be released as intense radiation and electromagnetic pulses (Scientific American).
"#Satellites within line of sight of the explosion would be instantly subjected to a blinding flash of gamma rays and X-rays, likely frying their electronics on contact (Scientific American). Moments after, a powerful #EMP would form as the bomb’s gamma radiation ionizes the upper atmosphere. This process, known as the #ComptonEffect, releases billions of high-energy electrons that race along Earth’s magnetic field lines (Scientific American). The result is an expanding wave of electromagnetic energy.
"U.S. defense officials have described this kind of space-triggered EMP as a 'massive energy wave' that could 'destroy satellites' and disrupt a vast swath of the satellites that the world depends on for communication and commerce (Carnegie). In essence, one orbital blast could simultaneously knock out numerous satellites – military and civilian – that are crucial to GPS navigation, telephone and internet links, financial transactions, weather forecasting, and more.
"An EMP from space could also induce chaos on the ground. The pulse would interact with Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field to send geomagnetically induced currents surging through power lines and electronic networks (Aerospace America). In 1962, the U.S. #StarfishPrime test proved this danger: although detonated 400 kilometers above the Pacific, its EMP caused voltage spikes that blew out 300 streetlights and knocked out telephone lines in Hawaii, nearly 1,500 kilometers away (Scientific American , Aerospace America).
"An orbital detonation today, especially if positioned over populated regions, could overload electrical grids across vast areas. Transformers and grid infrastructure could be destroyed by the sudden, uncontrolled currents (Aerospace America). The scale of blackout could range over one or several countries, depending on the weapon’s altitude and yield. Experts warn that such a scenario would be devastating.
"A U.S. Congressional commission on EMP found that a nationwide power outage caused by a high-altitude nuclear blast could collapse critical infrastructure – an outcome it described as a potential
'civilization killer' if power and services were not restored quickly (Carnegie). In addition to massive economic damage, the disruption of communication and radar networks would impair defense capabilities, complicating crisis management during the very moment it’s most needed."Beyond the immediate blast and pulse, a space-based nuclear explosion would have a long-duration effect that could be even more damaging to space infrastructure. The explosion’s charged particles would become trapped by Earth’s magnetic field, forming an artificial radiation belt encircling the planet (Scientific American).
"This is exactly what happened after Starfish Prime: a man-made #RadiationBelt lingered for years, eventually destroying a third of all satellites in orbit at the time (Scientific American). In today’s environment, with thousands of satellites, the consequences would be dire. The intense radiation would bathe #LowEarthOrbit, causing surviving satellites to degrade and fail over the ensuing days, weeks, and months (Aerospace America). Many satellites that weren’t immediately destroyed would succumb to this enhanced radiation environment.
"Nearly 10,000 active satellites now orbit Earth, and most are not designed to withstand extreme nuclear radiation (Aerospace America). Critical constellations – for example, #SpaceX’s #Starlink network of small satellites (over 6,000 in orbit) that provides high-speed broadband, including to Ukrainian forces – would likely be heavily degraded or completely knocked offline (Scientific American). Replacement of satellites would be hampered as well: the orbital 'fallout' zone could remain dangerous for new satellites for years, denying space to any fresh deployments (Aerospace America). Even astronauts and cosmonauts in space could be in peril."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/PPMrQ#NoNukesInSpace #LEO #KesslerEffect
#KesslerSyndrome #NoNukes #NoWar #NuclearWeapons #Satellites -
Orbiting Armageddon: Russia’s #EMP Threat from Space and Transatlantic Responses
Apr 17, 2025
Excerpt: "If a #NuclearBomb were detonated in orbit, the physical effects would be unlike a typical terrestrial nuclear blast. There would be no mushroom cloud or shock wave in the vacuum of space. Instead, the weapon’s energy would be released as intense radiation and electromagnetic pulses (Scientific American).
"#Satellites within line of sight of the explosion would be instantly subjected to a blinding flash of gamma rays and X-rays, likely frying their electronics on contact (Scientific American). Moments after, a powerful #EMP would form as the bomb’s gamma radiation ionizes the upper atmosphere. This process, known as the #ComptonEffect, releases billions of high-energy electrons that race along Earth’s magnetic field lines (Scientific American). The result is an expanding wave of electromagnetic energy.
"U.S. defense officials have described this kind of space-triggered EMP as a 'massive energy wave' that could 'destroy satellites' and disrupt a vast swath of the satellites that the world depends on for communication and commerce (Carnegie). In essence, one orbital blast could simultaneously knock out numerous satellites – military and civilian – that are crucial to GPS navigation, telephone and internet links, financial transactions, weather forecasting, and more.
"An EMP from space could also induce chaos on the ground. The pulse would interact with Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field to send geomagnetically induced currents surging through power lines and electronic networks (Aerospace America). In 1962, the U.S. #StarfishPrime test proved this danger: although detonated 400 kilometers above the Pacific, its EMP caused voltage spikes that blew out 300 streetlights and knocked out telephone lines in Hawaii, nearly 1,500 kilometers away (Scientific American , Aerospace America).
"An orbital detonation today, especially if positioned over populated regions, could overload electrical grids across vast areas. Transformers and grid infrastructure could be destroyed by the sudden, uncontrolled currents (Aerospace America). The scale of blackout could range over one or several countries, depending on the weapon’s altitude and yield. Experts warn that such a scenario would be devastating.
"A U.S. Congressional commission on EMP found that a nationwide power outage caused by a high-altitude nuclear blast could collapse critical infrastructure – an outcome it described as a potential
'civilization killer' if power and services were not restored quickly (Carnegie). In addition to massive economic damage, the disruption of communication and radar networks would impair defense capabilities, complicating crisis management during the very moment it’s most needed."Beyond the immediate blast and pulse, a space-based nuclear explosion would have a long-duration effect that could be even more damaging to space infrastructure. The explosion’s charged particles would become trapped by Earth’s magnetic field, forming an artificial radiation belt encircling the planet (Scientific American).
"This is exactly what happened after Starfish Prime: a man-made #RadiationBelt lingered for years, eventually destroying a third of all satellites in orbit at the time (Scientific American). In today’s environment, with thousands of satellites, the consequences would be dire. The intense radiation would bathe #LowEarthOrbit, causing surviving satellites to degrade and fail over the ensuing days, weeks, and months (Aerospace America). Many satellites that weren’t immediately destroyed would succumb to this enhanced radiation environment.
"Nearly 10,000 active satellites now orbit Earth, and most are not designed to withstand extreme nuclear radiation (Aerospace America). Critical constellations – for example, #SpaceX’s #Starlink network of small satellites (over 6,000 in orbit) that provides high-speed broadband, including to Ukrainian forces – would likely be heavily degraded or completely knocked offline (Scientific American). Replacement of satellites would be hampered as well: the orbital 'fallout' zone could remain dangerous for new satellites for years, denying space to any fresh deployments (Aerospace America). Even astronauts and cosmonauts in space could be in peril."
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/PPMrQ#NoNukesInSpace #LEO #KesslerEffect
#KesslerSyndrome #NoNukes #NoWar #NuclearWeapons #Satellites -
https://www.europesays.com/iran/110663/ Donald Trump asserts Iran will stop enriching uranium and hand it over to the US #BarackObama #BenjaminNetanyahu #DonaldTrump #Iran #JCPOA #Nuclear #NuclearBomb #PeteHegseth #Spotlight #uranium
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How did the Enlightenment fail to stop two world wars, two nuclear bombings, the Holocaust, new wars, Trump being elected twice, and the collapse of international law?
#question #evil #crime #war #terror #Genocide #holocaust #worldwar #terror #trump #law #justice #humanity #humanrights #destruction #education #philosophy #ethics #problem #moral #future #collapse #civilization #nuclearbomb #enlightenment #fail #military #finance #hunger #poverty #fascism #racism #warcrime #abuse #exploitation #capitalism #epstein #EpsteinFiles #Epsteinfallout #EpsteinGate #politics #government #world #worldorder #collapse #doomsday #apocalypse #disaster #pollution #waste #democracy #society #people
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How did the Enlightenment fail to stop two world wars, two nuclear bombings, the Holocaust, new wars, Trump being elected twice, and the collapse of international law?
#question #evil #crime #war #terror #Genocide #holocaust #worldwar #terror #trump #law #justice #humanity #humanrights #destruction #education #philosophy #ethics #problem #moral #future #collapse #civilization #nuclearbomb #enlightenment #fail #military #finance #hunger #poverty #fascism #racism #warcrime #abuse #exploitation #capitalism #epstein #EpsteinFiles #Epsteinfallout #EpsteinGate #politics #government #world #worldorder #collapse #doomsday #apocalypse #disaster #pollution #waste #democracy #society #people
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How did the Enlightenment fail to stop two world wars, two nuclear bombings, the Holocaust, new wars, Trump being elected twice, and the collapse of international law?
#question #evil #crime #war #terror #Genocide #holocaust #worldwar #terror #trump #law #justice #humanity #humanrights #destruction #education #philosophy #ethics #problem #moral #future #collapse #civilization #nuclearbomb #enlightenment #fail #military #finance #hunger #poverty #fascism #racism #warcrime #abuse #exploitation #capitalism #epstein #EpsteinFiles #Epsteinfallout #EpsteinGate #politics #government #world #worldorder #collapse #doomsday #apocalypse #disaster #pollution #waste #democracy #society #people
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For the good of the nation and the world, it’s time we face the reality: The most powerful man in the world does not have the mental capacity to do the job. Donald #Trump — who has a family history of #dementia — is increasingly unhinged.
We are all endangered. What happens if, in a demented rage, he hurls a #nuclearbomb? Who is watching the “football” with the nuclear codes? Who’s ready to stop him to save the world?
Don’t wait. #Impeach him now.https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/hes-losing-all-his-marbles?
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Israeli journalist Shimon Riklin raised the possibility of using a #NeutronBomb against #Iran on Channel 14 during a panel that included National Security Minister Itamar Ben‑Gvir.
Riklin asked why #Israel is not using the bomb, describing it as “a type of atomic bomb that kills populations without damaging buildings.
When the discussion turned to reports that Israel had attacked a missile site near the Strait of Hormuz with “unconventional weapons,” one journalist said “I didn’t say that,” before noting, with a smile directed at Ben‑Gvir, “I recognise your smile, Minister Ben‑Gvir, you’re hiding something here.”
Ben‑Gvir did not address the specific questions in the clip and instead said, “I’m a member of the inner cabinet, the responsibility on me is immense.”
Another commentator on the panel hinted that unconventional weapons may already have been used, and parts of the exchange were accompanied by laughter.
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#Iran hardliners ramp up calls for a #NuclearBomb
The debate among Iranian hardliners over whether Tehran should seek a #nuclear bomb in defiance of an escalating #US - #Israel attack is getting louder, more public & more insistent, sources in the country say.
#TrumpsWar #war #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #MiddleEast
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/iran-hardliners-ramp-up-calls-nuclear-bomb-sources-say-2026-03-26/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement -
Trump says Iran ‘wants to make a deal.’ Here’s what’s happening on day 24 of the war.
President Trump on Saturday threatened to “hit and obliterate” Iran’s power plants within 48 hours unless the Islamic…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #BenjaminNetanyahu #breakingnews #Iran #nuclearbomb #PresidentTrump #StraitofHormuz #Tehran
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Scientists Say These Two Island Nations Are Your Best Bet for Surviving a Nuclear War https://www.byteseu.com/1890758/ #Agriculture #Famine #Nuclear #NuclearBomb #NuclearConflict #NuclearWar #NuclearWinter
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Scientists Say These Two Island Nations Are Your Best Bet for Surviving a Nuclear War https://www.byteseu.com/1890758/ #Agriculture #Famine #Nuclear #NuclearBomb #NuclearConflict #NuclearWar #NuclearWinter
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« L’Iran est sur le point d’obtenir l’arme nucléaire » : trente ans de prophéties démenties
> En 1995, la CIA alertait : l’Iran est capable de développer une arme nucléaire en dix ans. En 2005, dix ans plus tard donc, elle alertait de nouveau : dans cinq ans, l’Iran aura la bombe. Cinq ans plus tard, en 2010, le chef du renseignement militaire américain (Defense Intelligence Agency, DIA), alertait à son tour : « il […]
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#nucleaire
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According to our elected leaders, we should be scared that #Iran could get a #nuclearbomb. But #Israel already has them, and its government is increasingly unstable and belligerent. #Zionists #Gaza #Genocide #Netanyahu #IDF #Murderers
🦩 Read more: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/wait-why-is-israel-allowed-to-have-nukes
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Are US Nukes Returning To Britain? Implications For Europe’s Security Order
Are US Nukes Returning To Britain? Implications For Europe’s Security Order
By Uriel Araujo
Growing secrecy around US military bases in the UK has reignited speculation about the return of American nuclear weapons to British soil. Infrastructure upgrades, NATO’s nuclear reconfiguration, and Washington’s shifting posture toward Europe raise troubling questions. At a time of transatlantic strain and Arctic tensions, Britain’s silence speaks loudly.
Secrecy is a kind of silence, but sometimes silence speaks volumes: over the past year, London’s growing reluctance to disclose details about the US military presence on British soil has fuelled renewed suspicion that Washington may be quietly deploying or storing nuclear weapons in the United Kingdom. This has been speculated for some time now, but recent developments add fuel to the fire, so to speak. The timing is interesting: the lack of transparency surrounding US bases in Britain coincides with a broader NATO nuclear reconfiguration, a confused European security debate, and a transatlantic relationship under unprecedented strain.
A recent investigative report revealed that the UK government has increasingly classified information about the number, role, and operational scope of US forces stationed at British bases, citing security concerns while avoiding parliamentary scrutiny. The refusal to clarify whether US assets at sites such as RAF Lakenheath include nuclear-capable infrastructure has inevitably raised alarm. One may recall that RAF Lakenheath hosted US nuclear weapons throughout the Cold War, and that Britain officially declared their removal only in 2008. The infrastructure, however, never truly disappeared.
In any case, recent developments (since 2025) show evidence of upgrades and possible redeployment of US nuclear weapons to the base (e.g., suspected B61-12 arrivals in July 2025).
Indeed, already in March 2025, credible defence reporting suggested that Washington intended to deploy nuclear weapons to Britain for the first time in nearly two decades, citing upgrades to storage facilities compatible with B61 nuclear bombs.
Some analysts argue that these moves fit a broader US strategy of repositioning nuclear assets closer to what Washington sees as potential theatres of confrontation, particularly in Europe’s northern and eastern flanks. Thus far, neither London nor Washington have denied these reports outright, relying instead on NATO’s familiar “neither confirm nor deny” approach.
This silence takes place in an interesting enough moment. Over the past two years, Europe has witnessed a steady erosion of arms-control frameworks and a revival of nuclear brinkmanship. In August 2024, Germany became the focal point of what I described back then as a new Cuban Missile Crisis-like episode, after Berlin and Washington announced the deployment of long-range US missile systems eliminated under the INF Treaty, systems that could be nuclear-capable despite official assurances to the contrary. That debate has not come to an end; if anything, it has “normalized” the idea that European soil can again host strategic weapons aimed at Russia.
Poland followed a similar trajectory. In September 2025, senior Polish officials openly advocated joining NATO’s nuclear-sharing program and even floated the possibility of developing national nuclear capabilities, framed as a “race for security”. The catch here is that Europe’s eastern flank no longer fully trusts American guarantees, yet feels pushed by Washington into ever riskier postures. It goes without saying that such ambitions skirt the spirit of the Non-Proliferation Treaty while deepening regional instability.
More recently, what has fundamentally altered the strategic landscape, however, are Trump’s threats against Denmark over Greenland: a blatant enough assertion of American strategic entitlement in the Arctic, also tied to interests pertaining to energy routes and rare-earth resources.
It is no wonder European leaders, visibly shaken, have begun debating scenarios in which the American “ally” is no longer a guarantor of security but a potential threat. EU officials have thus even discussed invoking Article 42.7 of the EU Treaty as a hedge against American unpredictability, in a scenario about which I speculated whether it would make sense for Europe to “pivot” to Russia to some extent.
This is where Britain’s role becomes pivotal. Does it make sense to assume that, as continental Europe hedges and even tentatively reopens dialogue with Moscow, Washington might view the UK as a more reliable partner? Possibly. Britain for one thing remains outside the EU, hosts extensive US military infrastructure, and maintains deep intelligence and nuclear ties with Washington.
It is true that Franco-British nuclear cooperation has been openly discussed, and even Sweden is reportedly eyeing arrangements involving British and French deterrence, Yet this very alignment has its contradictions, given the overall context. In any case, if the UK becomes America’s primary nuclear foothold across the Atlantic, it thereby absorbs disproportionate strategic exposure, turning British territory into a frontline in any future escalation.
Britain’s silence on US nuclear deployments certainly increases tensions. So-called democratic societies, moreover, cannot be expected to shoulder risks without transparency or consent;
The paradox here is striking enough. Trump claims to seek an end to the American proxy war in Ukraine and a reduction of tensions with Moscow, yet simultaneously advances policies that further encircle Russia in the Arctic (yes, that includes Greenland) and basically revive Cold War-style nuclear deployments, apparently.
Europe, meanwhile, is left confused enough to wonder whether it should prepare to defend itself against Russia (as its rhetoric would have it) or against the United States, even though the only explicit military threats have come from Washington itself, through Trump’s voice.
Uriel Araujo, Anthropology PhD, is a social scientist specializing in ethnic and religious conflicts, with extensive research on geopolitical dynamics and cultural interactions.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Voice of East.
#Britain #Europe #Geopolitics #NATO #NuclearBomb #Russia #TheArctic #UK #Ukraine #USA -
Are US Nukes Returning To Britain? Implications For Europe’s Security Order
Are US Nukes Returning To Britain? Implications For Europe’s Security Order
By Uriel Araujo
Growing secrecy around US military bases in the UK has reignited speculation about the return of American nuclear weapons to British soil. Infrastructure upgrades, NATO’s nuclear reconfiguration, and Washington’s shifting posture toward Europe raise troubling questions. At a time of transatlantic strain and Arctic tensions, Britain’s silence speaks loudly.
Secrecy is a kind of silence, but sometimes silence speaks volumes: over the past year, London’s growing reluctance to disclose details about the US military presence on British soil has fuelled renewed suspicion that Washington may be quietly deploying or storing nuclear weapons in the United Kingdom. This has been speculated for some time now, but recent developments add fuel to the fire, so to speak. The timing is interesting: the lack of transparency surrounding US bases in Britain coincides with a broader NATO nuclear reconfiguration, a confused European security debate, and a transatlantic relationship under unprecedented strain.
A recent investigative report revealed that the UK government has increasingly classified information about the number, role, and operational scope of US forces stationed at British bases, citing security concerns while avoiding parliamentary scrutiny. The refusal to clarify whether US assets at sites such as RAF Lakenheath include nuclear-capable infrastructure has inevitably raised alarm. One may recall that RAF Lakenheath hosted US nuclear weapons throughout the Cold War, and that Britain officially declared their removal only in 2008. The infrastructure, however, never truly disappeared.
In any case, recent developments (since 2025) show evidence of upgrades and possible redeployment of US nuclear weapons to the base (e.g., suspected B61-12 arrivals in July 2025).
Indeed, already in March 2025, credible defence reporting suggested that Washington intended to deploy nuclear weapons to Britain for the first time in nearly two decades, citing upgrades to storage facilities compatible with B61 nuclear bombs.
Some analysts argue that these moves fit a broader US strategy of repositioning nuclear assets closer to what Washington sees as potential theatres of confrontation, particularly in Europe’s northern and eastern flanks. Thus far, neither London nor Washington have denied these reports outright, relying instead on NATO’s familiar “neither confirm nor deny” approach.
This silence takes place in an interesting enough moment. Over the past two years, Europe has witnessed a steady erosion of arms-control frameworks and a revival of nuclear brinkmanship. In August 2024, Germany became the focal point of what I described back then as a new Cuban Missile Crisis-like episode, after Berlin and Washington announced the deployment of long-range US missile systems eliminated under the INF Treaty, systems that could be nuclear-capable despite official assurances to the contrary. That debate has not come to an end; if anything, it has “normalized” the idea that European soil can again host strategic weapons aimed at Russia.
Poland followed a similar trajectory. In September 2025, senior Polish officials openly advocated joining NATO’s nuclear-sharing program and even floated the possibility of developing national nuclear capabilities, framed as a “race for security”. The catch here is that Europe’s eastern flank no longer fully trusts American guarantees, yet feels pushed by Washington into ever riskier postures. It goes without saying that such ambitions skirt the spirit of the Non-Proliferation Treaty while deepening regional instability.
More recently, what has fundamentally altered the strategic landscape, however, are Trump’s threats against Denmark over Greenland: a blatant enough assertion of American strategic entitlement in the Arctic, also tied to interests pertaining to energy routes and rare-earth resources.
It is no wonder European leaders, visibly shaken, have begun debating scenarios in which the American “ally” is no longer a guarantor of security but a potential threat. EU officials have thus even discussed invoking Article 42.7 of the EU Treaty as a hedge against American unpredictability, in a scenario about which I speculated whether it would make sense for Europe to “pivot” to Russia to some extent.
This is where Britain’s role becomes pivotal. Does it make sense to assume that, as continental Europe hedges and even tentatively reopens dialogue with Moscow, Washington might view the UK as a more reliable partner? Possibly. Britain for one thing remains outside the EU, hosts extensive US military infrastructure, and maintains deep intelligence and nuclear ties with Washington.
It is true that Franco-British nuclear cooperation has been openly discussed, and even Sweden is reportedly eyeing arrangements involving British and French deterrence, Yet this very alignment has its contradictions, given the overall context. In any case, if the UK becomes America’s primary nuclear foothold across the Atlantic, it thereby absorbs disproportionate strategic exposure, turning British territory into a frontline in any future escalation.
Britain’s silence on US nuclear deployments certainly increases tensions. So-called democratic societies, moreover, cannot be expected to shoulder risks without transparency or consent;
The paradox here is striking enough. Trump claims to seek an end to the American proxy war in Ukraine and a reduction of tensions with Moscow, yet simultaneously advances policies that further encircle Russia in the Arctic (yes, that includes Greenland) and basically revive Cold War-style nuclear deployments, apparently.
Europe, meanwhile, is left confused enough to wonder whether it should prepare to defend itself against Russia (as its rhetoric would have it) or against the United States, even though the only explicit military threats have come from Washington itself, through Trump’s voice.
Uriel Araujo, Anthropology PhD, is a social scientist specializing in ethnic and religious conflicts, with extensive research on geopolitical dynamics and cultural interactions.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Voice of East.
#Britain #Europe #Geopolitics #NATO #NuclearBomb #Russia #TheArctic #UK #Ukraine #USA -
Are US Nukes Returning To Britain? Implications For Europe’s Security Order
Are US Nukes Returning To Britain? Implications For Europe’s Security Order
By Uriel Araujo
Growing secrecy around US military bases in the UK has reignited speculation about the return of American nuclear weapons to British soil. Infrastructure upgrades, NATO’s nuclear reconfiguration, and Washington’s shifting posture toward Europe raise troubling questions. At a time of transatlantic strain and Arctic tensions, Britain’s silence speaks loudly.
Secrecy is a kind of silence, but sometimes silence speaks volumes: over the past year, London’s growing reluctance to disclose details about the US military presence on British soil has fuelled renewed suspicion that Washington may be quietly deploying or storing nuclear weapons in the United Kingdom. This has been speculated for some time now, but recent developments add fuel to the fire, so to speak. The timing is interesting: the lack of transparency surrounding US bases in Britain coincides with a broader NATO nuclear reconfiguration, a confused European security debate, and a transatlantic relationship under unprecedented strain.
A recent investigative report revealed that the UK government has increasingly classified information about the number, role, and operational scope of US forces stationed at British bases, citing security concerns while avoiding parliamentary scrutiny. The refusal to clarify whether US assets at sites such as RAF Lakenheath include nuclear-capable infrastructure has inevitably raised alarm. One may recall that RAF Lakenheath hosted US nuclear weapons throughout the Cold War, and that Britain officially declared their removal only in 2008. The infrastructure, however, never truly disappeared.
In any case, recent developments (since 2025) show evidence of upgrades and possible redeployment of US nuclear weapons to the base (e.g., suspected B61-12 arrivals in July 2025).
Indeed, already in March 2025, credible defence reporting suggested that Washington intended to deploy nuclear weapons to Britain for the first time in nearly two decades, citing upgrades to storage facilities compatible with B61 nuclear bombs.
Some analysts argue that these moves fit a broader US strategy of repositioning nuclear assets closer to what Washington sees as potential theatres of confrontation, particularly in Europe’s northern and eastern flanks. Thus far, neither London nor Washington have denied these reports outright, relying instead on NATO’s familiar “neither confirm nor deny” approach.
This silence takes place in an interesting enough moment. Over the past two years, Europe has witnessed a steady erosion of arms-control frameworks and a revival of nuclear brinkmanship. In August 2024, Germany became the focal point of what I described back then as a new Cuban Missile Crisis-like episode, after Berlin and Washington announced the deployment of long-range US missile systems eliminated under the INF Treaty, systems that could be nuclear-capable despite official assurances to the contrary. That debate has not come to an end; if anything, it has “normalized” the idea that European soil can again host strategic weapons aimed at Russia.
Poland followed a similar trajectory. In September 2025, senior Polish officials openly advocated joining NATO’s nuclear-sharing program and even floated the possibility of developing national nuclear capabilities, framed as a “race for security”. The catch here is that Europe’s eastern flank no longer fully trusts American guarantees, yet feels pushed by Washington into ever riskier postures. It goes without saying that such ambitions skirt the spirit of the Non-Proliferation Treaty while deepening regional instability.
More recently, what has fundamentally altered the strategic landscape, however, are Trump’s threats against Denmark over Greenland: a blatant enough assertion of American strategic entitlement in the Arctic, also tied to interests pertaining to energy routes and rare-earth resources.
It is no wonder European leaders, visibly shaken, have begun debating scenarios in which the American “ally” is no longer a guarantor of security but a potential threat. EU officials have thus even discussed invoking Article 42.7 of the EU Treaty as a hedge against American unpredictability, in a scenario about which I speculated whether it would make sense for Europe to “pivot” to Russia to some extent.
This is where Britain’s role becomes pivotal. Does it make sense to assume that, as continental Europe hedges and even tentatively reopens dialogue with Moscow, Washington might view the UK as a more reliable partner? Possibly. Britain for one thing remains outside the EU, hosts extensive US military infrastructure, and maintains deep intelligence and nuclear ties with Washington.
It is true that Franco-British nuclear cooperation has been openly discussed, and even Sweden is reportedly eyeing arrangements involving British and French deterrence, Yet this very alignment has its contradictions, given the overall context. In any case, if the UK becomes America’s primary nuclear foothold across the Atlantic, it thereby absorbs disproportionate strategic exposure, turning British territory into a frontline in any future escalation.
Britain’s silence on US nuclear deployments certainly increases tensions. So-called democratic societies, moreover, cannot be expected to shoulder risks without transparency or consent;
The paradox here is striking enough. Trump claims to seek an end to the American proxy war in Ukraine and a reduction of tensions with Moscow, yet simultaneously advances policies that further encircle Russia in the Arctic (yes, that includes Greenland) and basically revive Cold War-style nuclear deployments, apparently.
Europe, meanwhile, is left confused enough to wonder whether it should prepare to defend itself against Russia (as its rhetoric would have it) or against the United States, even though the only explicit military threats have come from Washington itself, through Trump’s voice.
Uriel Araujo, Anthropology PhD, is a social scientist specializing in ethnic and religious conflicts, with extensive research on geopolitical dynamics and cultural interactions.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article are author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Voice of East.
#Britain #Europe #Geopolitics #NATO #NuclearBomb #Russia #TheArctic #UK #Ukraine #USA -
US tests inert B61-12 nuclear bomb
The U.S. successfully tested a tactical thermonuclear gravity bomb using inert warheads in August, according to a research and development arm of the Department…
#Nuclear #military #nuclear #nuclearbomb #nuclearbombs #nuclearmissiles #Russia #trump #USMilitary
https://www.europesays.com/2571031/ -
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Manhattan Project (But Were Afraid to Ask) - There have been plenty of books and movies about how the Manhattan Project brought... - https://hackaday.com/2025/09/12/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-the-manhattan-project-but-were-afraid-to-ask/ #manhattanproject #nuclearbomb #science
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Manhattan Project (But Were Afraid to Ask) https://hackaday.com/2025/09/12/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-the-manhattan-project-but-were-afraid-to-ask/ #ManhattanProject #nuclearbomb #Science
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CW: Nuclear Historian Answers Nuclear War Questions
"Nuclear Historian Answers Nuclear War Questions | Tech Support | WIRED"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJTA2OinEHw#NuclearWar #NuclearBomb #History #Geschichte #Atomkrieg #Atombombe #Wired #YouTube
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CW: graphic description of victims of nuclear bombing
A day late, but a bit more on my grandmother's experience...
She told me that she witnessed victims of the bomb (hibakusha) arrive at her local train station. She recalls them all shuffling slowly off the train with something dangling off their fingertips - she couldn't tell what that was at first but it was their skin hanging off. They walked with their arms held out lightly bent in front and away from their bodies.
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Remembering of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at Lok Sabha
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80 Years On, The Photos of the Hiroshima Bombing Still Shock https://petapixel.com/2025/08/06/80-years-on-the-photos-of-the-hiroshima-bombing-still-shock/ #historicalphotos #secondworldwar #nuclearbomb #nuclearwar #hiroshima #Features #abomb #japan #News
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Årsdagen av bombningen av #Hiroshima
Kerstin Bergeå, Svenska Freds ordförande:
”Kampen mot kärnvapen får inte dö med oss som överlevde Hiroshima”
https://www.dalademokraten.se/2025-08-06/kampen-mot-karnvapen-far-inte-do-med-oss-som-overlevde-hiroshima/
#svenskafreds #kerstinbergeå #dalademokraten #nuclearbomb -
#British MP Tom Tugendhat claims Iran’s #Fordow #nuclear facility was built specifically to "murder #Jews in Israel."
Did #Iran invent a new type of nuclear bomb that is like neutron bomb but only kills people of a specific religion?
Will it ask them before turning them to dust?
Video on #BlueSky
https://bsky.app/profile/faab64.bsky.social/post/3lsemenuwa22a#Iranophobia #Propaganda #WMDlies #Fearmongering #NuclearBomb #UKpol #EUpol #Idiocracy #WTAF
@iran @israel -
#TulsiGabbard left no doubt when she testified to #Congress about Iran’s #nuclear program earlier this year.
#Iran was not building a nuclear weapon, the national #intelligence director testified, & its supreme leader had not reauthorized the dormant program even though it had enriched uranium to higher levels.But #Trump dismissed the intelligence assessment…
“I don’t care what she said,” Trump told reporters. In his view, Iran was “very close” to having a #NuclearBomb.
https://apnews.com/article/gabbard-trump-intelligence-iran-nuclear-program-51c8d85d536f8628870c110ac05bb518 -
#Iran #nuclearbomb #atrocities #domination #Gaza #genocide #Israel #money #Netanyahu #Palestine #racism #Tsahal #warcrimes
Premise: “Israel has the right to defend itself.”
Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, it’s perfectly normal for Israel, in order to better defend itself, to remain the only Middle East state entitled to press the nuclear button (for normal defensive purposes, of course !).
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[Podcast] A Community of Color Contends With the Navy’s #Toxic Legacy
Decades after the Navy shuttered a #ColdWar #radiation research lab, the mess hasn’t been completely cleaned up. Listen to local voices demanding accountability amid charges of #EnvironmentalRacism.
By Rebecca Bowe, 11.25.2024
"The San Francisco Public Press presents the first half of a two-part radio documentary, '#Exposed,' opening a window into the little-known history of the #HuntersPointNavalShipyard. The sprawling abandoned naval base, in #SanFrancisco’s southeast waterfront #Bayview neighborhood, is currently the site of the city’s largest real estate development project. The base played a key role in the Cold War nuclear era, when it housed a research institution known as the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory [#NRDL], which studied the human health effects of #radiation.
"In Episode 1 of the podcast, we trace the radioactive contamination found in the shipyard soil today back to its origins, with #NuclearBomb testing in the #MarshallIslands. We also hear from #EnvironmentalJustice advocates, including one who led a health biomonitoring survey revealing that nearby residents have toxic elements stored in body tissues that match the hazardous chemicals of concern identified at the shipyard.
"This radio documentary is part of a larger multimedia package stemming from a deep dive into declassified government records produced by the radiation lab in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s. Listen to Episode 2 of the podcast: 'Why the Navy Conducted Radiation Experiments on Humans.'"
https://www.sfpublicpress.org/exposed-podcast-episode-1-a-community-of-color-contends-with-the-navys-toxic-legacy/
#NoNukes #NoWar #NoNuclearWar #NuclearWeapons #RadiationExposure #ColdWarExperiments #HuntersPoint -
According to seismic observatories:The Israeli strike on #Aleppo caused an earthquake of magnitude 2.5
The Israeli strike on #Tartous a few weeks ago also caused a stronger earthquake..
Some observers claim that Israel used tactical #nuclear weapons in both attacks as test runs before their planned attacks Iranian targets.
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Where the Malan Blooms.
60 Years After the First #Chinese #NuclearBomb.
"Malan, a type of iris, is also the name of China’s only nuclear arms testing base, and 21 was its military unit number. Situated on the northwestern edge of Lop Nur in Xinjiang, it’s named after the eponymous plant common in the arid landscape. The Chinese government formally acknowledged the site in 1987. Since then, the blossoming of the malan has become a euphemism for the Chinese nuclear weapons program, inscribed in military ballads and school plays.
This October 16 marks the 60th anniversary of the testing of the first Chinese nuclear bomb. When my friends and I coiled up our jump ropes and returned to class, we learned inspirational tales about the earliest generation of Chinese nuclear scientists, who left the comfort of home for the northwestern frontier and toiled in anonymity to forge the country’s atomic shield. In the same classrooms and from the same textbooks, we also marveled at our motherland’s vastness and diversity: every inch on the map had been part of China since time immemorial, and the Han majority and all 55 ethnic minorities constituted one big happy family."
https://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/china-nuclear-bomb-60-years
#AsianMastodon #China #ChineseHistory #NuclearHistory #WeaponOfMassDestruction #Malan #ChineseMilitaryHistory
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Where the Malan Blooms.
60 Years After the First #Chinese #NuclearBomb.
"Malan, a type of iris, is also the name of China’s only nuclear arms testing base, and 21 was its military unit number. Situated on the northwestern edge of Lop Nur in Xinjiang, it’s named after the eponymous plant common in the arid landscape. The Chinese government formally acknowledged the site in 1987. Since then, the blossoming of the malan has become a euphemism for the Chinese nuclear weapons program, inscribed in military ballads and school plays.
This October 16 marks the 60th anniversary of the testing of the first Chinese nuclear bomb. When my friends and I coiled up our jump ropes and returned to class, we learned inspirational tales about the earliest generation of Chinese nuclear scientists, who left the comfort of home for the northwestern frontier and toiled in anonymity to forge the country’s atomic shield. In the same classrooms and from the same textbooks, we also marveled at our motherland’s vastness and diversity: every inch on the map had been part of China since time immemorial, and the Han majority and all 55 ethnic minorities constituted one big happy family."
https://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/china-nuclear-bomb-60-years
#AsianMastodon #China #ChineseHistory #NuclearHistory #WeaponOfMassDestruction #Malan #ChineseMilitaryHistory
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Where the Malan Blooms.
60 Years After the First #Chinese #NuclearBomb.
"Malan, a type of iris, is also the name of China’s only nuclear arms testing base, and 21 was its military unit number. Situated on the northwestern edge of Lop Nur in Xinjiang, it’s named after the eponymous plant common in the arid landscape. The Chinese government formally acknowledged the site in 1987. Since then, the blossoming of the malan has become a euphemism for the Chinese nuclear weapons program, inscribed in military ballads and school plays.
This October 16 marks the 60th anniversary of the testing of the first Chinese nuclear bomb. When my friends and I coiled up our jump ropes and returned to class, we learned inspirational tales about the earliest generation of Chinese nuclear scientists, who left the comfort of home for the northwestern frontier and toiled in anonymity to forge the country’s atomic shield. In the same classrooms and from the same textbooks, we also marveled at our motherland’s vastness and diversity: every inch on the map had been part of China since time immemorial, and the Han majority and all 55 ethnic minorities constituted one big happy family."
https://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/china-nuclear-bomb-60-years
#AsianMastodon #China #ChineseHistory #NuclearHistory #WeaponOfMassDestruction #Malan #ChineseMilitaryHistory
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Where the Malan Blooms.
60 Years After the First #Chinese #NuclearBomb.
"Malan, a type of iris, is also the name of China’s only nuclear arms testing base, and 21 was its military unit number. Situated on the northwestern edge of Lop Nur in Xinjiang, it’s named after the eponymous plant common in the arid landscape. The Chinese government formally acknowledged the site in 1987. Since then, the blossoming of the malan has become a euphemism for the Chinese nuclear weapons program, inscribed in military ballads and school plays.
This October 16 marks the 60th anniversary of the testing of the first Chinese nuclear bomb. When my friends and I coiled up our jump ropes and returned to class, we learned inspirational tales about the earliest generation of Chinese nuclear scientists, who left the comfort of home for the northwestern frontier and toiled in anonymity to forge the country’s atomic shield. In the same classrooms and from the same textbooks, we also marveled at our motherland’s vastness and diversity: every inch on the map had been part of China since time immemorial, and the Han majority and all 55 ethnic minorities constituted one big happy family."
https://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/viewpoint/china-nuclear-bomb-60-years
#AsianMastodon #China #ChineseHistory #NuclearHistory #WeaponOfMassDestruction #Malan #ChineseMilitaryHistory
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@lzg If you want to expand on that, read up on the results of the Hiroshima bomb. https://thebulletin.org/premium/2020-12/1995-hiroshima-memories-one-sunny-day-a-young-girl-learned-about-darkness/#post-heading and https://thebulletin.org/2019/08/hiroshima-and-nagasaki-on-the-cutting-room-floor/#post-heading.
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This Nuclear Conspiracy Theory is CRAZY - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSZcSBgDJ1s&ab_channel=KyleHill
#KyleHill #TheFacility #NuclearBomb #ConspiracyTheory #Science #Physics #ScienceCommunicator -
#Editorial | Fire Israel's Far Right
Sunday’s remark by Heritage Minister Amichai #Eliyahu (Otzma #Yehudit), who said that dropping a #nuclearbomb on the #GazaStrip is an option, is a problem not for #Israeli public diplomacy but rather for Israeli reality.
The problem is not any particular statement, but rather the power and legitimacy enjoyed today, in Israel as a whole and in the government, by the #Kahanist, messianic Jewish far right, which supports# annexation and #occupation and Jewish prayer on the #TempleMount, sees the current war as an opportunity and scorns the international community, international institutions and the laws of war.
This was not a slip of the tongue. In an interview with Radio Kol Barama, Eliyahu said that “there are no uninvolved [civilians]” in the Gaza Strip. Asked by his interviewer whether that meant Israel should drop a nuclear bomb on the Strip, he responded, “That’s one way.” And his subsequent “clarification” – “It is clear to anyone who is sensible that the nuclear remark was metaphorical” – is ridiculous. A #metaphor for what?
Nor is he a lone exception. Eliyahu’s party colleague, lawmaker Yitzhak #Kroizer, told Army Radio on Sunday that “the #Gaza Strip should be flattened, and there should be one sentence for everyone there – death. We have to wipe the Gaza Strip off the map. There are no innocents there.” Entire swaths of the government belong to the dangerous far right: Bezalel #Smotrich, Itamar Ben-#Gvir, Simcha #Rothman, Orit #Strock, Avi #Maoz, Zvi #Sukkot, Limor Son Har-#Melech and their confederates.
Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu’s response was lame. Eliyahu’s statement, he said, was “disconnected from reality,” and the minister will be barred from cabinet meetings until further notice. He ought to have fired Eliyahu, but he chose not to do so; he prioritized preserving his government over preserving Israel.
Netanyahu isn’t the solution, but the problem. He has legitimized Kahanism and the far right. During his years in power, Israel has grown more extreme, and people who used to be loathsome #pariahs are now senior cabinet #ministers. Ideas and values that used to be outside the consensus, such as “transferring” Arabs from Israel, a second #Nakba and Jewish prayer on the #TempleMount, have been normalized under Netanyahu’s irresponsible #leadership.
He is the one who lent legitimacy to political alliances with admirers of Rabbi Meir Kahane, the mass murderer Baruch #Goldstein and the murderer of the #Dawabsheh family. Under his leadership, the settlers have begun setting their sights on the #WestBank’s Area B, which under the #Oslo Accords is under #Israeli security control and #Palestinian civilian control. And the settlers’ radical “hilltop youth” have moved from being intelligence targets of the Shin Bet security service to serving as ministers, #Knesset members, aides and advisers.
The far right’s membership in the government has painted the entire government, and all of #Israel, in far-right colors. The only way to solve the problem is to remove the far right from the government, and from the bounds of Israeli legitimacy. The only way to repudiate Eliyahu’s statement is to repudiate him and those like him. The Otzma Yehudit and Religious #Zionism parties must be fired from the #cabinet immediately.
The above article is Haaretz’s lead editorial, as published in the Hebrew and English newspapers in Israel.
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#Editorial | Fire Israel's Far Right
Sunday’s remark by Heritage Minister Amichai #Eliyahu (Otzma #Yehudit), who said that dropping a #nuclearbomb on the #GazaStrip is an option, is a problem not for #Israeli public diplomacy but rather for Israeli reality.
The problem is not any particular statement, but rather the power and legitimacy enjoyed today, in Israel as a whole and in the government, by the #Kahanist, messianic Jewish far right, which supports# annexation and #occupation and Jewish prayer on the #TempleMount, sees the current war as an opportunity and scorns the international community, international institutions and the laws of war.
This was not a slip of the tongue. In an interview with Radio Kol Barama, Eliyahu said that “there are no uninvolved [civilians]” in the Gaza Strip. Asked by his interviewer whether that meant Israel should drop a nuclear bomb on the Strip, he responded, “That’s one way.” And his subsequent “clarification” – “It is clear to anyone who is sensible that the nuclear remark was metaphorical” – is ridiculous. A #metaphor for what?
Nor is he a lone exception. Eliyahu’s party colleague, lawmaker Yitzhak #Kroizer, told Army Radio on Sunday that “the #Gaza Strip should be flattened, and there should be one sentence for everyone there – death. We have to wipe the Gaza Strip off the map. There are no innocents there.” Entire swaths of the government belong to the dangerous far right: Bezalel #Smotrich, Itamar Ben-#Gvir, Simcha #Rothman, Orit #Strock, Avi #Maoz, Zvi #Sukkot, Limor Son Har-#Melech and their confederates.
Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu’s response was lame. Eliyahu’s statement, he said, was “disconnected from reality,” and the minister will be barred from cabinet meetings until further notice. He ought to have fired Eliyahu, but he chose not to do so; he prioritized preserving his government over preserving Israel.
Netanyahu isn’t the solution, but the problem. He has legitimized Kahanism and the far right. During his years in power, Israel has grown more extreme, and people who used to be loathsome #pariahs are now senior cabinet #ministers. Ideas and values that used to be outside the consensus, such as “transferring” Arabs from Israel, a second #Nakba and Jewish prayer on the #TempleMount, have been normalized under Netanyahu’s irresponsible #leadership.
He is the one who lent legitimacy to political alliances with admirers of Rabbi Meir Kahane, the mass murderer Baruch #Goldstein and the murderer of the #Dawabsheh family. Under his leadership, the settlers have begun setting their sights on the #WestBank’s Area B, which under the #Oslo Accords is under #Israeli security control and #Palestinian civilian control. And the settlers’ radical “hilltop youth” have moved from being intelligence targets of the Shin Bet security service to serving as ministers, #Knesset members, aides and advisers.
The far right’s membership in the government has painted the entire government, and all of #Israel, in far-right colors. The only way to solve the problem is to remove the far right from the government, and from the bounds of Israeli legitimacy. The only way to repudiate Eliyahu’s statement is to repudiate him and those like him. The Otzma Yehudit and Religious #Zionism parties must be fired from the #cabinet immediately.
The above article is Haaretz’s lead editorial, as published in the Hebrew and English newspapers in Israel.
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#Editorial | Fire Israel's Far Right
Sunday’s remark by Heritage Minister Amichai #Eliyahu (Otzma #Yehudit), who said that dropping a #nuclearbomb on the #GazaStrip is an option, is a problem not for #Israeli public diplomacy but rather for Israeli reality.
The problem is not any particular statement, but rather the power and legitimacy enjoyed today, in Israel as a whole and in the government, by the #Kahanist, messianic Jewish far right, which supports# annexation and #occupation and Jewish prayer on the #TempleMount, sees the current war as an opportunity and scorns the international community, international institutions and the laws of war.
This was not a slip of the tongue. In an interview with Radio Kol Barama, Eliyahu said that “there are no uninvolved [civilians]” in the Gaza Strip. Asked by his interviewer whether that meant Israel should drop a nuclear bomb on the Strip, he responded, “That’s one way.” And his subsequent “clarification” – “It is clear to anyone who is sensible that the nuclear remark was metaphorical” – is ridiculous. A #metaphor for what?
Nor is he a lone exception. Eliyahu’s party colleague, lawmaker Yitzhak #Kroizer, told Army Radio on Sunday that “the #Gaza Strip should be flattened, and there should be one sentence for everyone there – death. We have to wipe the Gaza Strip off the map. There are no innocents there.” Entire swaths of the government belong to the dangerous far right: Bezalel #Smotrich, Itamar Ben-#Gvir, Simcha #Rothman, Orit #Strock, Avi #Maoz, Zvi #Sukkot, Limor Son Har-#Melech and their confederates.
Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu’s response was lame. Eliyahu’s statement, he said, was “disconnected from reality,” and the minister will be barred from cabinet meetings until further notice. He ought to have fired Eliyahu, but he chose not to do so; he prioritized preserving his government over preserving Israel.
Netanyahu isn’t the solution, but the problem. He has legitimized Kahanism and the far right. During his years in power, Israel has grown more extreme, and people who used to be loathsome #pariahs are now senior cabinet #ministers. Ideas and values that used to be outside the consensus, such as “transferring” Arabs from Israel, a second #Nakba and Jewish prayer on the #TempleMount, have been normalized under Netanyahu’s irresponsible #leadership.
He is the one who lent legitimacy to political alliances with admirers of Rabbi Meir Kahane, the mass murderer Baruch #Goldstein and the murderer of the #Dawabsheh family. Under his leadership, the settlers have begun setting their sights on the #WestBank’s Area B, which under the #Oslo Accords is under #Israeli security control and #Palestinian civilian control. And the settlers’ radical “hilltop youth” have moved from being intelligence targets of the Shin Bet security service to serving as ministers, #Knesset members, aides and advisers.
The far right’s membership in the government has painted the entire government, and all of #Israel, in far-right colors. The only way to solve the problem is to remove the far right from the government, and from the bounds of Israeli legitimacy. The only way to repudiate Eliyahu’s statement is to repudiate him and those like him. The Otzma Yehudit and Religious #Zionism parties must be fired from the #cabinet immediately.
The above article is Haaretz’s lead editorial, as published in the Hebrew and English newspapers in Israel.
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#Editorial | Fire Israel's Far Right
Sunday’s remark by Heritage Minister Amichai #Eliyahu (Otzma #Yehudit), who said that dropping a #nuclearbomb on the #GazaStrip is an option, is a problem not for #Israeli public diplomacy but rather for Israeli reality.
The problem is not any particular statement, but rather the power and legitimacy enjoyed today, in Israel as a whole and in the government, by the #Kahanist, messianic Jewish far right, which supports# annexation and #occupation and Jewish prayer on the #TempleMount, sees the current war as an opportunity and scorns the international community, international institutions and the laws of war.
This was not a slip of the tongue. In an interview with Radio Kol Barama, Eliyahu said that “there are no uninvolved [civilians]” in the Gaza Strip. Asked by his interviewer whether that meant Israel should drop a nuclear bomb on the Strip, he responded, “That’s one way.” And his subsequent “clarification” – “It is clear to anyone who is sensible that the nuclear remark was metaphorical” – is ridiculous. A #metaphor for what?
Nor is he a lone exception. Eliyahu’s party colleague, lawmaker Yitzhak #Kroizer, told Army Radio on Sunday that “the #Gaza Strip should be flattened, and there should be one sentence for everyone there – death. We have to wipe the Gaza Strip off the map. There are no innocents there.” Entire swaths of the government belong to the dangerous far right: Bezalel #Smotrich, Itamar Ben-#Gvir, Simcha #Rothman, Orit #Strock, Avi #Maoz, Zvi #Sukkot, Limor Son Har-#Melech and their confederates.
Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu’s response was lame. Eliyahu’s statement, he said, was “disconnected from reality,” and the minister will be barred from cabinet meetings until further notice. He ought to have fired Eliyahu, but he chose not to do so; he prioritized preserving his government over preserving Israel.
Netanyahu isn’t the solution, but the problem. He has legitimized Kahanism and the far right. During his years in power, Israel has grown more extreme, and people who used to be loathsome #pariahs are now senior cabinet #ministers. Ideas and values that used to be outside the consensus, such as “transferring” Arabs from Israel, a second #Nakba and Jewish prayer on the #TempleMount, have been normalized under Netanyahu’s irresponsible #leadership.
He is the one who lent legitimacy to political alliances with admirers of Rabbi Meir Kahane, the mass murderer Baruch #Goldstein and the murderer of the #Dawabsheh family. Under his leadership, the settlers have begun setting their sights on the #WestBank’s Area B, which under the #Oslo Accords is under #Israeli security control and #Palestinian civilian control. And the settlers’ radical “hilltop youth” have moved from being intelligence targets of the Shin Bet security service to serving as ministers, #Knesset members, aides and advisers.
The far right’s membership in the government has painted the entire government, and all of #Israel, in far-right colors. The only way to solve the problem is to remove the far right from the government, and from the bounds of Israeli legitimacy. The only way to repudiate Eliyahu’s statement is to repudiate him and those like him. The Otzma Yehudit and Religious #Zionism parties must be fired from the #cabinet immediately.
The above article is Haaretz’s lead editorial, as published in the Hebrew and English newspapers in Israel.
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Jewish pundit Mark Levin threatens Samson Option (use of nuclear weapons against non nuclear nations) if America doesn’t supply Israel with weapons
This is not the first time such nonsense is being said on TV, the right wing lunatic Ben Shapiro said the same in one of his rants about the survival of Jewish state being in danger.The world seems to be perfectly fine with these monsters talk about use of nuclear bombs against densely populated areas with little or no military signifince.
Does the evangelical preachers finally get their dream come true? The destruction of the Palestine and Israel was one of the main requirements of the second coming of Jesus?
#NuclearBomb #SamsonOption #StopIsrael
#SaveGaza
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