Re: Nuclear Weapons Watch Thread
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:03 am
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https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4610 ... to-russia/04/22/24 10:45 AM ET
Polish President Andrzej Duda says Poland is ready to host U.S. nuclear weapons, saying the topic was one of frequent discussions between Warsaw and Washington.
Duda told Polish tabloid Fakt in an interview published Monday that Russia is increasingly militarizing the Kaliningrad province between Poland and Lithuania and has relocated tactical nuclear weapons to ally Belarus.
“I must admit that when asked about it, I declared our readiness,” the Polish president said of talks with U.S. officials. “If our allies decide to deploy nuclear weapons as part of nuclear sharing also on our territory to strengthen the security of NATO’s eastern flank, we are ready for it. We are an ally in the North Atlantic Alliance and we also have obligations in this respect.”
Poland, which borders Ukraine, is not a nuclear power, and the U.S. does not currently keep nuclear weapons in the country.
However, U.S. tactical nuclear weapons, which have a smaller yield but are still devastating bombs, are in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey.
In there eyes, they want nukes in space so they can nuke countries from orbit.
Day by Day, Russia is slowly progressing towards a new world war within the next decade or so.wjfox wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 5:29 pm Russia to hold nuclear drills following 'threats' from West
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Russia has started preparations for missile drills near Ukraine simulating the use of tactical nuclear weapons in response to "threats" by Western officials.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said recent statements by French President Emmanuel Macron and the British Foreign Secretary David Cameron constituted a "completely new round of escalation of tension".
Last week, Mr Macron refused to rule out potentially deploying French troops, should Kyiv request them, while Lord Cameron said that Ukraine had the right to use British weapons for strikes within Russia.
On Monday, Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Lord Cameron's "hostile outburst" contradicted previous British assurances that the long-range missiles sent to Ukraine would not be used on Russian territory and meant that the UK was a "party to the conflict".
The ministry added that the response to Ukrainian strikes using British weapons on Russia could involve targeting any British military facilities and equipment on the territory of Ukraine and beyond.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5npwdv3wzo
Read more here: https://www.vox.com/world-politics/350 ... pon-putin(Vox) A number of statements from US officials over the past three months have been raising ominous warnings about a Russian plan to put an alarming new weapon into space. As a Department of Defense spokesperson put it to Vox directly in a conversation last week, “The United States assesses that Russia is developing a new satellite carrying a nuclear device.”
If there’s any good news in this scenario, it’s that such a device would not be intended to kill people on the ground, but to destroy satellites in orbit.
Don’t get too relaxed, though: The Pentagon spokesperson stressed that a nuclear detonation in space would be “catastrophic” and “pose a threat to the thousands of satellites operated by countries and companies around the globe, as well as to the vital communications, scientific, meteorological, agricultural, commercial, and national security services we all depend upon.” It would also mark a major step toward the militarization of space and potentially a new and even more dangerous era of nuclear brinkmanship.
Still, much remains unclear about what exactly this device is, how close it is to being deployed, and what the Russian government’s plans are for it — if indeed they actually have any. Since the intentional release of what turned out to be remarkably accurate intelligence assessments in the lead-up to the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the current US government has earned itself credibility when it comes to predicting Russia’s military moves. But in this case, each new revelation about the weapon seems to raise as many questions as it answers.