The Russian government warned Ukraine that Ukraine’s new fleet of F-16 fighter jets will be treated as a "nuclear-capable threat" by Russia, and “nuclear-capable threat” is also the nickname Putin has given his tallywacker.
Estimated Global Nuclear Warhead Inventories 2024 by FAS - Federaiton of American Scientists.
US decrease) 5044
France 290
United Kingdom (increase) 225
Israel 90
Pakistan (increase) 170
Russia (increase) 5880
India (increase) 170
China (increase) 500
North Korea (increase) 50
LOL... some startup has decided the best application for AI is to make sure it has absorbed every last bit of information on building nuclear reactors...
"custom-built AI search platform for the nuclear energy sector. Designed to improve efficiency, modernize the regulatory approval process and streamline workflows, Neutron, trained on millions of pages of documents from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), marks a pivotal step in advanced AI search capabilities. Beginning with Neutron, Atomic Canyon envisions empowering a "nuclear regulatory renaissance" – a new era of nuclear innovation fueled by AI and a more efficient data navigation process."
“Iran Reduces Near Weapons-Grade Stockpile, Defying Expectations.”
By diluting some of its 60%-enriched uranium in recent weeks to lower-grade material, its stockpile fell for the fist time since it started producing the 60% nuclear fuel in 2021.
Watching the BBC documentary on #einstein via #netflix. Transparently obvious that this was made because of #Oppenheimer, but at the same time it’s an interesting overview of Einstein’s life between exile from Germany and turning up in the US.
I also thought they were taking liberties with his voice until they showed a clip of the real Einstein speaking. Turns out not so much, though I kinda want to watch more of that now.
Hey #histodon, would love some reading recommendations about how #LBJ, the least likely motherfucker out there, actually worked out how to make nuclear non-proliferation happen. Like, how did he actually implement the recommendations from the Gilpatric report diplomatically.
Please assume I don’t have research library access, as I am but a humble corporate whore.
Not surprisingly, Daniel Levy thinks Israel has come completely off the chain with this level of response. I’ve had that worry for days. It’s hard to think of how much worse things can get there, but a few bad decisions can and probably will make it dramatically worse. War with Hezbollah, anyone?