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.
Russian ofcls claimed the order was in response to comments from the West about the possibility of more direct involvement in #Ukraine. #NATO called the announcement “irresponsible.”
The announcement of the exercise was Russia’s most explicit warning in its >2yr #invasion of #Ukraine that it could use tactical #NuclearWeapons there.
The #Kremlin said the order came in response to comments by 2 European leaders that raised the prospect of more direct Western intervention in the #war.
The exercise, the Defense Ministry said, would involve forces of the Southern Military District, an area that covers Russian - #occupied#Ukraine & part of #Russia’s border region w/ Ukraine. It said the exercise would take place “in the near future.”
Interesting web comic about nuclear technology and regulation. Especially in the context of current events (AFIK only 3 countries that have had nuclear weapons and ICBMs have ever disarmed... One of them is now being invaded).
"...over 60,000 between the USSR and the US... but thankfully we've got it down to a sensible 5 or 6 thousand warheads each now. It's still plenty to kill everybody on the planet 5 times over, but at least it's not enough to kill us 50 times over, which is where we were in the early 80s." https://dreamland.libsyn.com/generation-x-and-the-nuclear-nightmare
If only there was a way we could have prevented #Iran from developing #nuclearWeapons... Oh, wait! We did, but then #Trump cancelled the #treaty for literally no good reason. Now, Iran has an active #nuclear weapons program, and we're all on the brink of annihilation. How can anyone seriously consider voting to put him back in the #WhiteHouse?
This is the freaking nightmare scenario that Netanyahu haa been working 24/7 to achieve.
The moment IRI decides to leave NPT and blocks the IAEA, the whole world go into an even crazier frenzy about it with Israel being the loudest, bit no one will ever mention that israel NEVER signed the #NPT. They refuse to allow IAEA inspectors in or declare how many nuclear weapons they have.
Bot to forget that Israel was caught by #IAEA helping the former south African government under apartheid regime which they volunteerly abandoned and destroyed, but no one did anything to punish the Israeli government.