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THIS WEEK’S DISCUSSION: Nuclear
So much to talk about, here is some of the stuff we’ve been looking
Nuclear Modernization:
On the costs of nuclear modernization (a bit sanitized but has some useful info):
https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/USNuclearModernization
https://thebulletin.org/2021/02/why-is-america-getting-a-new-100-billion-nuclear-weapon/
The nuclear club – who’s in it and who is not:
The world’s nuclear arsenal:
https://www.icanw.org/nuclear_arsenals
On Iran: Iran nuclear program timeline (similarly sanitized but has useful info):
https://kesq.com/news/2021/09/22/irans-nuclear-capabilities-fast-facts-2/
Why doesn’t the US want Iran to have nukes?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/oct/02/iran-nukes-deterrence (the real reasons)
https://www.adl.org/resources/fact-sheets/the-iranian-nuclear-threat-why-it-matters (the mainstream narrative if you can stomach an ADL piece)
Israel/Iran tensions (related to what I think is the real reason the US won’t let Iran have nukes, they don’t want Iran to be protected from attack by the US or Israel):
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/world/middleeast/iran-israeli-attacks.html
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-iran-middle-east-united-nations-16666e8d97ed6e4571ae6d01785c00fc
US recklessness/Broken Arrows:
US “Broken arrow” incidents:
https://www.atomicarchive.com/almanac/broken-arrows/index.html
Historic and Ongoing Environmental and Human Destruction:
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2020-07-01/us-says-nuclear-waste-safe-marshall-islands-runit-dome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QcFRHk8ZOU&t=1s
The UN ban of nuclear weapons:
https://www.un.org/disarmament/wmd/nuclear/tpnw/
Online Resources on the Nuclear Issue:
https://isis-online.org
https://www.ctbto.org/nuclear-testing/history-of-nuclear-testing/world-overview
https://www.icanw.org
https://www.wjperryproject.org
Nuclear Arms Race – China & Russia (especially the quest for “small” or “low-yield” nuclear warheads:
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/us/politics/china-nuclear-weapons.html?referringSource=articleShare
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/561786-why-nuclear-arms-control-is-dead?rl=1
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/28/689510716/trump-administration-begins-production-of-a-new-nuclear-weapon
A bit more historical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLCF7vPanrY
Russia: https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/01/29/russia-is-updating-their-nuclear-weapons-what-does-that-mean-for-rest-of-us-pub-80895
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