Trump orders Pentagon to start testing nuclear weapons 'on an equal basis' with other countries
www.nbcnews.com
The U.S. voluntarily halted nuclear explosive testing in 1992, though it has the ability to restart tests at a site in Nevada.
    • PunnyName@lemmy.world
      23·
      2 days ago

      Yeah, the guy who claimed he ends wars wants to start another cold war, while also indiscriminately bombing ships off the coast of South America.

      Fuck this timeline.

  • Australis13@fedia.io
    70·
    3 days ago

    Fantastic. Let’s add radioactive fallout to the list of things Trump and co are trying to kill everyone with.

  • arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    35·
    2 days ago

    Trump earlier this year called denuclearization “a big aim,” telling reporters over the summer that "Russia’s willing to do it, and I think China is going to be willing to do it, too.”

    “We can’t let nuclear weapons proliferate. We have to stop nuclear weapons,” he added.

    Then fucking do it jfc

    • Barbarian@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      You know what would have helped denuclearization? Giving the Budapest Memorandum teeth. Obama and every subsequent president made some mealy-mouthed “We’ll send a few old guns” to Ukraine, despite the deal being Ukraine gives up their nukes and Russia (lol), the US and UK defend them.

      Every other country’s leadership looking at that has reached the obvious conclusion: nothing but nukes that you yourself control will save you against a nuclear power.

  • Monument@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    13·
    2 days ago

    This is so pathetic and stupid.

    This isn’t aimed at Russia or China, whom the article calls out by name.
    This is a dick measuring contest with Iran and North Korea.

    I mean - he made the announcement in South Korea.

    Diplomatically, Trump (well, his administration) has stated to learn that befriending and allowing tinpot dictators to humiliate the U.S. is non-viable. So they’ve moved to cold-war era tactics of arms races and implied threats of nuclear holocaust.
    They, of course, are focusing on smaller nations that while powerful in their own right, aren’t actual threats to the U.S. global hegemony. Not that I support continued U.S. dominance on the world stage, but it’s a weird priority.
    Maybe by the end of the admin, they’ll be caught up to Clinton, who realized the best way to apply pressure was economically and via international partnerships — assuming the U.S. has an economy and international partnerships to leverage by then.

      • krooklochurm@lemmy.ca
        4·
        3 days ago

        I guess it makes strategic sense to lessen dependence on the Jewish peoples’ well known expertise in the creation and operation of space lasers.

        The Jewish people have had a near monopoly on the construction of space lasers for thousands of years, and while this wouldn’t be the first attempt to unlock the secrets of the space lasers for non Jews, I’d be shocked if this effort didn’t fail as has historically been the case.

  • Lumidaub@feddit.org
    211·
    3 days ago

    Ah yes, I was wondering if the end was going to be a long, painful, drawn-out one or if we’d go with a satisfying bang.

      • somethingsnappy@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        Never thought I would be more happy to live on the west coast of the US. Grew up in the most targeted zone with all out nukes.

        • idiomaddict@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          My dad lived in central Connecticut in the 50s, between the marine academy, electric boat, Sikorsky, the place that made all of our parachutes, the insurance companies which could have made rebuilding the rest of the country easier, and of course, in one of the most densely populated regions in the country, likely to get fallout from Boston or New York. He’s not sure if everyone at the time thought they would be hit first, but everyone around him thought CT would be wiped off the map

          • somethingsnappy@lemmy.world
            2·
            2 days ago

            I think people all over were told that as cold war internal propaganda for the MIC. What I meant was Iived where a lot of our nukes were and are. That would definitely be a first strike area.

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    My god have the last 10 years showed us all how weak this nation actually is.

    Our ancestors would be ashamed. The future will condemn us.

  • paperazzi@lemmy.world
    11·
    2 days ago

    Any wagers on which blue city it is that he’ll test it on? Or maybe it will be Venezula since they’ve suddenly become a mortal enemy.