Nuclear Weapons
Beyond Nuclear advocates for the elimination of all nuclear weapons and argues that removing them can only make us safer, not more vulnerable. The expansion of commercial nuclear power across the globe only increases the chance that more nuclear weapons will be built and is counterproductive to disarmament. We also cover nuclear weapons issues on our international site, Beyond Nuclear International.
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As reported by Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC's "The Last Word."
The Washington Post has also reported on this, in an article entitled "Nukes, plugs, and walls: Humanity's harebrained schemes for combating natural disasters."
Today on Flashpoints: Kashmir in the crosshairs of India and Prime Minister, Modi. The violent repression and extreme censorship continues unabated. Also, a confirmed nuclear explosion at a remote Russian military base, largely covered up by the Russians, raised fears of wide level contamination, more meltdowns and brings back echoes of Chernobyl. And, will California approve the first ever pubic bank ever to be formed in the state.
State agency identifies four substances in samples taken from city of Severodvinsk
The Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty's expiration is ironically timed. Friday, August 2nd is just prior to the August 6th and 9th Hiroshima and Nagasaki +74 years annual commemorations.
August 26, 2019