Thank you @POTUS @JoeBiden for acknowledging that "we have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis.”
— Just Foreign Policy (@justfp) October 7, 2022
Please tell @SecBlinken @JakeSullivan46 to immediately "figure out" that "off ramp" to this war before we "end up with Armageddon" https://t.co/vfRE0InD73 pic.twitter.com/npeHpYNiZ4
Category: nuclear weapons
‘This is so crazy’: Vladimir Putin is running out of options in Ukraine. Experts are split on what it means
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s February 24th invasion of Ukraine is an unmitigated disaster for the 69-year-old former spy.
Biden Says Nukes in Ukraine ‘Would Change the Face of War Unlike Anything Since WWII’
Biden’s advice to any consideration by Putin to use so-called tactical nuclear weapons: “Don’t. Don’t. Don’t.”
Source: Biden Says Nukes in Ukraine ‘Would Change the Face of War Unlike Anything Since WWII’
Global food insecurity and famine from reduced crop, marine fishery and livestock production due to climate disruption from nuclear war soot injection | Nature Food
Atmospheric soot loadings from nuclear weapon detonation would cause disruptions to the Earth’s climate, limiting terrestrial and aquatic food production. Here, we use climate, crop and fishery models to estimate the impacts arising from six scenarios of stratospheric soot injection, predicting the total food calories available in each nation post-war after stored food is consumed. In quantifying impacts away from target areas, we demonstrate that soot injections larger than 5 Tg would lead to mass food shortages, and livestock and aquatic food production would be unable to compensate for reduced crop output, in almost all countries. Adaptation measures such as food waste reduction would have limited impact on increasing available calories. We estimate more than 2 billion people could die from nuclear war between India and Pakistan, and more than 5 billion could die from a war between the United States and Russia—underlining the importance of global cooperation in preventing nuclear war. Calorie availability and extent of food shortages for each nation are estimated following regional or global nuclear war, including impacts on major crops, livestock and fishery production.
In Ukraine, Nuclear Catastrophe Looms
Instead of focusing on who is to blame for creating this dire situation, Ukraine, Russia, and the international community need to work together to figure out how to stem the danger of a strike on Zaporizhzhia or its supporting safety systems.
Source: Opinion | In Ukraine, Nuclear Catastrophe Looms | William Hartung
Greenpeace warns of twin nuclear quandaries in Ukraine
Safety conditions at Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant are “completely out of control,” according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. This comes as the Russian military has deployed heavy artillery batteries and laid anti-personnel landmines at the site in recent weeks. “
Source: Greenpeace warns of twin nuclear quandaries in Ukraine | Opinion – Alternet.org