The United States accused Beijing on Friday of conducting a secret nuclear test in 2020 as it called for a new, broader arms control treaty that would bring in China as well as Russia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/07/asia-pacific/us-china-secret-nuclear-testing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #us #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump #russia #newstart
Japanese atomic bomb survivors said Thursday that they feared the world was marching toward nuclear war as the last U.S.-Russian arms control treaty expired. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/05/japan/japan-atomic-bomb-survivor-start/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #newstart #usrussiarelations #nuclearweapons #atomicbombings #nihonhidankyo #terumitanaka
3. For the first time in half a century, we have no shield against the risk of a war escalating into the use of #NuclearWeapons.
And we are so at risk that it is 85 SECONDS to midnight; during the Cuban missile crisis, it was 7 MINUTES:
4. The most authoritative Italian org for nuclear disarmament, #UnionOfScientistsForDisarmament ( #USPID),founded in 1982, has petitioned #Meloni government to support negotiations for a new treaty, after #NewSTART expired.
#Meloni government did not even care to reply to USPID
1. Today is a terrible day:
Today marks the expiration of #NewSTART, the last bilateral treaty between the US and Russia for the control of strategic nuclear weapons, those that a nuclear power can use to wipe out large portions of an enemy nation's territory
1. oggi è un giorno terribile:
oggi scade il #NewSTART, l'ultimo trattato bilaterale tra USA e Russia per il controllo delle armi nucleari strategiche,quelle che una potenza nucleare può usare per cancellare larghe porzioni del territorio di una nazione nemica
Carlo Gubitosa :nonviolenza:
boosted
Il trattato strategico per limitare le armi nucleari sta per scadere
Il trattato strategico per limitare le armi nucleari sta per scadere
States seek nuclear weapons out of insecurity or ambition, and the use of force tends to harden their resolve instead of preventing their pursuit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/02/world/nuclear-proliferation-cannot-be-bombed-away/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #iaea #nuclearumbrella #newstart #nuclearweapons #israel #nonproliferation #iran