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
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2. This is NOT the 1st time that a crucial treaty on #NuclearWeapons has expired.
Historically,when one treaty dies,another is made,but this time it is different:
it is the 1st time that a crucial treaty has expired and there are no negotiations underway to make another one
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
5. #Meloni govt is the 1st to have officially admitted the presence of U.S. tactical #NuclearWeapons in Italy.
As revealed by #HansKristensen , #Italy is the EU country with the highest number of U.S. #TacticalNuclearWeapons and the only one with 2 nuclear bases: #Aviano and #Ghedi.