Yesterday’s news on #cyber hacking of the agency that maintains the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile shows the increasing risks that emerging technologies pose for nuclear weapons. #nuclear

Emerging tech, like cyber capabilities, autonomous technologies & AI, heighten existing risks of nuclear weapons, in both predicted & unpredicted ways. As emerging tech is increasingly part of military operations, the potential for unintended consequences/mistakes will grow.

The unparalleled destructiveness of nuclear weapons means that any use - intentional or accidental, would have catastrophic humanitarian consequences. These technologies add another layer of risk to an already unacceptable level of risk of nuclear weapons use.

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