#Nukes

Andrea

Forsureafedera1

I think the worst part about the Iran murder is that the Pentagon and the government have access to the best scholars on earth. They could tell you that Iran

Tony Stark

Iron_Man_Actual

How to sell conventional deterrence:A thread for US Marines and anyone else interested in fighting in the Indo-Pacific. /1 Been thinking about this today after reading that the USMC didn't

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17_knowingly

𝔼𝕝𝕠𝕟 𝕄𝕦𝕤𝕜 𝕋𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕕1/Been seeing a lot of chatter on Elon Musk lately and whether you love him or hate him there’s no doubt Musk is a very important “player”I thought

(((James Acton)))

james_acton32

OK. Let's talk about the chain of command for nukes...It's probably POTUS -> SECDEF -> Commander, U.S. Strategic Command -> ... "Probably" because it's opaque and complicated, though there's no

Dogbite™️

BlinkThinkn

** The Cuba Missile Crisis **The date is 26 July 1953 that in Cuba communist revolution happened and on 1 Jan 1959 Communist were successful in overthrowing the Cuban government

Michael Shurkin

MichaelShurkin

1. Now watching this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1rlY7eEMJQ&feature=youtu.be. Inspired by Mystery Science Theater 3000, I shall provide commentary. 2. GEN Townsend's talking: "I've got a couple of slides..." I be

Nima Shirazi

WideAsleepNima

Pay attention to the media coverage and narrative about the murder of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and remember:- Iran has exactly zero nuclear bombs.- Israel has a stockpile of 80+ nuclear bombs.-

Oliver Meier

meier_oliver

Short thread: 1/ @NATO comes out swinging against #TPNW ahead of entry into force on January 22. Much familiar language but some new elements.https://twitter.com/Cox_NukePol/status/1338817657773182976 2/ This is new? "A world

Farzan Sabet

IranWonk

Good @TheEconomist rehashing of debate on incoming #Biden admin's #JCPOA policy b/w those calling for "swift re-entry" versus "smart pressure" (using #Trump "maximum pressure" leverage).Some of its assumpti

mattparlmer 🌷

mattparlmer

Y'all project a lot of ideology on to straightforward engineering problems Solar on buildings, nukes on the grid, liberal use of batteries, this isn't difficult The electrical grid, broader energy

s:katterrain(z*2)

skatterbrainzz

Well, the inlaws called with the latest "news" in a panic. Again. This time: US generals have killed Trump and using the social media block to buy time. And they're

Azor

AzorInfo

The latest attempt to smear #Churchill again, esp. with responsibility for the #Bengal Famine, is ironically Euro-centric. This smear strips Indians, Bengalis, and Japanese of agency, and perpetuates ignorance of

Molly Wood

mollywood

So, not to go all Tom Clancy here. But increasingly it looks like a primary goal of this Russian hack is further disinformation, to erode of trust in each other

Doug~Lass🌲MacArthur

Momewraths

Remember all those years American schoolchildren had to take cover under desks for fear of bring murdered by nuclear attack from the Soviet Union?If only someone had warned us about

Tom Nichols

RadioFreeTom

So, here's a thread on missile defense, since the U.S. is trumpeting shooting down an ICBM from an AEGIS. This is about why I was okay with SDI in the

Tong ZHAO

zhaot2005

The silence in China was a little awkward after Kim Jong Un touted his determination at the recently concluded 8th party congress to push forward a full-fledged nuclear program and

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