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<thread> There is no national security imperative for new US nuclear tests. We have almost 4,000 operational nuclear weapons. Enough to destroy the world 20x over. Here are some resources to help you understand how launching new nuclear tests makes us less secure. 1/
We've not tested a nuclear weapon since 1992. Since the India-Pakistan tests of 1998, the only other country to test has been North Korea. We have a global norm that Trump now wants to shatter . @ctbto_alerts is the go-to resource on nuclear testing. 2/ ctbto.org
.@ArmsControlNow is the premier expert organization. You can trust their analysis on the history of nuclear testing and the test ban. 3/ armscontrol.org/factsheets/Nuc…
Trump's nuclear hawks outlined their scheme to start new US nuclear tests in the annual @NNSANews report. See: english.kyodonews.net/news/2017/12/2…
The myth and realities of charges that China and Russia are already secretly testing. This scheme, begun by John Bolton, lays the ground for Trump to "unsign" the nuclear test ban treaty. That's what this is all about. 5/ armscontrol.org/policy-white-p…
Where would the US do new tests? The people of Nevada and Utah will not be pleased. Thousands had their lives shortened by cancers from the tests we used to do. 6/ ctbto.org/nuclear-testin…
I just wrote about how these new Dr. Strangeloves want to drag us back to the terrifying dangers of the 1950's and 1960's. This is not new thinking; this is Cold War nuclear bullying. 7/ responsiblestatecraft.org/2020/05/20/why…
But might nuclear bullying work? Can Trump's pose as a nuclear madman convince other countries to comply with his demands or force the collapse of their governments? No. Quite the opposite. 8/
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Don’t mourn, organize.

There are dozens of great groups working to end this madness and kick out these new Dr. Strangeloves before they kill us all. @BeyondtheBomb is one of the newest and most innovative. But add your group or resource to this thread. beyondthebomb.org
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<Thread> An important new development in the effort to redefine national security. “It is time to end our endless wars and adopt a new approach to international relations.” Over 50 groups demand we increase our security by cutting the Pentagon budget. 1/ huffpost.com/entry/antiwar-…
The most serious threats to our country are non-military and do not have a military solution, this broad coalition says. Read this excerpt from their letter. 2/
Donald Trump has increased the Pentagon budget by over $130 Billion in 3 years. Much of this is wasted. Much of the plan to build a new generation of nuclear weapons can be cut without risk, say the groups. 3/
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One of the less reported aspects of Grenell’s placement as acting DNI is his demand to see all the “raw intelligence” behind the assessment that Russia is working to sabotage US elections. This has serious national security implications. 1/3
This is the tactic Steve Cambone used in the run up to the Iraq War when Cheney and Rumsfeld installed him in DOD to set up their own intel operation. He then cherry-picked raw, unvetted data to “prove” Saddam had WMD. He bypassed the usual intel community joint assessments. 2/3
Worse, raw intel will include sources and methods. Grenell will pass that to Trump who could share it with the Russians. Cambone never would have shared intel with our enemies, but Trump and Grenell don’t see Russia as an adversary, but an ally. 3/3
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I have a short thread on the new, dangerous nuclear weapon that Donald Trump has just deployed. How "small" is it? How would we use it? Why did we make it?
First, get all the details here @FAScientists. They broke the news of the deployment ten days ago. The Pentagon admitted it just two days ago. fas.org/blogs/security…
Second, how small is it? 5 Kilotons. That is 5,000 tons of explosive force. It's 1/3 the size of the 15KT bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. The other sub warheads are 90KT (or 6x Hiroshima) or 455KT (30x Hiroshima). We have other air-dropped bombs that "small" but not on missiles.
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