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Paul Jay talks with Matt Korda of the Federation of American Scientists about a range of issues with the U.S. nuclear modernization program, including the Sentinel ICBM, hundreds of billions in cost overruns, the Golden Dome fantasy, and an irrational and dangerous launch-on-warning. Most worrisome of all? The very same people making decisions about nuclear weapons in an uncontrolled arms race are all over the Epstein files.

  • I_Jedi@lemmy.today
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    2 days ago

    I’d say there’s a non-zero chance that Trump will drop a nuke to look tough.

    “The new Iranian leader wouldn’t show me the proper respect, so I nuked Tehran! Iran had it coming! And I will nuke another Iranian city every day until they UNCONDITIONALLY SURRENDER!”

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        1 day ago

        edit oh fuck i shouldn’t have guessed that online if they haven’t thought that up already they have now

        he’s gonna drop a nuke somewhere else like the south atlantic ocean where a hurricane is forming