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Experts warn of ‘one of the most dangerous periods in human history’ amid nuclear arsenal development.​

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A group of experts warns that that the development of nuclear arsenals is leading to a perilous period in history.

“We are drifting into one of the most dangerous periods in human history,” Dan Smith, director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, said in a statement. “It is imperative that the world’s governments find ways to cooperate in order to calm geopolitical tensions, slow arms races and deal with the worsening consequences of environmental breakdown and rising world hunger.”​
The report noted that the United States and Russia have nearly 90 percent of all nuclear weapons across the globe.

China has increased its arsenal from 350 warheads to 410 warheads in 2023, a move that the report said could signal that China may have as many intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) as either Russia or the United States by 2030.
“China has started a significant expansion of its nuclear arsenal,” said Hans Kristensen, a fellow at the organization’s weapons of mass destruction program. “It is increasingly difficult to square this trend with China’s declared aim of having only the minimum nuclear forces needed to maintain its national security.”

The report said that India and Pakistan were both expanding their arsenals, as well as North Korea. The report added that it estimated North Korea may have assembled about 30 warheads and has enough material for between 50 and 70 warheads.

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Same amount of nukes per capita as the US and not one less.

Also r/lesscredibledefence is private now. What gives?
 
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GZDRefugee said:
Same amount of nukes per capita as the US and not one less.

Also r/lesscredibledefence is private now. What gives?
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There is a blackout on Reddit that is protesting the huge costs of using Reddit’s API. Reddit is planning to charge $0.24 for every 1000 API calls, and given how frequently an app like Apollo would have to call Reddit’s API, that is unsustainable. Reddit basically is attempting to force everyone to use their app to collect and sell their data. Redditors are pretty nuts about their “private” data.
 
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Long article. You can click the link to read the rest.

The US Is Preparing Evacuation Plans for American Citizens in Taiwan (Exclusive)​

The U.S. government is preparing evacuation plans for American citizens living in Taiwan, three sources told The Messenger.

The planning has been underway for at least six months and “it’s heated up over the past two months or so,” said a senior U.S. intelligence official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to discuss the planning.

The official said a “heightened level of tension” had driven the preparations. “It’s nothing you wouldn’t read in the news,” he told The Messenger. “Forces building up. China aligning with Russia on Ukraine.”
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Supposedly, the plans that were being developed for the last 6 months have started ramping up in the last 2 months.

The U.S. government is preparing evacuation plans for American citizens living in Taiwan, three sources told The Messenger.

The planning has been underway for at least six months and “it’s heated up over the past two months or so,” said a senior U.S. intelligence official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to discuss the planning.

The official said a “heightened level of tension” had driven the preparations. “It’s nothing you wouldn’t read in the news,” he told The Messenger. “Forces building up. China aligning with Russia on Ukraine.”
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I already knew what Wang Yi said about China supported German unification, much of it probably because of principle. But it's today I realized that this support came against Russian interests of the time. Russia's reluctantly agreeing to German unification and entrance into NATO laid the ground work for all the NATO expansion Russia is dealing with today.
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You are putting undeserved responsibility and guilty on China's shoulder. Regardless USSR's attitude on German reunification, so long as USSR said yes even reluctantly, anyone outside of Europe is in no position to say no. It is none of China's business, on this matter China was nutural just like today about Ukraine. In the same way, Korea's re-unification is China's business, not Russia's burden, if hypothetically NK surrendered to SK and China could not stop it, Russia should not be blamed.

What Wang Yi said is due to principle, that is "if the Germans on the two sides want they shall unite, but if Germans on any side does not want then they shall not be forced to unite". The principle was the true will of the people. Wang Yi's word "support" is to that will, not saying China materially did or would do something to facilitate the re-unification.
 
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Well, as most of us who have been following China's economic and semiconductor news, this shouldn't come as a surprise:

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The juiciest tidbit is at the end of the article - not even free US aid is enough:

Industry executives say some Korean companies are so troubled that they are considering forgoing U.S. federal-government aid, a move that could deal a blow to one of the administration’s signature programs.
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Looks like either South Korea finally pushed back or the US government realized we can't keep antagonizing everyone if we still want allies

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