Submission statement: With the unravelling of the transatlantic relationship, many European countries are looking to the UK and, especially, France for nuclear deterrence. Options that are being discussed in Europe are:
> [European officials] said those include improving France’s nuclear weaponry, redeploying French nuclear-capable bombers outside of France, and beefing up French and other European conventional forces on NATO’s eastern flank.
> Another option under discussion is to equip European countries that do not have nuclear weapons programs with the technical abilities to acquire them, these European officials said.
Macron is also expected to hold a speech on France’s nuclear policy in the coming months, and perhaps as early as February.
My opinion: It is obviously important to have these discussions, but Europe has to be smart about this. If European countries were to violate the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (none of the options above do that), that could lead to a lot more countries outside of Europe acquiring nukes, and Europe would not be in a position to criticise those countries if Europe itself violates the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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. The thing that kicks off nuclear proliferation is not from China or Russia. I can’t even…
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Submission statement: With the unravelling of the transatlantic relationship, many European countries are looking to the UK and, especially, France for nuclear deterrence. Options that are being discussed in Europe are:
> [European officials] said those include improving France’s nuclear weaponry, redeploying French nuclear-capable bombers outside of France, and beefing up French and other European conventional forces on NATO’s eastern flank.
> Another option under discussion is to equip European countries that do not have nuclear weapons programs with the technical abilities to acquire them, these European officials said.
Macron is also expected to hold a speech on France’s nuclear policy in the coming months, and perhaps as early as February.
My opinion: It is obviously important to have these discussions, but Europe has to be smart about this. If European countries were to violate the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (none of the options above do that), that could lead to a lot more countries outside of Europe acquiring nukes, and Europe would not be in a position to criticise those countries if Europe itself violates the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
YES… HA HA HA… YES!!
OUR WORDS ARE BACKED WITH **NUCLEAR WEAPONS!**
. The thing that kicks off nuclear proliferation is not from China or Russia. I can’t even…