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The 2022 Nuclear Posture Review: Arms control subdued by military rivalry

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  1. streblo
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    Today the Biden administration released it’s Nuclear Posture Review, a public document that clarifies the current nuclear weapons posture of the United States government in the current...

    Today the Biden administration released it’s Nuclear Posture Review, a public document that clarifies the current nuclear weapons posture of the United States government in the current geopolitical context.

    This is a review of that document by Hans Kristensen and Matt Korda of the Federation of American Scientists think tank.

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  2. nukeman
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    YEEEEEESSSSSSS! I’ve been waiting for the unclassified version to come out. Will be reading tonight.

    YEEEEEESSSSSSS! I’ve been waiting for the unclassified version to come out. Will be reading tonight.

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  3. streblo
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    I'm always fascinated by nuclear weapons and their strategic stability/instability dichotomy. I think a large-scale use of nuclear weapons is one of the largest, if not the single largest, threats...

    I'm always fascinated by nuclear weapons and their strategic stability/instability dichotomy. I think a large-scale use of nuclear weapons is one of the largest, if not the single largest, threats to humanity, at least as we currently know it.

    And there’s still no great paths forward from this opened pandora’s box. Nuclear proliferation or the status quo almost certainly will see a large scale use on large enough timescales, but reduction or ‘global zero’ efforts are hampered by the possibility of cheating and the achievement a terrifying nuclear primacy.

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