Czech Republic becomes first Nato country to send tanks to Ukraine https://uk.news.yahoo.com/czech-republic-becomes-first-nato-171434809.html
EU develops strategic reserves for chemical, biological and radio-nuclear emergenciesUkraine via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, with the help of France and Spain.
As an immediate first step, the EU has mobilised its rescEU medical reserve to procure potassium iodide tablets which can be used to protect people from the harmful effects of radiation. Already almost 3 million iodide tablets have been delivered to
On this occasion Janez Lenarčič, Commissioner for Crisis Management said: “We are taking concrete measures to increase Europe's preparedness in the face of potential threats. We are setting up both a decontamination reserve and a new stockpile ofequipment tailored to chemical, biological or nuclear emergencies. I am thankful for Member States in this effort. Our aim is to provide rapid response capabilities for our citizens if such an emergency ever occurs.”
The U.S. authorities uncovered numerous attempts by Al-Qaeda to obtain nuclear materials and fear that terrorists have already bought uranium.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8471907/WikiLeaks-Guantanamo-Bay-terrorist-secrets-revealed.html
...at least four attempts in five years in which criminal networks with suspected Russian ties sought to sell radioactive material to extremists through Moldova, an investigation by The Associated Press has found. One investigation uncovered an attemptto sell bomb-grade uranium to a real buyer from the Middle East
smugglers are explicitly targeting buyers who are enemies of the West.https://apnews.com/article/9f77a17c001f4cf3baeb28990b0d92eb
The man behind the bomb-grade uranium deal was Alexandr Agheenco, known as "the colonel"...
...the colonel fled with his infant son through Ukraine to Russia shortly after the bust
North Korea has a record of missile sales and nuclear technology sharing with countries including Egypt, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, and Yemen.https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/north-korea-nuclear-weapons-missile-tests-military-capabilities
“I would say simply that I’m not overly optimistic at the prospects of actually getting an agreement to conclusion,” Mr. Blinken said, “despite all the efforts we put into it and despite the fact that I believe … our security would be betteroff. We’re not there.” https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/apr/6/blinken-not-overly-optimistic-iran-deal-talks-drag
"a425couple" wrote in message news:gRi3K.622854$oF2.1...@fx10.iad...
On 4/6/2022 12:59 AM, Matthew wrote:
Nearly 70% of Americans surveyed by the American Psychological Association said they “are worried the invasion of Ukraine is going to lead to nuclear
war, and that they fear that we are at the beginning stages of World War III.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/05/hypothetical-nuclear-attack.html
Well, It is a concern.
Worry?
There are plenty of things I am more worried about.
I doubt this will escalate into the use of nuclear war.
I very much doubt there will be wide-spread use of nukes. ------------------------
Realistically the worst outcome for Russia is to be scorned and isolated, which the USSR survived for a lifetime. They aren't worth invading.
That doesn't mean they will respond to defeat rationally.
It will begin with deniability, not directly.attempt to sell bomb-grade uranium to a real buyer from the Middle East
The U.S. authorities uncovered numerous attempts by Al-Qaeda to obtain nuclear materials and fear that terrorists have already bought uranium.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/wikileaks/8471907/WikiLeaks-Guantanamo-Bay-terrorist-secrets-revealed.html
...at least four attempts in five years in which criminal networks with suspected Russian ties sought to sell radioactive material to extremists through Moldova, an investigation by The Associated Press has found. One investigation uncovered an
off. We’re not there.”smugglers are explicitly targeting buyers who are enemies of the West.https://apnews.com/article/9f77a17c001f4cf3baeb28990b0d92eb
The man behind the bomb-grade uranium deal was Alexandr Agheenco, known as "the colonel"...
...the colonel fled with his infant son through Ukraine to Russia shortly after the bust
North Korea has a record of missile sales and nuclear technology sharing with countries including Egypt, Iran, Libya, Myanmar, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, and Yemen.https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/north-korea-nuclear-weapons-missile-tests-military-capabilities
“I would say simply that I’m not overly optimistic at the prospects of actually getting an agreement to conclusion,” Mr. Blinken said, “despite all the efforts we put into it and despite the fact that I believe … our security would be better
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/apr/6/blinken-not-overly-optimistic-iran-deal-talks-drag
On 4/6/2022 11:32 AM, Dean Markley wrote:
On Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 12:51:06 PM UTC-4, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"a425couple" wrote in message news:gRi3K.622854$oF2.1...@fx10.iad...
On 4/6/2022 12:59 AM, Matthew wrote:
Nearly 70% of Americans surveyed by the American Psychological Association
said they “are worried the invasion of Ukraine is going to lead to nuclear
war, and that they fear that we are at the beginning stages of World War >>> III.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/05/hypothetical-nuclear-attack.html
Well, It is a concern.
Worry?
There are plenty of things I am more worried about.
I doubt this will escalate into the use of nuclear war.
I very much doubt there will be wide-spread use of nukes.
------------------------
Realistically the worst outcome for Russia is to be scorned and isolated, >> which the USSR survived for a lifetime. They aren't worth invading.
That doesn't mean they will respond to defeat rationally.
I agree with all your points except that Russia isn't worth invading.I would say that is correct as far as the west is concerned. However,
even as they seem to be on good terms with China, the Chinese still
claim most of Siberia as theirs. The Chinese at some point may very
well decide Russia is worth invading. Siberia does have a lot of
natural resources that will become even more accessible with global
climate change.
DeanIt is good to see you still reading and posting Dean.
Did you notice in my Quora post, the opinions
of another 'old time' poster from here & the naval group,
Juergen Nieveler ?
The False Hope of Nuclear Forensics? Assessing the Timeliness of Forensics Intelligencehttps://fas.org/pir-pubs/the-false-hope-of-nuclear-forensics-assessing-the-timeliness-of-forensics-intelligence
it is unlikely that nuclear forensics will provide information as to the source of the device in the time frame required by policymakers, who in the wake of a terrorist attack will need to respond quickly and decisively.
Further, black market material could [be] the ideal method of weaponization, as its characterization and origin-tracing would prove nearly impossible due to decoupling, and thus confusion, between perpetrator and originator.
if the signatures of the material are not classified into a comprehensive database, though disperse efforts are underway, the difficulty in conclusively saying it is a particular actor increases.
At a huge Soviet-era virology campus in Siberia called VECTOR, a sudden, unexpected explosion in September blew out the windows and set parts of a building ablazehttps://thebulletin.org/2019/11/what-happened-after-an-explosion-at-a-russian-disease-research-lab-called-vector
Neither can we exclude theft of pathogens during the chaos and aftermath of the explosion, or that the explosion itself was deliberate to enable theft.https://jglobalbiosecurity.com/articles/10.31646/gbio.41
The Governments of Australia, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America remain steadfast in our commitment to working with the WorldHealth Organization (WHO), international experts who have a vital mission, and the global community to understand the origins of this pandemic...
Vektor has one of the world's largest collections of viruses, including Ebola, according to Interfax. Reports say its collection includes samples of smallpox, bird flu and different strains of hepatitis.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49727101
A mutating strain of bird flu that has emerged in Russia has “a fairly high degree of probability” of human-to-human transmissionhttps://nypost.com/2021/03/12/russia-warns-of-human-to-human-transmission-of-bird-flu-strain
The H5N1, H5N3, H5N4, H5N5, H5N6 and H5N8 subtypes of HPAI are circulating in bird and poultry populations across the globe, sparking concern at OIE which called this an "unprecedented genetic variability of subtypes...creating an epidemiologicallychallenging landscape."
The increase in human infections caused by the H5N6 subtype of avian influenza is causing concern among experts, who say that a previously circulating strain appears to have changed and could be more infectious to peoplehttps://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/article-689457
human H5N6 infections have a 67% mortality rate https://www.livescience.com/H5N6-bird-flu-cases-china-2021
"Dean Markley" wrote in message news:8fbd571a-d423-47c5...@googlegroups.com...
On Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 12:51:06 PM UTC-4, Jim Wilkins wrote: ...........
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I agree with all your points except that Russia isn't worth invading. I
would say that is correct as far as the west is concerned. However, even as they seem to be on good terms with China, the Chinese still claim most of Siberia as theirs. The Chinese at some point may very well decide Russia is worth invading. Siberia does have a lot of natural resources that will
become even more accessible with global climate change.
Dean
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