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Skip the usual warmongering posturing from the various indentured 'experts', to
“Luck and misperception played a significant role in near misses in the Cold War conflict between the US & Soviet Union, especially the Cuban missile crisis in 1962,”
“What is claimed in this SDR, and has been the rhetoric under successive governments, is that the UK’s nuclear weapons are an ‘ultimate guarantee’ against attack. But… there is no basis for claiming this level of certainty.”…

Will Britain’s nuclear strategy bring catastrophe? Experts on UK's 'dangerous gamble'
Former defence minister Tobias Ellwood said the UK must expand its nuclear arsenal with tactical bombs to prepare for Putin

Russia's Rosatom seeks to sell 49% stake in Turkey's first nuclear plant: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/02/russias-rosatom-seeks-to-sell.html

As Russia wages its full-scale war against Ukraine, one of its most important missile plants is quietly expanding -- bypassing international sanctions.
The Votkinsk Plant, also known as the Votkinskiy Plant,
— a strategic, state-owned facility serving Russia’s nuclear forces
— has hired thousands of new workers,
added new buildings,
and brought in advanced machinery to significantly increase its missile production.
Ukrainians have felt it firsthand.
Is…

Investigation: Russia expands strategic plant producing ICBMs — with China’s help
Key findings: * Despite international sanctions, Russia's strategic missile plant was able to import complex machinery to dramatically increase missile production. * The Kyiv Independent has identified the equipment supplied to the plant, as well as the supply chains, mostly from China. * We located the plant's new premises, built to house the new machinery. * We obtained a document confirming that the plant received an order to produce intercontinental missiles capable of reaching the U.S.

Ukraine seems to have kicked one of the legs of russia’s nuclear triad pretty hard.
“Ukraine says it has hit more than 40 ‘enemy bombers’ in a drone attack deep inside Russia - which could cost the Russian air force $2bn. Last night, two bridges also collapsed in separate Russian regions - which authorities blamed on ‘explosions’.”

Ukraine war latest: More than 40 Russian bombers 'hit in drone attack'; video shows aftermath of deadly Russian bridge 'explosion'
Ukraine says it has hit more than 40 "enemy bombers" in a drone attack deep inside Russia - which could cost the Russian air force $2bn. Last night, two bridges also collapsed in separate Russian regions - which authorities blamed on "explosions". Follow the latest below.

Given that FFOTUS seems to be asking for a (probably nuclear) war with Russia I guess there are some books we should read and films we should watch
I'd start with these two, the second is one of the most terrifying films I've ever seen (it builds slowly to the climax, so be patient.)
Alas, Babylon - https://

Alas, Babylon - Wikipedia

After trading barbs online with former Russian leader Dmitri A. Medvedev,
Donald Trump ordered nuclear submarines to be positioned in “the appropriate regions” near Russia “just in case.”
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mar…

Nuclear Submarines Moved Near Russia On Trump’s Order
Trump’s online war of words with Russia’s Dmitri Medvedev led to military action on Friday.

Vance says U.S. 'not at war with Iran, we're at war with Iran's nuclear program' (Megan Lebowitz/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/vance-says-us-not-war-iran-re-war-irans-nuclear-program-rcna214329
http://www.memeorandum.com/250622/p24#a250622p24

“US signals a willingness to renew talks with Iran and avoid a prolonged war”
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/06/22/us-signals-a-willingness-to-renew-talks-with-iran-and-avoid-a-prolonged-war/
…

US signals a willingness to renew talks with Iran and avoid a prolonged war
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday that America “does not seek war” with Iran in the aftermath of a surprise attack overnight on three of that country’s nuclear sites.

Smith argues the threat of Iran having a nuclear weapon was "all made up. In other words, Donald Trump has all the time in the world to take this to Congress and let the American system, which is supposed to be the people get to decide through their representatives whether or not we declare a war. There was no imminent threat here.”
Comedian Dave Smith Voted for Trump. Now He’s Calling for His Impeachment Over Iran
https://zeteo.com/p/libertarian-comedian-and-ex-trump-supporter-says-maga-will-turn-on-trump

Say no to new British nukes! No nuclear jets at RAF Marham! - CND
https://cnduk.org/events/say-no-to-new-british-nukes-no-nuclear-jets-at-marham/

Say no to new British nukes! No nuclear jets at RAF Marham! - CND
28 Jun 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm - Britain already has nuclear armed submarines and now it wants to get nuclear-armed fighter jets! The threat of nuclear weapons being used in war is rising. Having more nukes won’t make us safer. It just makes the threat of them being used greater.  Instead of wasting billions more on toxic weapons of mass destruction the [...]

#MastodonPoll: best response to "Iran can never be allowed to have a nuclear weapon"? (pick one)
1. "That's why we should have stuck with the JCPOA, which Obama negotiated and Trump blew up. Bombing Iran makes them more likely to seek a nuclear weapon." (redirect)
2. "Actually, they can and should be allowed and even encouraged to have a nuclear weapon." (contradict)
3. "Who are we to allow or disallow Iran from seeking a nuclear weapon?" (disclaim responsibility)
4. "Iran wouldn't have been able to complete a nuclear weapon anyways." (argue mootness)
5. "Do you remember nothing from the run-up to the Iraq War?" (appeal to history)
Redirect to JCPOA
Contradict
Disclaim responsibility
Argue mootness
Appeal to history (Iraq)

I think that growing up we had a fear of nuclear war because it would all be over in an instant. Modern day warfare goes on for years and assumes you’ll get distracted by some other thing so you’ll forget about it.

This was part of Stephen Colbert’s Monday monologue:
After playing clips of the Trump admin spokespeople parroting the party line about not being at war with Iran, but being at war with Iran’s nuclear weapons program, he added the following bit:
“Honey, NO! I’m not having an affair with Stacey, … but I am having an affair with some of Stacey’s parts.

No sign Russia is preparing to restart Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Reuters reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/05/29/no-sign-russia-is-preparing.html

No matter what Trump says, the US has gone to war – and there will be profound and lasting consequences | Simon Tisdall | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/22/donald-trump-usa-iran-israel-war-bombing…

Corporate Media Continues to Ignore The Real Story of Israel's Attacks on Iran
Israel's preemptive attack on Iran is not a surprise—it is the first step to ongoing atrocity that risks nuclear war if we do not stop it immediately https://open.substack.com/pub/qasimras

Israel's Attack on Iran Risks Nuclear War
Israel's preemptive attack on Iran is not a surprise—it is the first step to ongoing atrocity that risks nuclear war if we do not stop it immediately

Sabre rattling but fresh from watching a reshowing of The War Game, I am very uneasy about this.
These fools could easily do the stupid thing and accelerate Armageddon from decades to hours.
Trump orders nuclear submarines to be moved near Russia over 'foolish and inflammatory statements' | ITV News

Even before the war with Iran started it was clear that even the best bunker buster bombs probably couldn't destroy the deepest facilities in Iran. It makes the rationality of a US participation in the war less clear, Israel doesn't need US help to destroy other kinds of targets.

Credit where it's due:
To #BBC4 for showing "The War Game", made but suppressed in 1965, on impact of a #nuclear war on SE England. Very powerful.
Apt for #HiroshimaDay in this time of …

Israeli spies 'in Iran for years' before war on nuclear sites (Gabrielle Weiniger/The Times)
https://www.thetimes.com/world/middle-east/israel-iran/article/mossad-iran-israel-spies-news-d85cwb9bg
http://www.memeorandum.com/250628/p48#a250628p48

Sun Ra ~ Nuclear War (live)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=mtRepK513VY&si=jh6D6LVoE70Ht13-

As Trump contemplates direct US participation in Israel’s war with Iran,
including the possible use of “bunker buster” bombs on the heavily fortified Fordo uranium enrichment site,
William Kristol has made it known that he still has that hawk in him.
“You’ve got to go to war with the president you have,” he told The New York Times on Wednesday.
“If you really think that Iran can’t have nuclear weapons, we have a chance to try to finish the job.”
In a series o…

Those Sometimes-Trump Neocons Are Returning to the Fold Over Iran
As the president backs Israel’s long-awaited war with Iran, his neoconservative critics find themselves in an awkward position.

N.B.: the conventional bomb model in question has never been dropped in a war. If the military doesn’t have doubts, they’re dumber than they seem… https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gvda6fem6r7selm4gzjjww4a/post/3lry…

Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath.bsky.social)
🚨 ☢️ Fox News now reporting that the White House has denied taking off the table the option of using tactical nuclear weapons for potential bombing of Fordow in Iran. (It’s impossible to know if this is true or if it is public posturing for the purpose of pressuring Iran to negotiate.) #NukeSky

I wonder if the claim that Iran wants to develop a #nuclear bomb to destroy Israel is not just as bold a lie as the claim that Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction.
We know that even the UN - i.e. the world public - is unashamedly lied to if it benefits its own cause.
Powell's lie led to the Iraq war,

Iran launches missiles at US military base in Qatar in retaliation for American bombing (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-war-nuclear-trump-bomber-news-06-23-2025-9e78510c88ccc5e262341f41550609c5
http://www.memeorandum.com/250623/p106#a250623p106

Holy fuck.
"**President Trump announced the United States had struck Fordo, Iran’s heavily fortified nuclear facilities, as well as two other sites.**"
Live Updates: U.S. Enters War With Iran, Bombing Key Nuclear Sites - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/21/world/iran-israel-trump

It is difficult to imagine the devastation of a nuclear war.
Our team at the Federation of American Scientists asked Sébastien Philippe, a research scholar with Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security,
who models the effects of nuclear weapons and the consequences of nuclear war,
to help us visualize what an attack on Washington could look like

This is how a nuclear attack on the U.S. might unfold
A scenario of America’s response to an incoming nuclear attack.

'Israel is estimated to possess 90 nuclear warheads and may have the ability to launch attacks with them by land, sea, and air.'
'“We continue to assess Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and that [Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali] Khamenei has not reauthorized the nuclear weapons program he suspended in 2003, though pressure has probably built on him to do so,” reads the [USA] 2025 Annual Threat Assessment.'

U.S. Intel Says Iran Isn’t a Nuclear Threat. Israel Wants the U.S. to Bomb It Anyway.
The U.S. is helping Israel wage war on Iran over its nuclear program. But U.S. intelligence says Iran is not building a bomb.

Donald Trump goes nuclear in the GOP's war on science (Heather Digby Parton/Salon)
https://www.salon.com/2025/07/16/donald-trump-goes-nuclear-in-the-gops-war-on-science/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250716/p177#a250716p177

Russia denies Putin pushed Iran for 'zero enrichment' nuclear deal: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/14/russia-denies-putin-pushed-iran.html

Mankind needs peace more than ever, for our entire planet, threatened by nuclear war, is in danger of total destruction. A destruction only man can provoke, only man can prevent. Mankind must remember that peace is not God’s gift to his creatures, it is our gift to each other. -Elie Wiesel (the end of his Nobel Peace Prize speech, from 1986)

Emmanuel Macron has said
Europe is to make Iran a comprehensive offer to end its war with Israel
that would include an Iranian move to zero uranium enrichment,
restrictions on its ballistic missile programme
and an end to Tehran’s funding of terrorist groups.
The proposals are surprisingly broad, spanning a range of complex issues beyond Iran’s disputed nuclear program.
One proposal recently aired is for Iran to suspend uranium enrichment for the duration of …

Israel urges U.S. to join war with Iran to eliminate nuclear program (Barak Ravid/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/14/israel-iran-war-us-nuclear-program-trump
http://www.memeorandum.com/250614/p90#a250614p90

The echoes of the Iraq war are deafening at this point. How’s Tony Blair doing?
#lies #wmd #nuclear #war #iraqwar #iran #israeliranwar
https://norfolk.social/@rachel/114727297584572562

This is a very informative and, I think, balanced analysis of the Iran nuclear question and Israel's reckless attack.
How Israel and the U.S. manufactured a fake crisis with Iran that could lead to all-out war – Mondoweiss
https://

How Israel and the U.S. manufactured a fake crisis with Iran that could lead to all-out war
The long-dreaded war in the Persian Gulf between a U.S.-backed Israel and Iran appears imminent, and it is all based on a manufactured crisis aimed at undermining the Iran nuclear negotiations.

#CNN: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites
President Loud and Foul Mouth will surely rebut, but I'll hold judgment on until a fuller picture develops. Might be months, but I'll wait.
#uspol #Iran #Israel #war #Trump #headlines

Trump is trying to script the perfect ending to war in Iran. Will the rest of the world go along? (Chris Megerian/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-iran-israel-nuclear-strike-10074fdadf47d4ec35faf1de6ac6d54d
http://www.memeorandum.com/250624/p122#a250624p122

All external power lines supplying electricity to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine were down for several hours on Friday, the UN nuclear watchdog said
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi acknowledged that power had been restored after 3½ hours
but added on X that nuclear safety “remains extremely precarious in Ukraine”.
The Ukrainian energy minister blamed Russian shelling for severing the last power line to the…

Heute vor 63 Jahren: Am 14.07.1962 fand der "Small Boy" Test im Rahmen der Operation #Sunbeam auf dem Nevada Test Site statt. Getestet wurden taktische #Atomwaffen (Davy Crockett). Es war die letzte atmosphärische Testreihe der

Moscow on edge: Trump’s shift to support Kyiv sends Kremlin into panic mode as nuclear fears rise: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/14/moscow-on-edge-trumps-shift.html

OK, so FFOTUS is making noises that he knew about Israel's plans to attack Iran, or that FFOTUS actually approved and supported that attack.
Whether that is true of not, FFOTUS has planted a very dangerous seed.
Now, there is plausible reason for Iran and Islamic radicals to conclude that there is an actual, but undeclared, war by the US on Iran.
Iran is not a stupid country, it knows that it can not directly attack the US, especially with anything nuclear.
But Ir…

Trump says Iran deal ‘could still happen’ and claims Tehran was ‘a few weeks away’ from nuclear weapon – Israel-Iran conflict live
Trump undecided on joining war on Iran as Khamenei warns him not to attack
Trump says that he will attend a meeting in an hour on the evacuation of US citizens from Israel, Reuters reports

'America First' Is Dead -- And Donald Trump killed it. -- Worth keeping an eye ... (The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/america-first-is-dead-donald-trump-killed-it-israel-iran-war-nuclear-power-regulation
http://www.memeorandum.com/250620/p44#a250620p44

I fear that, after the destruction of Iran, Jordan and, in particular, Saudi Arabia will be the next war targets of the #US and# Israel.
However, they have no idea of the potentially dangerous consequences of destabilising such countries, which could be even more dangerous than Iran's possession of nuclear weapons.

Russia denies reports about Putin's alleged secret push for Iran nuclear deal: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/13/russia-denies-reports-about-putins.html

Israel's war on Iran broke the nuclear non-proliferation treaty | Responsible Statecraft
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/iran-nuke-npt/

Live updates: US intervenes in war between Israel and Iran by striking 3 Iranian nuclear sites (Cara Anna/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/live/israel-iran-war-updates
http://www.memeorandum.com/250622/p22#a250622p22

After nuclear weapons testing began in 1945, atmospheric radiation contaminated new steel production worldwide.
For decades, scientists needing radiation-free metal for sensitive instruments had to salvage steel from pre-war shipwrecks.
Scientists called this steel
"low-background steel."
Graham-Cumming sees a parallel with today's web, where AI-generated content increasingly mingles with human-created material and contaminates it.
With the advent o…

Scientists once hoarded pre-nuclear steel; now we’re hoarding pre-AI content
Newly announced catalog collects pre-2022 sources untouched by ChatGPT and AI contamination.

Putin backs 'zero enrichment' in new Iran nuclear deal, sources tell Axios: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/12/putin-backs-zero-enrichment-in.html

U.S. has "no interest" in putting troops on the ground in Iran, Vance says (Donica Phifer/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/22/iran-us-war-nuclear-weapons
http://www.memeorandum.com/250622/p48#a250622p48

Lavrov meets Iranian counterpart Abbas Araqchi at BRICS summit, reiterates Russia's offer to mediate disputes over nuclear program: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/07/lavrov-meets-iranian-counterpart-abbas.html

Couldn't #Israel be hit with long-range nuclear-tipped missiles from North Korea? With a skillful trajectory, individual missiles would probably have a good chance of hitting.
Does Behemoth #Netanyahu have any idea what he can trigger with his firing and now war?
And all this just so he can esc…

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel strongly condemned the US bombing, saying it constituted a “dangerous escalation” and a serious violation of the UN Charter.
He added that it “plunges humanity into a crisis with irreversible consequences”.
World reacts to US attacks on Iran | Israel-Iran conflict News | Al Jazeera

World reacts to US attacks on Iran
A roundup of reactions as US joins Israel’s war and attacks three Iranian nuclear sites.

What planet is this creature on?
"Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged Iran to return to the negotiating table"
World reacts to US attacks on Iran | Israel-Iran conflict News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/202…

World reacts to US attacks on Iran
A roundup of reactions as US joins Israel’s war and attacks three Iranian nuclear sites.

Heute vor 63 Jahren: Am 6. Juli 1962 zündeten die #USA im Rahmen von Operation Storax die Atombombe "Sedan". Storax war eine Serie von #Kernwaffentests bei der 62/63 insgesamt 47 Bomben im Testgebiet in #Nevada

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
“This is a dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge – and a direct threat to international peace and security”, he said, adding that there is a “growing risk” that this conflict could “rapidly get out of control – with catastrophic consequences for civilians, the region, and the world”.
World reacts to US attacks on Iran | Israel-Iran conflict News | Al Jazeera

World reacts to US attacks on Iran
A roundup of reactions as US joins Israel’s war and attacks three Iranian nuclear sites.

"Also back in style is the tactic of using disinformation to manufacture consent for war, as with Netanyahu’s claims that Iran was right on the cusp of acquiring a nuclear weapon and intending to supply one to Yemen’s Ansarallah. We are entering territory so fantastical that the ‘dodgy dossier’ and ‘45-minute WMD’ seem almost quaint by comparison."
Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Culmination — Sidecar

Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Culmination — Sidecar
Israel attacks Iran.

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Iran warned the US, UK and France that their military bases and ships will be targeted
if they help block the Iranian missile and drone retaliation for Israel’s attack,
threatening to widen an already bloody war over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
Donald Trump has said the US will help defend Israel,
and American officials have been quoted in news reports saying that US forces have already helped shoot down Iranian drones and missiles as they approached Israel.
Fran…