A British nuclear submarine surfaces near Scotland
Credit: DPA/BRITISH MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
For decades, American nuclear weapons have served as a guarantor of European security. But what happens if Donald Trump casts doubt on that atomic shield? A debate has already opened in Berlin and Brussels over alternatives to the U.S. deterrent.
The issue is so secret that it isn’t even listed on any daily agenda at NATO headquarters. When military officials and diplomats speak about it in Brussels, they meet privately and in very small groups — sometimes only with two or three people at a time. There is a reason why signs are displayed in the headquarters reading, “no classified conversation.”
And this issue is extremely sensitive. The alliance wants to avoid a public discussion at any cost. Such a debate, one diplomat warns, could trigger an “avalanche.” The foundations of the trans-Atlantic security architecture would be endangered if this “Pandora’s box” were to be opened.
Great Uncertainty
The discussion surrounds nuclear deterrent. For decades, the final line of defense for Europe against possible Russian aggression has […]
Nuclear self-defense is an insane concept.
This is a discussion that needs to happen in this world.
Why do we continue having arms races? Is it because arms manufacturers stand to profit? How does making more nuclear weapons make us safer? How does threatening other nuclear superpowers by placing missiles closer to them make anybody safer?
Why exactly do we spend our debt based fake Fed money defending nations that are thousands of miles away from us? Which nation is it that invented and used atomic weapons before? Was that Russia? Hmmm…let me dig around in my history books. Hey, turns out Russia has never nuked anybody. Well maybe if u count Chernobyl, they did actually nuke themselves & northern Europe. If there are extraterrestrial intelligences out there, they must think we are absolutely insane. This is utter madness.