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For some reason politicians agreed to the Paris target which requires immediate action.
by adrianN 5y ago
For some reason politicians agreed to the Paris target which requires immediate action.
- ethbr0 5y agoInternational shame. IMHO, it's what finally pushed nuclear arms control into action in the 60s and 70s.
- pbak 5y agoYou forgot a big fat /S. I almost took you seriously ;-D.
- ethbr0 5y agoNon-Aligned Movement https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Aligned_Movement Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (1963) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_Nuclear_Test_Ban_Treaty https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_Nuclear_Test_Ban_Tre... Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1968) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferation_of_Nuclear_Weapons https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferat... SALT I / ABMT (1969) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Arms_Limitation_Talks https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Arms_Limitation_Ta...
- sgt101 5y agoIndia has two ballistic missile subs, North Korea has one. The Iranians and Saudis both are within an ace of producing bombs, Pakistan has about 30. Israel about 200. That non proliferation thing isn't going too well.
- ethbr0 5y agoI'd say that's a damn good track record for technology that's been around for almost 80 years. If the 60s had turned into "everyone develops or buys a nuke", we'd be living in a very different world today (if at all).