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On 9/19/2024 12:06 AM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> On 9/18/24 16:51, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 9/18/2024 6:39 AM, quadibloc wrote:
>>> On Wed, 18 Sep 2024 3:46:12 +0000, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>>
>>>>     Then of course we have the imbeciles in charge of the bits
>>>> of the great planet who simply must maintain nuclear deterrence so
>>>> maybe we will be extinct of ourselves before our fossil follies
>>>> do us in.
>>>
>>> Although I agree with much of what you have written, the phrasing of
>>> this does not sound right to me.
>>>
>>> It implies that it would be a good thing if Joseph Robinette Biden
>>> decided to stop being imbecilic, and unilaterally abolished the
>>> nuclear capabilities of the United States of America.
>>>
>>> When, of course, it is obvious that the result of doing so would be
>>> to bring into existence a world utterly dominated by the cruel
>>> tyrants Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping.
>>>
>>> The problem is their fault. The problem is that evil dictators have
>>> their hands on nuclear weapons, which keeps the world in a dangerous
>>> situation.
>>>
>>> We are stuck in an unpleasant situation that is not of our making, and
>>> we are trying to make the best we can of it; to survive and remain
>>> free.
>>>
>>> John Savard
>>
>> At least ten countries have nuclear weapons: USA, Russia, China, 
>> United Kingdom, France, Germany, India, Pakistan, Israel, Turkey.
>>
>> Several other countries are rumored to have nuclear weapons: Taiwan, 
>> South Africa, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Poland, North Korea, Cuba, etc.
>>
>> Lynn
>>
> 
> Israel is presumed to have Nuclear weapons. North Korea definitely has 
> them. Iran is trying to get theirs built but Western nations and 
> Israelis seem to be interfering with that objective.
> 
>      I doubt Cuba is wasting it time and money on nuclear weapons
> as they seem unaggressive except on the PR front as they send doctors
> and other medical personnel to African nations at times.

Cuba has one half-built nuclear reactor, unfinished for more than 20
years. I've never  heard even a hint of a weapons program, nor of
their having weapons since the Cuba Crisis.

pt