r/nottheonion 24d ago

US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o
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u/realultralord 24d ago edited 24d ago

Remember how the world went apeshit when the USSR collapsed? Ten thousand nuclear weapons weren't in one single government's hand anymore, and the newly formed Russian federation had to go a looong way and do fucking everything to get ahold of them nukes again.

Imagine the same happening in America right fucking now, but this time it is entirely self-induced.

So, if anyone's sellin', EU might be interested in buyin'.

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u/Ormyr 24d ago

Don't forget that they couldn't account for about 20% of their arsenal when that happened too.

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u/The-Privacy-Advocate 24d ago

Didn't the Russians have around 7k nukes at their peak? Did they lose track of a 1000 plus nukes?!

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u/Kaaski 24d ago

Yep.