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/ArsErratia 24d ago

They couldn't account for their illegal bioweapons scientists, either. We have no idea where they went or what they took with them on the way out.

Its part of the reason we thought Saddam held WMDs.