Germany to reach out to France and UK over sharing of nuclear weapons
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Which UK party are you referring to when you say "liberals"?
Labour, Tories.
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Labour, Tories.
And I assume that "far right" is UKIP? So you're saying that UKIP is neck-and-neck with Labour and Conservatives combined?
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Considering WW2 and nazis getting 20% in the last election, we Germans shouldn't get our own nukes. It's fine if we get shared ones from our defense partners, but the moment the nazis take over again, the nukes should be gone or deactivated.
The nazis would not have 20% if we have nuclear weapons. Putin uses cyber war to threatening and scaring the German population. The Germans are scared of being one of Putins target. This anxiety would not be there if we had these weapons. Putin knows he cannot use his nuclear weapons against countries which also own nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, the German population is not really the brightest on earth, because they fell into Putins narrative.
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Having Nuclear weapons is making your country (and it's cities) a target in case of a nuclear war. It can act as a deterrence yes, but it is an all in move.
Oh and better not to give Germany nuclear weapons, you guys learned what they did in the past when they had a little more power than normal.
Looking at the US and Israel I feel like this is a general issue with power tripping people. But looking at our current political climate.. I have to agree with you: better keep them away from us
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And I assume that "far right" is UKIP? So you're saying that UKIP is neck-and-neck with Labour and Conservatives combined?
Single mandate voting districts produce very unpredictable results when thereâs a tie this close. Add few more percent to anyone and things can flip immediately. You might not even need to because polling has become increasingly unreliable when it comes to far right. Some say this is Russian influence but Iâm worried that we are simply out of touch with reality.
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Single mandate voting districts produce very unpredictable results when thereâs a tie this close. Add few more percent to anyone and things can flip immediately. You might not even need to because polling has become increasingly unreliable when it comes to far right. Some say this is Russian influence but Iâm worried that we are simply out of touch with reality.
Right, but I'm just trying to get a feel for how big UKIP support is at the moment - but this sounds like it's at the level of either Labour or the Conservatives (and presumably Labour, which I think is still far larger than the Convervatives?), right?
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Having Nuclear weapons is making your country (and it's cities) a target in case of a nuclear war. It can act as a deterrence yes, but it is an all in move.
Oh and better not to give Germany nuclear weapons, you guys learned what they did in the past when they had a little more power than normal.
Not having nuclear weapons makes your country a target before the nuclear war. Also even the Afd would be unlikely to launch nukes for the same reason Putin hasn't, it's a suicide pact.
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The nazis would not have 20% if we have nuclear weapons. Putin uses cyber war to threatening and scaring the German population. The Germans are scared of being one of Putins target. This anxiety would not be there if we had these weapons. Putin knows he cannot use his nuclear weapons against countries which also own nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, the German population is not really the brightest on earth, because they fell into Putins narrative.
Putin's internet-based propaganda runs in most Western countries, no matter whether they have a nuclear arsenal or not. They were/are very successful in the US, the country with the largest nuclear arsenal of them all.
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Right, but I'm just trying to get a feel for how big UKIP support is at the moment - but this sounds like it's at the level of either Labour or the Conservatives (and presumably Labour, which I think is still far larger than the Convervatives?), right?
Itâs pretty alarming (Reform is mostly ex-UKIP people):
https://bsky.app/profile/europeelects.bsky.social/post/3ljvdnhsfnk2d
https://bsky.app/profile/europeelects.bsky.social/post/3ljnuuefi2y2k
https://bsky.app/profile/europeelects.bsky.social/post/3ljlmhqdjnh2y
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Considering WW2 and nazis getting 20% in the last election, we Germans shouldn't get our own nukes. It's fine if we get shared ones from our defense partners, but the moment the nazis take over again, the nukes should be gone or deactivated.
As if it had anything to do with nationality per se. The truth is that people in general just suck, and those who see themselves as exceptional and who seek power at any cost tend to suck the most.
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Le Pen has already said, that she does not support French nuclear sharing with Germany. So really the only real option for Germany to get relibale nukes is to not share them, but own them.
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And I assume that "far right" is UKIP? So you're saying that UKIP is neck-and-neck with Labour and Conservatives combined?
Farrage won nearly half of the tory vote. Heâs only growing in polling.
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Having Nuclear weapons is making your country (and it's cities) a target in case of a nuclear war. It can act as a deterrence yes, but it is an all in move.
Oh and better not to give Germany nuclear weapons, you guys learned what they did in the past when they had a little more power than normal.
In case of a nuclear war everyone is a target.
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The nazis would not have 20% if we have nuclear weapons. Putin uses cyber war to threatening and scaring the German population. The Germans are scared of being one of Putins target. This anxiety would not be there if we had these weapons. Putin knows he cannot use his nuclear weapons against countries which also own nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, the German population is not really the brightest on earth, because they fell into Putins narrative.
It's a hot take the nazis are so successful again out of fear of putin. Living in Germany, I don't get the impression Putin scares anyone here at all. We're worried about our nation friends who share a border with russia and belarus and that's the full extend of Putins influence on our emotions.
I think the nazis reached 20% because they are actually nazis. They offer stupid poppulist impossible solutions for common or often entirely perceived as common problems. They managed to unite a big base using social media, making it okay to come out as a nazi again, which before would have got you shunned or even beaten up. Now, all that happens is a few left protesters, who will get beaten by the police, confirming it's now better to be a nazi.
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It's a hot take the nazis are so successful again out of fear of putin. Living in Germany, I don't get the impression Putin scares anyone here at all. We're worried about our nation friends who share a border with russia and belarus and that's the full extend of Putins influence on our emotions.
I think the nazis reached 20% because they are actually nazis. They offer stupid poppulist impossible solutions for common or often entirely perceived as common problems. They managed to unite a big base using social media, making it okay to come out as a nazi again, which before would have got you shunned or even beaten up. Now, all that happens is a few left protesters, who will get beaten by the police, confirming it's now better to be a nazi.
Living in Germany, I don't get the impression Putin scares anyone here at all.
That is clearly wrong to be honest.
"Ich habe groĂe Angst vor einem Krieg!" Das antworten 39 Prozent der Befragten des ZDF-Politbarometers im November 2023 auf die Frage, ob sie in Sorge sind vor einem militĂ€rischen Konflikt in Europa mit Beteiligung der Bundeswehr. Jeder zwölfte Befragte empfindet sogar "sehr groĂe Sorge".
Russlands Angriffskrieg in der Ukraine macht vielen Millionen Menschen in Deutschland Angst vor einem Dritten Weltkrieg. Wie eine Forsa-Umfrage vom Montag im Auftrag von RTL und ntv ergab, befĂŒrchten 69 Prozent sogar, dass die Nato in den Konflikt hineingezogen wird, weil der russische PrĂ€sident Wladimir Putin ein Mitglied des westlichen VerteidigungsbĂŒndnisses angreifen könnte
In einer Umfrage des Markt- und Sozialforschungsinstitut INSA im Auftrag der Bild, gaben 46 Prozent der Befragten an, dass ihnen ein möglicher Russland-Angriff auf Deutschland Sorgen mache. Dabei schĂ€tzten Linken-WĂ€hler und CDU-WĂ€hler die Kriegsgefahr höher ein als Sympathisanten der neu gegrĂŒndeten Wagenknecht-Partei und der AfD.
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That's still a problem at least in the medium term, because the US control the supply of spare parts for the missiles.
(I won't mention the possibility of a remote kill switch, because having that on an SLBM would render it useless by design, I hope the UK ruled that out when buying Trident)
Would a remote killswitch for something aboard a submarine even be technically feasible? Radio waves don't travel through water very well
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Should France and the UK share their nuclear weapons with the rest of Europe?
How does this pen out? If those weapons are meant to be used defencively, they have to be second-strike weapons.
This means that Germany needs nuclear submarines because everything else could be hit by Russian nuclear bombs in the assumed Russian attack.
Preparing nuclear weapons on fighter jets only helps to make Germany a target.
France and UK rightfully ask for support for their nuclear weapons program but there is no need to be further involved than financing it.
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Would a remote killswitch for something aboard a submarine even be technically feasible? Radio waves don't travel through water very well
The missiles have to travel through the air and even space eventually, after launch.
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In case of a nuclear war everyone is a target.
This is not how it works. For example as it is, German cities in a case of war with Russia are not targets, because Germany has not nuclear weapons (like Ukraine, but Ukraine is not a Nato member, so no protection with nuclear weapons from Artikel 5).
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Not having nuclear weapons makes your country a target before the nuclear war. Also even the Afd would be unlikely to launch nukes for the same reason Putin hasn't, it's a suicide pact.
Is that the reason Nato exists? In case of an invasion from Russia, countries with nuclear weapons will involved..
So what the need of nukes exactly? Don't fuel WW3 guys. Relax with the fucking arms race again.
