China, Russia, the UK, the United States and France have agreed that a further spread of nuclear arms and a nuclear war should be avoided.
According to a joint statement released on Tuesday morning (AEDT), the five countries – the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council – said they considered it their primary responsibility to avoid war between the nuclear states and to reduce strategic risks, while aiming to work to create an atmosphere of security.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. The five countries making up the UN Security Council – all nuclear powers – say a nuclear war must never be fought. Credit:AP
“We declare there could be no winners in a nuclear war, it should never be started,” the Russian-language version of the statement read.
An English-language version was released by the White House.
jpagebjj on January 3rd, 2022 at 18:45 UTC »
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Catanians on January 3rd, 2022 at 17:24 UTC »
I can't remember what class I was in in school. But my prof ended up going on a rant about being in German intelligence during the cold War, after running thousands upon thousands of nuclear war simulations each one came to the same conclusion. Everyone dies.
CosmoTiger on January 3rd, 2022 at 14:25 UTC »
“A strange game. The only winning move is not to play”