World War Tweet: The Megaton Thread!

[CountDeMoney]

One clunk only, please.

[Razgovory]

Oh God, we elected Zapp Brannigan.

[Maximus]

Ya think?

[dps]

Raz, are you really just now figuring this out?

[Ed Anger]

One clunk only, please.

I laughed.

[jimmy olsen]

And yeah.

Donald J. Trump ‏@realDonaldTrump

The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes

I liked that one. Got CNN all hot and frothy. Entertains!

Foreign policy via Twitter. Awesome. This ought to cut new ground. Has it been overstated enough that this guy is an idiot.

Starting to turn on his master already?

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2016/12/wait_is_trump_pushing_back_against_putin_over_nuclear_weapons.html

some speculated that Trump's tweet may have been a response to a remark that Putin made in the middle of his annual holiday three-hour press conference—namely, that Russia would bolster its nuclear capability to "penetrate" any enemy's missile-defense system.

This was confirmed Friday morning by Mira Brzezinski, co-host of MSNBC's Morning Joe, who reported that she'd spoken on the phone with Trump a while earlier and that he stood by the tweet. If Putin wants to up his nuclear arsenal, Trump told her, "Let it be an arms race because we will outmatch them at every pass and outlast them all."

[CountDeMoney]

It actually irks him that the Russians may have a few more warheads.  Seriously.

[11B4V]

It actually irks him that the Russians may have a few more warheads.  Seriously.

See the new Russky stealth fighter?

[grumbler]

See the new Russky stealth fighter?

  If you can see it, it isn't very stealthy.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Interesting article on Trump and nuclear weapons, albeit from June.

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/06/2016-donald-trump-nuclear-weapons-missiles-nukes-button-launch-foreign-policy-213955

It's long so I'm not reposting it here, but it's worth a read or at least a skim.

[viper37]

See the new Russky stealth fighter?

  If you can see it, it isn't very stealthy.

it's not a cloaking device.

[FunkMonk]

To get us all in the Trump-nuclear Christmas mood:

http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?&hob_opt=1&casualties=1&ff=50&linked=1&kt=5000&lat=51.499167&lng=-0.124722&hob_psi=5&hob_ft=17519&zm=10

Completely hypothetical, sure, but interesting nonethless. The guy's blog is actually really informative too.

[Syt]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/pakistan-israel-nuclear-warning-fake-news-story-response-islamabad-syria-a7494961.html

Pakistan issues nuclear warning to Israel in response to 'fake news' story

Israeli Ministry of Defence forced to point out initial story 'completely fictitious'

The Defence Minister of Pakistan has issued a reminder to Israel of his country's nuclear capability, in apparent response to a false news story.

Khawaja Muhammad Asif said in a tweet: "Israeli [Defence Minister] threatens nuclear retaliation presuming [Pakistani] role in Syria against Daesh. Israel forgets Pakistan is a Nuclear state too."

Pakistan has remained relatively neutral in the Syrian civil war, though they have placed themselves on the side of the Assad regime, with their Foreign Secretary saying the world's sixth-largest country is "against foreign military intervention in Syria."

But a fake story published on the website AWDnews falsely suggested that Pakistan planned to "send ground troops to Syria as part of an international coalition to fight against Islamic State".

The anonymously-authored story then features an apparently invented quote from former Israeli defence minister Moshe Yaalon, who resigned in May this year, sayig: "If, by misfortune, they arrive in Syria... we will destroy them with a nuclear attack."

It is this story, which also includes a fabricated quote from the Pakistani Foreign Minister, which seemingly prompted Mr Asif's tweet. The Israeli Ministry of Defence replied with a tweet of its own, pointing out the story was "completely fictitious".

Pakistan is one of nine states officially considered to possess nuclear weapons, with its stockpile estimated at around 130 warheads.

Israel, on the other hand, neither confirms nor denies having nuclear weapons. However, it is widely believed to have an unofficial stockpile, with one tally estimating the country has around 80 weapons.

Mr Asif has previously warned he will use his country's nuclear capability to "annihilate" India "if our safety is threatened". He issued that threat in September of this year, during ongoing violence in the disputed Kashmir border region.

Some of the news stories on the AWDnews site are legitimate. Others include "CIA created ISIS", "Foreign minister of Israel revealed that she practised sex with several Arab personalities in order to engage in sex scandals", and a warning from Vladimir Putin that he will "defeat the Illuminati with his bare hands".

"If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some damned silly thing on 4chan."

[The Brain]

My money is on Putin.

[Liep]

We have nothing to fear, thanks Donald!

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