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China urges largest nuclear states to negotiate a 'no-first-use' treaty (www.reuters.com)

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"Nuclear-weapon states should negotiate and conclude a treaty on no-first-use of nuclear weapons against each other or make a political statement in this regard," Sun said.

China and India are currently the only two nuclear powers to formally maintain a no first use policy. Russia and the United States have the world's biggest nuclear arsenals.

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[–] Umbrias@beehaw.org 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Radioactive contamination is basically a non concern. Potential massive climatic effects and logistics collapse on the other hand, are.

[–] Zellith@kbin.social 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yes, France has enough nukes to cause a nuclear winter several times over. And yes, while radioactivity levels drop rapidly, I meant it in the context of "every single piece of land is nuked and turned into a radioactive wasteland where you wouldnt want to be. Which is a concern because who wants to glow in the dark, right?".

Not sure France has enough nukes to literally hit every square inch of the planet in one go.