Putin withdraws Russia's ratification of global nuclear test ban
treaty

Summary

Putin revokes Russian nuclear treaty ratification
Moscow says move brings it into line with the U.S.
Treaty organisation calls move 'deeply regrettable'
Russia says it will still abide by treaty
Western experts fear Moscow is inching towards a test

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-revokes-russias-ratification-nuclear-test-ban-treaty-2023-11-02/

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On Thu, 02 Nov 2023 10:27:23 -0500, JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

Putin withdraws Russia's ratification of global nuclear test ban
treaty

Russia Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile

Russia said Sunday it had successfully test-launched an
intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear
warheads from one of its submarines.

The launch of the "Bulava" missile, the first in just over a year,
comes as Russia ramps up nuclear rhetoric since revoking its
ratification of a key nuclear test ban treaty.

"The new nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine cruiser Emperor
Alexander the Third has successfully launched the Bulava sea-based intercontinental ballistic missile," the Defense Ministry said.

It said it fired the under-sea missile from an undisclosed location in
the White Sea on its northwest coast, to a target thousands of
kilometers away on the far eastern Kamchatka peninsula.

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/11/05/russia-test-fires-nuclear-capable-ballistic-missile-a83004

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On 2023-11-05, JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

On Thu, 02 Nov 2023 10:27:23 -0500, JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

Putin withdraws Russia's ratification of global nuclear test ban
treaty

Russia Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Ballistic Missile

Just checking: last I heard, Russia invaded Ukraine to remove Nazis and anti-semites. How's that going?

The story about Russian soldiers shooting their own fleeing troops makes
me think Russia is running out of "recruits" and the war is not going in
their favor; all the West has to do is outlast Putin until the whole
thing collapses.

But given flagging support in the USA and the EU, I wonder if the West
will indeed outlast Putin.

Ask yourself, 'What would Ronald Reagan do?" Then look at the load of
losers we have in Congress now. Weep.

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On Sun, 5 Nov 2023 23:18:35 -0000 (UTC)
Retrograde <[email protected]d> wrote:

Ask yourself, 'What would Ronald Reagan do?"

Fire a bunch of strikers? Attempt to take down another country's
government with money gained from selling arms to Islamic
fundamentalists? Give tax breaks to the wealthy?

I don't know. I'm just getting started...

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On Sun, 5 Nov 2023 18:08:55 -0800, Visiblink <[email protected]d>
wrote:

'What would Ronald Reagan do?"

....I'm just getting started...

I suspect his staffers were suggesting/scripting his show.

Ronnie did do this:

The Beach Boys vs. James Watt: How 'America's Band' was banned from
the National Mall on July 4
...
...
After both President Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan announced they
were fans of the Beach Boys, the president awarded Watts a plaster
foot with a hole in it, as Watt had metaphorically shot himself in the
foot, according to the U.S. House of Representatives History, Art and
Archives.

https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/entertainment/music/how-rock-music-was-banned-then-brought-back-to-the-national-mall-the-beach-boys-james-watt-ronald-reagan/77-439ad6a5-1266-4529-8915-e15f6910ee7a

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