CND Press Digest: Tuesday 24th January 2023

Posted: 27th January 2023

Doomsday Clock

  • The new time of the Doomsday Clock is being unveiled today. Watch live from 3pm UK time.

War in Ukraine / NATO

  • The Daily Star: Nuclear disaster fears over ‘disastrous chain of events’ that may take place in Ukraine.
  • From Modern Diplomacy - Putin’s Crimes Against Peace in Ukraine: “Friction”-Based Risks of Nuclear Conflict.

AUKUS

  • Australia’s defence and foreign ministers will meet their French counterparts next week for 2 + 2 meetings aimed at smoothing a relationship soured after Canberra joined the AUKUS pact. Paris was initially in-line to supply diesel-powered subs to the Australian Navy before the contract was torn up in favour of AUKUS.
  • Australia also opinion from an anonymous author calling for India to abandon its no first use nuclear policy in favour of a “have nukes, will use” rhetoric – and insists they are not being jingoistic.

Space

  • NASA is funding a nuclear rocket that can send people to Mars within 45 days.
  • A study suggests nuclear bombs could be used to prevent asteroids from crashing into earth by pushing them off course.

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