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Israel launches ground offensive into southern Lebanon (www.aljazeera.com)

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[-] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 56 points 2 weeks ago

So it's actually happening...

[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 weeks ago

I am so so so expecting a nuclear exchange in or around the middle east witin 12 months - possibly after a "dirty nuke" attempt somewhere.

I am clutching at straws to even excuse this out of my top 3 worst case black swans.

only positive news is that nuclear winter will sure fix up that global warming thing real good.

[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 34 points 2 weeks ago

There won't be an exchange; only Israel has nukes; it'll just be genocide in a different location

[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

more than a few actors may (likely?) have very low yield devices. only takes a few to panic people and governments into stupid actions.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 5 points 2 weeks ago

I mean Iran doesn't have nuclear weapons but they do have a nuclear program and it's very easy to go from there to nukes. Correct me if I'm wrong but AFAIK the principle behind nukes is pretty simple and it's modern geopolitics that makes them hard to get.

[-] Ageroth@reddthat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Simple and easy are not the same thing. Sure, enriching uranium is simple, you just centrifuge it so that the heavier, less stable isotopes separate from the bulk. Simple.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zippe-type_centrifuge

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think the concern is that some group will launch a dirty bomb at Israel, Israel will retaliate with nukes, and then the best case scenario is 'only' thousands dying. Oh, and did I mention that a dirty bomb can make a pretty large area uninhabitable for decades?