Wildfire_

Changing the game on #nuclear #disarmament. Pushing for a treaty banning nuclear weapons, and not being nice about it.

[Wildfire_ @Wildfire_v]

Or could it be that it's the conventional capabilities that are doing the actual deterring? And the nukes don't really add anything?

"Homeopathic and crystal energy remedies are more effective when supported by conventional antibiotics"

[John Ismay @johnismay]

3:19: "In just the last few days, the Iranian regime launched a reckless attack against civilian neighborhoods in Tel Aviv with cluster bombs, an inherently indiscriminate type of munition" -- Adm. Brad Cooper

(just bookmarking this for the next time the U.S. uses cluster weps.)

[Florian Eblenkamp @FloEblenkamp]

Congrats, @heatherwilly for engaging with the TPNW. We welcome this debate. You argue the #TPNW has failed and we should go back to the "step-by-step" approach of engaging patiently with the P5 under the NPT. Lets consider your arguments 🧵

[Wildfire_ @Wildfire_v]

And yet the US is (apparently) staying in the Conference on Disarmament, a body which has done literally nothing for 30 years. Why??

[William Alberque @walberque]

Wow. Withdrawing from the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats and the UN Conventional Arms Registry harms IS interests at home and abroad. https://t.co/cuClCnzzHR

[Wildfire_ @Wildfire_v]

"From the day it came into possession of these weapons, China has advocated their complete prohibition and thorough destruction."

They found them in a cupboard? Or inherited them from an eccentric uncle? If they advocate their "thorough destruction", why not just do that?

[Pavel Podvig @russianforces]

Apparently, it's the first document of this kind in quite a while (since 2005?)

[Douglas B. Shaw 🌻 @DouglasBShaw]

Large nuclear arsenals available for use in minutes.

[Wildfire_ @Wildfire_v]

I love how this tweet draws together 3 or 4 different strands of idiocy and skewers them with a single barb. Just glorious.

[Kevin Rothrock @MrKevinRothrock]

if north korea had nukes would it be more likely, equally likely, or less likely that a navy seal team would execute some of its fishermen

[Beatrice Fihn @BeaFihn]

We’re launching a small grants scheme for short projects that address the security concerns raised by nuclear deterrence policies. Grants are between 10-35k CHF and we aim to support writings, meetings, content creation, etc. No long applications or complicated reporting!!

[Wildfire_ @Wildfire_v]

Creative legal move from Ukraine: it will "suspend" the operation of the Anti-personnel Mine Ban Convention. Maybe non-nuclear-weapon states should try "suspending" the operation of the #NPT. Would make for a more interesting #NPTRevCon.

[Wildfire_ @Wildfire_v]

#MineBanIM considering (de)universalization this morning. What will the #EU have to say?

[Wildfire_ @Wildfire_v]

#EU values: steadfast, enduring, principled...

...until they're actually tested, and fall apart like a wet paper bag.

Are we wrong to expect better, @Amb_Klement_EU?

#DisposableValues #DoAsWeSayNotAsWeDo

[Wildfire_ @Wildfire_v]

"Exemplarity"?

As in, "France demonstrated its exemplarity in making bizarre self-parody fake news memes, for the amusement/bemusement of #NPT delegates"?

#NPTPrepCom #NPT2025 @FR_Desarmement

[France-Désarmement 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @FR_Desarmement]

Preconceived ideas on nuclear disarmament : a few facts to clarify the matter...#NPT #PrepCom 2025

[Wildfire_ @Wildfire_v]

TFW you go on X to mock the French #NPT delegation and find they have already done it themselves.

Nobody does self-parody like the French. This is a masterpiece.

#NPTPrepCom #NPT2025 @FR_Desarmement

[France-Désarmement 🇫🇷🇪🇺 @FR_Desarmement]

✖ Preconceived ideas on nuclear disarmament: a few facts to clarify the matter... #NPT #PrepCom 2025

[Wildfire_ @Wildfire_v]

#EU values: steadfast, enduring, principled...

...until they're actually tested, and fall apart like a wet paper bag.

Are we wrong to expect better, @Amb_Klement_EU?

#DisposableValues #DoAsWeSayNotAsWeDo

[Wildfire_ @Wildfire_v]

This is a factually incorrect & misleading post from @Lithuanian_MoD. As the defence ministers' statement itself makes clear, the listed countries have *NOT* announced their withdrawal from the treaty. The defence ministers have only recommended withdrawal. @LtGva @LithuaniaMFA

[Lithuanian MOD 🇱🇹 @Lithuanian_MoD]

Lithuania, Poland, Latvia and Estonia have announced their withdrawal from the Ottawa Convention on Anti-Personnel Mines.

[Wildfire_ @Wildfire_v]

Really? Including the #NATO allies that are considering acquiring their own nuclear weapons?

(It would be good to hear NATO categorically rule out this possibility, in line with its “commitment” to the #NPT.)

[Boris Ruge @RugeBoris]

Good exchange with #UN Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu on priorities in arms control, disarmament, and non-proliferation ahead of the Non-Proliferation Treaty PrepCom. #NATO Allies remain committed to the implementation of the #NPT along its three pillars.

[Wildfire_ @Wildfire_v]

Welcome Indonesia, it is good to have you on board. The #TPNW needs your energy and leadership. #3MSP

[Indonesian Mission to the UN @indonesiaunny]

”The TPNW is a call to reform a system that has, for too long, normalized the existence of weapons capable of ending civilization”

The delegation of Indonesia 🇮🇩 participates at the 3rd Meeting of States Parties to the #TPNW (4/3) for the first time as a full member, since ratifying the TPNW in 2024.

[Wildfire_ @Wildfire_v]

@BrunoTertrais Et tu Bruno? This post is kind of emblematic of the way European security analysts have lost their collective minds. Did Germany and Japan "deserve" security guarantees after WW2? Who do you think those security guarantees were for? As Clint famously said...

[Wildfire_ @Wildfire_v]

Surgeon General Recommends Adding Cancer Warning To All Nuclear Bombs https://t.co/M30ZjeL8J5

[Wildfire_ @Wildfire_v]

After 28 straight years of paralysis and zero output, maybe “continuity” is not really what the Conference on Disarmament should be aiming for in 2025.

[Wildfire_ @Wildfire_v]

@russianforces Blinding laser weapons? (CCW protocol IV, 1995)