Good detail in that article. With regard to plutonium, Sweden had a plutonium breeding reactor disguised as a civilian power plant called Ågestaverket. I think that Ukraine would be able to use an existing reactor for this, or retrofit it. But yeah, any Ukrainian nuclear program would obviously become a huge target by the Russian military, and potentially other nuclear states. Ideally these installations would be underground like Ågestaverket was. Even more ideal would be military guarantees from NATO.
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or just let them join nato instead of proliferating?
It would take them only a few months. Ukraine is filled with Soviet nuclear technology and Soviet nuclear engineers. They have nuclear reactors. Ukraine is richer than North Korea, and they have their own uranium mines. North Korea spent a couple billion on their nukes, but Ukraine's military budget is $82B a year, so they could easily surpass North Korea.
Geopolitics experts agree that Ukraine could build a nuke if they wanted to. The issue is that the west definitely would not want to see a world where countries threatened by Russia turn to nuclear proliferation.
Here's a video from a Danish military analyst talking about the decisions that have to be made on how to secure Ukraine after the war:
It's important to note, Ukraine is willing to freeze the front line now in return for security guarantees. But If the US or the EU don't step up to end the war soon, Ukrainian nuclear engineers will.
He's clearly unrepentant. His behavior during the trial shows that.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/06/politics/merchan-trump-gag-order-contempt/index.html
don't criticize fellow opposition members.
This was the policy in Hong Kong.
Unionize now, and then we're organized and ready for January
Time for the states to pass the climate legislation that Biden and Trump won't.
He's a clown. He can't decide for himself on abortion and is scared to be pushed on it. States shouldn't listen to anything he says about abortion.
It's possible to sample the overall vote count of a state from a small number of ballots in every precinct. There's a high margin of error, but if the results are decisive enough, it's possible to call a date at 2% official count.
Not sure if it's allowed in the US, but if you can get data from counting locations before they're officially reported, then it's very easy to get an accurate sample well before the official numbers are clear. Exit polls help with analysis as well.
Video about the math behind it:
You said that western europe is pro democracy and eastern europe is pro Russia, which is an idea that I thought missed out on the historical context.
Criminals should still be shown compassion. Eye for an eye makes the world blind.
game mechanics aren't patentable?