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Zelensky's doomsday nuke option: How Ukraine could go nuclear on Putin and has enough plutonium to make HUNDREDS of nuclear warheads powerful enough to destroy Russian military bases
The Daily Mail ^ | 14 Nov 2024 | OLIVIA CHRISTIE

Posted on 11/14/2024 9:21:29 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

Ukraine has enough plutonium to construct hundreds of nuclear warheads for rudimentary bombs akin to the first atomic weapons dropped on Japan by the US in 1945, a new report has revealed.

A briefing paper prepared for Ukraine's Defence Ministry said Kyiv could develop small dirty bombs within months if Donald Trump pulls US military aid.

Despite giving up its nuclear arsenal in 1996, Kyiv is still in control of nine operational reactors and has significant expertise on how to build the weapons.

Ukraine does not have the time or resources to run the facilities required to enrich uranium needed for high-yield nuclear weapons amid the ongoing war.

But Oleksii Yizhak, head of department at Ukraine's National Institute for Strategic Studies and author of the paper, said Kyiv could extract plutonium from its spent fuel rods at nuclear power plants to create a significant arsenal of dirty warheads.

'The amount of material is sufficient for hundreds of warheads with a tactical yield of several kilotons,' Yizhak concluded.

'That would be enough to destroy an entire Russian airbase or concentrated military, industrial or logistics installations.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Ukraine
KEYWORDS: barfmaximus; beggarofkiev; bs; doomsdayforzestinky; escalation; ifwehadeggs; ifwehadham; napoleoncomplex; oliviachristie; plutonium; potatomaximus; shortbusmaximus; spudmaximus; tothelastukrainian; ukraine; zeepbert; zestinky; zuppity
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1 posted on 11/14/2024 9:21:29 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Oh, yeah, I totally believe this.

Not.


2 posted on 11/14/2024 9:24:01 PM PST by Nervous Tick ("First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people...": ISLAM is the problem!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

This is stupid.

If the claim has any merit, I fully expect an analog of Sum of All Fears, not a suicide pact to ensure their own destruction.


3 posted on 11/14/2024 9:25:28 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Little Rocket Man II.

Short Stuff is fixin to be vaporized.

4 posted on 11/14/2024 9:25:48 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: MinorityRepublican

That would be suicide.

But I don’t put it past the western Globalists.

It might be their final act before their populations finally rise up against elitist rule.


5 posted on 11/14/2024 9:26:07 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast
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To: MinorityRepublican

If he can make and use them, we can get rid of two pests at the same time.


6 posted on 11/14/2024 9:32:26 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Trump has already neutered Zalinsky and put a tracking shock collar on him !
As soon as he is sworn in he’s going to send Zelinsky a promissory note to sigh.


7 posted on 11/14/2024 9:35:28 PM PST by cquiggy (Ck)
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To: MinorityRepublican

That would be the dumbest thing he could ever do.


8 posted on 11/14/2024 9:38:36 PM PST by roving (Deplorable MAGA Garbage )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Ukraine is a construct. Not long ago it was part of the USSR. It will never again include Crimea or most land East of the Dnieper. It sucks that Biden, Nuland, Obama and McCain f’ed everything up over there, but it’s done and now it’s time for the grownups to end this madness.


9 posted on 11/14/2024 9:40:33 PM PST by montag813
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To: cquiggy

Trump is cutting off Zelensky’s allowance.


10 posted on 11/14/2024 9:47:04 PM PST by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zwei !)
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To: MinorityRepublican; aMorePerfectUnion; kiryandil; bimboeruption; JonPreston

I’ll just leave this little 21-second clip here: (I hope it directs to the right one.)

https://x.com/twintowercity/status/1857168215774023840?s=46


11 posted on 11/14/2024 9:48:26 PM PST by Allegra (Deplorable garbage)
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To: montag813

Eastern Ukraine voted overwhelmingly nine years ago to rejoin Russia.

Those who are supporting Zelensky are election deniers subverting the will of the people.

And just look at those usual suspects...


12 posted on 11/14/2024 9:49:59 PM PST by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zwei they did !)
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To: MinorityRepublican

“ Despite giving up its nuclear arsenal in 1996”

And Russia, under Putin, US and UK promised to protect Ukraine in return.

We see what Putin’s promises are worth. Same as any commie.


13 posted on 11/14/2024 9:50:26 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

And what of our promises not to let Ukraine into Nato : Biden poked the Bear and the Ukraine war was the result.


14 posted on 11/14/2024 10:00:38 PM PST by aklurker
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To: MinorityRepublican

This war is done as Trump is not going to allow it to continue.


15 posted on 11/14/2024 10:03:43 PM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Silly. You could have all manner of plutonium and not be able to construct a warhead. The Ukranians could make fizzles, but not a functioning “boom” warhead. And I seriously doubt they have any, anyway. When the nukes were removed from Ukraine, there is no doubt whatsoever that extensive accounting for the amounts that would have been there occurred.


16 posted on 11/14/2024 10:06:13 PM PST by Attention Surplus Disorder (The Democrat breadlines will be gluten-free. )
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To: DarthVader; MinorityRepublican

Glory to God for all things!


17 posted on 11/14/2024 10:07:01 PM PST by lightman (Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zwei they did !)
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To: MinorityRepublican
A briefing paper prepared for Ukraine's Defence Ministry said Kyiv could develop small dirty bombs within months if Donald Trump pulls US military aid.

Another empty threat by EU/Zelensky/neocons/Democrats/Zeepers.

I hate to shatter your dreams of nuclear holocaust, but Trump will ignore it.

18 posted on 11/14/2024 10:23:26 PM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: MinorityRepublican

I’ve been wondering what is currently going on in the Russia/Ukraine war.

I’m a massive fan of the English Premier League and European football in general. As football/soccer fans know, The Champions League has been taking place intermittently for several weeks. The Ukrainian clubs Dynamo Kiev and Shakhtar Donetsk have been participating. As I type this, I’m watching a rerun of Shakhtar Donetsk taking on a Swiss club .

Donetsk is playing at home. The stadium isn’t full, but it seems like a normal game. There is a sizable Swiss contingent in Donetsk to support their club.

I just find it kind of strange that they are playing an international soccer game in a supposed war zone. This isn’t the first game which has been played in Kiev or Donetsk. Ukraine doesn’t seem like a war zone. I just find it strange.

Go Liverpool!! Top of the Premier League Standings and #1 in the Champions League. My second favorite team Borussia Dortmund aren’t doing as well in the German Bundesliga.


19 posted on 11/14/2024 10:27:21 PM PST by CrimsonTidegirl (Demonrats aren’t Americans. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Oh, good God!! Why does a “newspaper” publish nonsense like this??

Yeah, for hits, etc.

The DM does the USA articles the MSM won’t touch or even hides - but stuff like this puts their credibility in the toilet.


20 posted on 11/14/2024 10:29:59 PM PST by citizen (Political incrementalism is like compound interest for liberals - every little bit adds up.)
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