Submitted by aaaronbrown t3_z6y24y in worldnews
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ChadRezzarTTV t1_iy3o0yh wrote
Nobody is going to give up their nuclear weapons, especially now that Ukraine has demonstrated the consequences of doing so.
ben_howler t1_iy3qjaz wrote
What's in it for the Swiss?
JustASimpleNPC t1_iy3r20f wrote
The only countries that would agree to a nuclear weapons ban are the countries that don't have them.
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notlazarus1010 t1_iy3siao wrote
The best defense is a good offense.
TheEnviious t1_iy3suwv wrote
CH is Switzerland. CN is China.
SuperGenius98K t1_iy3u22y wrote
Return the Nazi gold first.
Dambo_Unchained t1_iy3wobj wrote
So a country that has no nukes did not sign a treaty calling for the disarming of nukes
What’s the news here? Dude with no car pays no road tax?
__The__Anomaly__ t1_iy3xsd8 wrote
Switzerland doesn't even have nuclear weapons to renounce
KingHershberg t1_iy4321k wrote
Ukraine had neither the infrastructure nor the money to maintain and/or use nukes
bofpisrebof t1_iy43eey wrote
Lot of good that did to ukraine
bdigital1796 t1_iy43qh2 wrote
whyreadthis2035 t1_iy44d4g wrote
I know things are going wrong everywhere. Hey! Look at Switzerland!
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salamieyeballs t1_iy458cz wrote
Didn't stop Russia.
OrganizationSame3212 t1_iy48vsy wrote
My thougt exactly..
TryEfficient7710 t1_iy4b7ob wrote
> The only countries that would agree to a nuclear weapons ban are the countries that don't have them.
And South Africa.
Initial_Cellist9240 t1_iy4c5wz wrote
Not really. You’re right they didn’t have the launch codes, but they had the material.
Nukes are easy, the hard expensive part is refining all the material. Once you have the material it’s literally just some regular high explosive, in some special shapes that are relatively well understood, and detonation timing. Even without being able to reverse engineer the existing devices, any country with a functional economy would have the resources to figure it out.
There’s a reason we judge countries nuclear pursuits based on enrichment amounts, it’s the only part that matters.
Sensitive_Disk_3111 t1_iy4ch8c wrote
Ukraine certainly had the infrastructure, and I’m sure they’d find the money, if anyone could even imagine the consequences we are witnessing.
sanmigmike t1_iy4lb8w wrote
Don’t forget the cheese!
Obvious_Cranberry607 t1_iy4qw4m wrote
CERN isn't a nuclear weapon.
Mr-Bane-Vader t1_iy4tzcy wrote
It's totally safe to forgo nuclear weapons. Ukraine gave up their nukes and they are mostly fine!
NigelLeisure t1_iy4u8hq wrote
Even North Korea somehow found the money.
BroForceOne t1_iy4y05s wrote
On the contrary, Switzerland should have all the nukes.
Lortep t1_iy5128j wrote
Yeah, by starving their citizens.
baryluk t1_iy51ti4 wrote
They had a nuclear program in 50s. But it was too costly, and it was planed to use bombers. But after development of ballistic missiles by usa and soviets, it didn't make any sense anymore. So it was scraped.
There is no point signing this, until US and Russia sign it.
Akul_Tesla t1_iy562aj wrote
I thought I heard Ukraine also had them at one point and agreed to give them up
onilank t1_iy56wqm wrote
Yes, at the fall of the USSR, russia even guaranteed to Ukraine they'd never attack them if they gave up the nukes.
waldothefrendo t1_iy5a1hi wrote
Which they did according to the treaty of Washington in 1946
waldothefrendo t1_iy5a4lt wrote
You seem high and mighty for someone that doesn't have his facts straight
TryEfficient7710 t1_iy5cpev wrote
Let that be a lesson to li'l Kim and family.
Iz-kan-reddit t1_iy5h5ol wrote
>There is no point signing this, until US and Russia sign it.
There's also no point in even bringing it up, other than pointing out the Swiss are being hypocritical fucks.
TrainingRecipe4936 t1_iy5km05 wrote
Calling attention to another country’s hypocrisy isn’t high and mighty, numbnuts.
bombayblue t1_iy5lyut wrote
Maybe Switzerland could focus on allowing other countries to export arms to Ukraine and not pretend like it’s World War II anymore.
rocco1986 t1_iy5n4u8 wrote
And the chocolate!
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ds2isthebestone t1_iy5umkp wrote
How is that hypocritical ? Do you even now what this term stands for ?
waldothefrendo t1_iy70jbz wrote
If they were pretending it was WWII, everybody would get guns. But not only Ukraine, so better nobody gets them for now
william-lima t1_iy7ad1o wrote
US: hurry up! Is time to send democracy to Switzerland now!!!
BIGBALLZZZZZZZZ t1_iy88ub9 wrote
Well, it worked for Ukraine.
Ok-Pen5460 t1_iy3mx8v wrote
Lol yeah I doubt that's gonna happen