The government emergency alert signal exercise broadcast on 7th September apparently hit some problems. At least the UK knew it was an exercise unlike the residents of Hawaii where in 2018 an emergency alert was accidentality broadcast leaving residents there believing, for thirty eight minutes, that a nuclear attack was imminent.
As Percy Bysshe Shelly noted in 1819 in the Masque of Anarchy, we are many, they are few. So how long are we, the majority, going to put up with this madness?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15074535/emergency-alert-phones-LATE.html
Speaking of madness, here’s a German politician who wants to get his hands on nuclear weapons.
‘Germany should have access to French and British nuclear weapons, senior lawmaker Jens Spahn has said. In return, Berlin could work with Paris and London to modernise their arsenals, he told the newspaper FAZ.
Spahn, who leads the joint CDU/CSU parliamentary group, has emerged as a strong proponent of an EU-level nuclear weapons system.
“We… need an ability to deter at the European level… together with the French and the British,” he said arguing that US nuclear arms in Europe are no longer sufficient.
The MP, a former federal health minister, said debate on the issue “will only happen if Germany pushes it forward.” He suggested that London and Paris could keep most control over their nuclear arsenals, while Berlin could take part in a modernisation program.
In July, Spahn also spoke about the need “to talk about German or European [access] to the nuclear arsenals of France and Great Britain” in light of what he called the “threat” coming from Russia. Nations without nuclear deterrence will “become pawns in global politics,” he argued.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi has warned that Berlin could develop its own nuclear bomb within months if it chose to.
Spahn’s remarks come as Berlin has taken a more hardline stance towards Russia under Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who pledged an additional €5 billion ($5.6 billion) in military aid to Ukraine after taking office in May.
Last month, he claimed that Germany was “already in a conflict” with Russia and accused President Vladimir Putin of “destabilizing large parts of our country.”’