This Day in Alaska History-December 27th, 1909
Rehearsal for ‘Armageddon’ Underway as NATO and Russia Hold Nuclear Exercises
“All nuclear exercises imply willingness to mass murder civilians, wipe out entire cities, and risk all-out nuclear war,” said ICAN. “They also risk accidents and escalation, and will legitimize Russia’s dangerous nuclear rhetoric.” As NATO on Monday began its annual rehearsal for nuclear war in Europe and Russia prepared to conduct its own nuclear drill amid […]
This Day in Alaska History-August 23rd, 1914
NATO to Boost Ranks of High-Readiness Forces by 650% to Over 300,000
Anti-war campaigners responded that “this is not the path to peace and will not make the world safer.” The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization announced Monday that the military alliance will dramatically increase the ranks of its high-readiness forces from 40,000 at present to “well over 300,000″—a 650% boost—as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rages […]