Kristensen disputes the likelihood and necessity of nuclear use
Hans KristensenNuclear Information Project director
Kristensen regards nuclear use as highly unlikely and describes conventional alternatives.
“That is highly unlikely”
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Tucker Carlson says the Trump administration may be days from a nuclear strike on Iran; the White House says he has no insight into military planning
Tucker Carlson wrote on X that, under pressure from Benjamin Netanyahu, the Trump administration may be within days of a nuclear strike on Iran's Pickax Mountain. A White House official said Carlson has no insight into military planning.
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Report by The War Zone (TWZ), a defense news site, on Carlson's post. It quotes a statement a White House official gave TWZ on the afternoon of Nov. 2, Trump's earlier remarks on nuclear weapons and Iran, and interviews with nuclear policy experts.
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Published Nov. 2, U.S. Eastern.
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Interview time unspecified.
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Kristensen disputes likelihood and a claimed military necessity.
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