Kremlin Says Another World War Impossible At This Moment

Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov © AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin 

 TASS: Another world war impossible at this moment, Kremlin spokesman believes 

According to Dmitry Peskov, it is difficult to overestimate the importance of nuclear parity because it is a mechanism that "stabilizes the entire system of international relations" 

MOSCOW, July 1. /TASS/. A major war is currently impossible because of the nuclear parity, Kremlins spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview Thursday, answering a question on a potential world war with the use of nuclear weapons. 

"Can a war happen? Putin said it clearly [during the Direct Line] that this is unlikely. We are being safeguarded by the nuclear parity," Peskov said. 

According to Peskov, it is difficult to overestimate the importance of nuclear parity because it is a mechanism that "stabilizes the entire system of international relations." 

"Attempts to disrupt this parity are being made constantly, and Russia took a number of measures to safeguard the entire system of nuclear parity," Peskov said.  

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Update: Nuclear Weapons Make World War 'Impossible,' Kremlin Spokesperson Says (Newsweek)  

WNU Editor: Never say never.

Could An Artificial-Intelligence Arms Race Lead To A World War?

Roger Boyles, The Australian/The Times: Artificial-intelligence arms race could lead to world war 

You can get a copy of General Sir Richard Shirreff’s 2017 War with Russia for about $5.70 online and I am sure you can still grab a discounted 2020 World of War by two defence buffs. For a decade or more this period has been tipped as the time when all the buzzing global tensions would reach a Wagnerian climax. Instead we ended up catching COVID-19 and stayed at home. 

There is, however, a chance that 2021 could be the year: artificial intelligence is feeding into military calculations and changing the nature of risk. Back in 2018 a group of strategic thinkers from China, Russia, the US and Britain came together in London to play a tabletop war game to assess the impact of AI on nuclear stability. The assumption: in June 2021 reports reached world capitals that suggested we were hurtling towards a nuclear war. 

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WNU Editor: SkyNet is smiling. 

Update: Even the RAND Corporation is warning about AI and world war .... A.I. could lead to a nuclear war by 2040, think tank warns (CNBC).