"In characteristic hyperbole, Hitler once wrote that the collapse of the Aryans would see the light of civilization extinguished in the world; given the distribution of nuclear arms on this planet, it is far more likely that it will be Indo-Europeans who will end it themselves. Yet we need not finish pessimistically, but rather hope to remind the great superpowers, that whatever their political differences, when they speak to one another, they do so in words that were once common when they shared the same language, the same home and the same beliefs."
— J. P. Mallory, "In Search of the Indo-Europeans: Language, Archaeology and Myth."
NO MORE BROTHER WARS. NO MORE KIKE WARS.
NUCLEAR war is at its highest risk in almost 30 years between Russia and the West, a senior lords committee has warned.
Brit lords have warned arms controls limiting international nuclear arsenals are own the verge of breaking down.
The International Relations Committee said this has raised the risk of nuclear war breaking out through miscalculation.
Nuclear weapons being used in war is now a greater threat that at any time since the end of the Cold War.
It said both Russia and the West have to bear the blame – calling for open dialogue to reestablish nuclear stability.
The lords also called on the Government to review the resilience of Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent amid concerns it could be vulnerable to cyber attack.
The committee's report comes ahead of a meeting next week at the United Nations in New York in preparation for next year's review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, 50 years after it came into force.
It said the level of nuclear risk had increased since the sharp decline of relations between the West and Russia following Moscow's annexation of Crimea in 2014.
The lords cited the recent collapse of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty - originally signed by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987 - with the US accusing Russia of repeated violations of its provisions.
At the same time, it said international efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons were being undermined by the US administration's decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal.
The committee chairman, former cabinet minister Lord Howell of Guildford said: "Disintegrating relationships between nuclear possessor states, new capabilities and technologies, mixed with a lack of communication and understanding, mean that the risk of nuclear weapons being used is greater now than it has been since the Cold War."
Russia and the US have been bullish in their pursuit of new nuclear weapons – with president Vladimir Putin unveiling a raft of new tech in his arsenal.
Both sides have repeatedly clashed despite US President Donald Trump’s efforts to warm up relations with Putin.
