#nuclear proliferation

— Alexander Hurst at The Guardian.

In 1994 under an agreement known as the Budapest Memorandum, Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in return for security guarantees. Donald Trump has removed those guarantees. In doing so, Trump has increased the likelihood of nuclear war.

As Hurst explains...

[I]n 1994 Ukraine, which had the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world, relinquished its nuclear warheads as part of a complete nuclear disarmament. It did so in exchange for iron-clad security guarantees from the US, UK and Russia. Donald Trump’s betrayal of Ukraine (or, worse, active sabotage by cutting it off from some intelligence sharing) and in-process realignment of the US with Vladimir Putin’s geostrategic objectives guarantees that no state will ever do anything similar in the future.

Russia would not have attacked Ukraine if the latter had nukes. Because of Trump's failure to support Ukraine, other countries will try to acquire nuclear weapons because they know they can't count on American promises and treaty agreements.

Nuclear Proliferation is GOOD -Imperialists Don't Attack Nuclear Armed Countries.

"IT'S A FACT: Imperialists don't attack countries with nukes. Nuclear Proliferation is good. All smaller countries need nukes to prevent the tyranny of the USA, Europe, Israel, Australia, and Canada. IRAN DESERVES NUKES!"

Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea. Ukraine and Taiwan would probably like to if they could.

Thanks for the question, ASD.

France conducted its first nuclear test known as the "Gerboise Bleue" in February 1960 in the Sahara Desert - an atomic bomb that was four times the strength of Hiroshima. A total of 17 tests were carried out, four of them atmospheric detonations, and 13 underground.

Nuclear testing continued in the region until 1966, four years after the independence of Algeria from French colonial rule, due to a clause in the Evian Accords which were signed by the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (GPRA). The accords established the parameters for Algerian independence. The defeated colonial power demanded to be able to continue to destroy Algeria's environment and poison its people.

At the time of the tests, around 40,000 people lived in the affected area, and the tests had a horrific effect on these communities. Many were impacted directly, while others were poisoned over time due to the radiation. In fact, 60 years after Gerboise Bleue, babies are still being born with illnesses and malformations.

One thing to keep in mind is that this was the result of 2000-3000 tons of explosive. This is equivalent to a 2-3 kiloton nuclear weapon. 

However

This was blast only. An actual nuclear strike would also have heat and radiation effects. Fires and radiation poisoning would have extended over an area several times larger and the death totals would have been a hundred times or more higher. 

More importantly, 

A 2 kiloton is also on the very small end of nuclear weapons. Megaton, (million ton) weapons are common. A single strike by a middle of the road thermonuclear weapon will in an instant wipe out more people than Covid-19 has in the last year.

They must never be used.

They must be eliminated.