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Are we on the brink of nuclear war? UN researcher says yes

(Fallout shelter sign/photo: Pixabay)

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Renata Dwan, the director of the United Nation’s Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR),  sounded the alarm that the world has never been closer to a nuclear war since the end of World War II. Dwan cited nuclear weapon modernization programs currently underway in many nuclear-capable countries and blossoming arms races between countries such as the U.S. and China as warning signs a nuclear exchange between nations may be on the horizon.

Dwan made these claims while speaking to the press in Geneva Switzerland, according to Reuters.

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  • Mason

    I think more than likely we will get into some type of limited nuclear exchange from rogue or failing states like N. Korea, Pakistan, etc. Not convinced we will go full brink and erase ourselves in a full exchange between the likes of Russia and the US. Still, even a limited exchange could have far reaching consequences and is nothing to be dismissed.

  • Mason

    YP in the 80’s in order to pay my way through school, I worked pulling fiber optics down in service tunnels that ran for miles under our campus. They were quite extensive, and all of them were flagged as a fallout shelter. I actually lifted one of these signs as a souvenir which hangs in my garage today. Since much of the campus was powered or heated by steam, all the steam pressurized systems ran through these tunnels. They were extremely hot, dim, dirty and convoluted – but not a one had potable water, MRE’s, basic first aid kits or fire extinguishers and this was in the mid 80s.

  • Chad D

    I don’t see the purpose in enlarging our Nuclear Arsenal but I do support modernizing it. We have more than enough Nuclear Weapons in this country to ensure that any country as well as their allies who attacks us will be wiped from the face of the earth. I truly believe that Mutually Assured Destruction is what has kept the missiles from flying. As long as both sides understand that an attack by either side will lead to the guaranteed destruction of the other than I just don’t see anyone choosing to push that proverbial button. There are no scenarios that lead to a victory by one side over the other. No first strike options, nothing.

  • Steve S

    She might want to study her history; the Cuban missle crisis comes to mind.

  • David Paul

    Job security. Some that lived through the 1950’s-1970’s might disagree.