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Post by hi224 on Sept 28, 2018 8:14:42 GMT
I will say yeah.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Sept 28, 2018 8:34:31 GMT
I will say no
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Post by ant-mac on Sept 28, 2018 8:37:43 GMT
Considering some of the governments and regimes that currently possess nuclear weapons and some of the governments and regimes that are currently trying to gain possession of them, I'd have to say yes.
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Post by Schwarzwald Magnus on Sept 28, 2018 8:48:01 GMT
Nope. There was a close call in 1995 surrounding a Norwegian rocket and that's after the other close call in the 80s.
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Post by hi224 on Sept 28, 2018 9:03:09 GMT
Nope. There was a close call in 1995 surrounding a Norwegian rocket and that's after the other close call in the 80s. Yeah the whole situation then was harrowing. |
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Post by Schwarzwald Magnus on Sept 28, 2018 9:38:50 GMT
Nope. There was a close call in 1995 surrounding a Norwegian rocket and that's after the other close call in the 80s. Yeah the whole situation then was harrowing. From what I understand, both those situations were unknown until years later.
But yeah, the 80s were a rehash of those fears.
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Post by Aj_June on Sept 28, 2018 9:55:28 GMT
I don't feel so but I am not an expert in the field. I believe there is increased pressure from various groups in favour of not using nuclear weapons and there may be greater internal control measures to safeguard against the unexpected attacks from within. |
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Post by twothousandonemark on Sept 28, 2018 12:27:24 GMT
No because state powers are now investing hugely into non nuclear WMD. They don't want to win a zero sum war.
There'll be swarms of drones attacking cities with pinpoint accuracy killing millions, but at least we'll not kill all the butterflies.
To that point though, I think states like Israel & Iran will have to do with nukes, which they'll use as martyr weapons. Not a global catastrophe though - Iran, North Korea, etc will never ever have arsenal enough to erase continents from existence.
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Post by Terrapin Station on Sept 28, 2018 12:32:22 GMT
Less of a possibility now I think.
What you have a bigger possibility of now is either a terrorist setting off a "dirty bomb," which would be a mess to deal with, or some idiot, either intentionally or unintentionally, unleashing some sort of nasty biological agent that causes widespread problems.
War in general now seems to be done in the manner of a series of terrorist actions.
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Post by Caesar Roberto on Sept 28, 2018 12:33:44 GMT
not sure brah
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2018 12:57:40 GMT
I worry about hubris that the fail-safes out there will leave some weapon somewhere open to some outside force with malicious intent gaining some sort of network access.
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on Sept 28, 2018 14:52:21 GMT
The doomsday clock has gone from 6 in 2010 to 2.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Sept 28, 2018 15:36:56 GMT
ALL OUT Nuclear war is probably less likely nowadays. Not impossible of course. As long as they exist it can still happen.
I'm more concerned with limited nuclear strikes, such as unaccounted for old nukes, unaccounted for new nukes, and terrorist use of nukes and dirty bombs. I think those are more likely. And its very scary.
The horrible thing is that if it happens its going to be in a large population center like a city. Terrifying. |
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Post by NewtJorden on Sept 28, 2018 16:28:00 GMT
I think it is
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Post by Xcalatë on Sept 28, 2018 22:55:46 GMT
No all out Nuclear Holocaust is much less likely than it was in the 60's or 80's, the world is so interconnected right now specially economy wise (US-China for example) that a real Nuclear exchange between super powers is highly unlikely. even Russia has just too much too lose in a War with the US, we are no longer talking about an ideological conflict (Communism vs Capitalism) Russia wants to expand its influence and not endanger its own existence.
even smaller Nuclear powers like North Korea, Pakistan and India have nothing to gain from striking first against an enemy.
That being said a small scale nuclear conflict its still a possibility, lets say terrorists detonate a nuke in the US or Israel for example I can easily see either country striking back at any Islamic country they think/claim supported the attack with low yield nuclear weapons.
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