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Nuclear Winter on a Planetary Scale
Topic Started: 9 Apr 2016, 01:03 PM (168 Views)
daib0
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Here's a worrying one ...




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Nuclear Winter on a Planetary Scale: The Biggest Threat to Mankind Virtually No One Is Talking About

A war between India and Pakistan could produce human suffering the likes of which the world has never seen before.

BIG article, here is the smallest quote:

Alarmingly, the nuclear competition between India and Pakistan has now entered a spine-chilling phase. That danger stems from Islamabad’s decision to deploy low-yield tactical nuclear arms at its forward operating military bases along its entire frontier with India to deter possible aggression by tank-led invading forces. Most ominously, the decision to fire such a nuclear-armed missile with a range of 35 to 60 miles is to rest with local commanders. This is a perilous departure from the universal practice of investing such authority in the highest official of the nation. Such a situation has no parallel in the Washington-Moscow nuclear arms race of the Cold War era.

When it comes to Pakistan’s strategic nuclear weapons, their parts are stored in different locations to be assembled only upon an order from the country’s leader. By contrast, tactical nukes are pre-assembled at a nuclear facility and shipped to a forward base for instant use. In addition to the perils inherent in this policy, such weapons would be vulnerable to misuse by a rogue base commander or theft by one of the many militant groups in the country.


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http://www.alternet.org/world/nuclear-winter-planetary-scale-biggest-threat-mankind-virtually-no-one-talking-about




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I'd say North Korea is a bigger threat atm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-36002713
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