In the last few months two serious studies have been published on the possibility of nuclear war. While there are all kinds of plans and contingencies, the “fog of war” will be far worse in a nuclear “exchange,” with communications disrupted, panic everywhere, and the end of civilization as we know it.
Is nuclear war likely? Nine governments now possess nukes, including North Korea (Kim Jong-un), Russia (Putin), Israel (Netanyahu), India (Modi), the U.S. (maybe Trump after January), and Pakistan (I have no idea who the current ruler of Pakistan is right now.)
I don’t know how we have gone this long without a nuclear war, but I agree with Nikita Khrushchev who said that in the aftermath of nuclear war, the living would envy the dead.
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