Posts Tagged ‘Nuclear’
The Cold War Reheated: New START Treaty Expires
There are fears a new global nuclear arms race is imminent as the last remaining treaty limiting US and Russian nuclear stockpiles expired this week. This week marked the end of New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), a US-Russian pact to limit stockpiles of nuclear arsenal between the superpowers. The bilateral agreement was an extension…
Read MoreDoomsday Clock: 85 Seconds To Midnight
A dire warning for the future of humanity has been issued by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, with the Doomsday Clock reset to 85 seconds to midnight. The Doomsday Clock represents how close humanity is to total annihilation, and it now stands closer than ever to midnight, pushed forward four seconds from 2025. The…
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