Nuclear War? A possibility today?

Answer 1

well yea i mean crazy russian have nuclear weapons i mean we can get pretty crazy when drunk and we do like to get drunk alot so u figure it out

Answer 2

Sure it is. It's been a possibility every day since nukes were first built back in the '40's.
Just because the Cold War ended, it didnt end the possibilty of nuclear war. I think its even more possible, in fact, because of all the hotheaded Islamo-Fascists out there wanting to destroy us infidels.

Answer 3

obvcourse...even more than in the cold war...people who do the statistics of probable scenarios have known for some time, that as we progress through the 21s century, the likelihood of a nuclear weapon falling in the hands of a terrorist, or anybody really, a black market operative---simply the wrong people, increases exponentially.

Not only are there 20 or more unacounted for nukes in russia...some of the largest nukes ever created, the tzars....but icnreasingly unstable countries like north korea, iran, and in general, asia and countries in ME are getting a hold of nukes.

The term 'nuclear war' doesn't only apply to big countries with missiles. It applies to any country, factions or entities engaged in nuclear retaliation games of strategy. This means simply one entity, one person even---someone holding a city hostage to prevent retaliation from an entity such as the US, for example.

These countries do not have the same moral values or culture than the USA and they may or may not sell them with time. The risk just increases as time goes by.

The likeliest seller of nukes at this moment seems to be Kim Jong Ill...Not only because he despises the US in more ways than one, but he would be the least troubled by the mass killing of all his own people. Therefore, he is the likeliest candidate and the one with MOST nukes of the 'troubled countries.' Which may or may not be named 'instigators' with time.

Not only that, Iran and the ME has gotten heated with Israel lately, and nuclear war with Israel and muslim nations is as likely as ever. India and Pakistan have their own nukes.

It doesn't matter. If a terrorist gets a hold of 3 or 4 nukes, from any of these candidates and those lost in Russia. The terrorists can wage nuclear war with the US.

A ransom scenario, where they nuke one city and then try to prevent retaliation by either nuking washington and holding cities or ransom or just holding some cities ransom---seems the likeliest candidate as a scenario for a nuclear war.

The nuclear suicide bombers do not even have to be inside the US or have a rocket...all they need to do is smuggle it in a container off-shore, then wait until the carrier is a few miles off shore from the target city in the US, and then blow it up.

With virtually millions of carriers, small and big corssing the US...it would be virtually impossible to stop them all in an isolationist move---if a nuking policy of all ships ensued...the US would end up having fallout on all its coastal cities...

Therefore, such a nuclear ransom scenario is indeed scary, and not accounted for in strategies because most of the strategies developed were done explicitly under cold war scenarios. Therefore, right now, we are kind of in the void on this issue. But it is a very real possibility as we progress as a nation through the 21st century.

Answer 4

No sane nation would start a nuclear war. That's why Iran will never be allowed to possess nuclear weapons.

Answer 5

I think it is a possibility today. I hope it never happens, but I think it could. I think it's much more of a possibility than it was 10 years ago.

Answer 6

We are living in such an uncertain time that anything is possible. We should all pray that this does not happen, but it is a possibility.

Answer 7

Well not according to the Bible. If that makes you happier.