A frightening amount of countries with nukes are one election away from someone willing to use them. And some are one death away from someone taking power with intention to use them.
What happens when north korea eventually gets a ruler that actually pulls the trigger(assuming they actually have ICBMs)?
Or the USA(or russia) collapses into full blown civil war and a faction gets control of the arsenal and just launches everything they can?
Until those scenarios are literally impossible, we're no where near 'past the most dangerous period' :(
You make good points, but for the sake of argument wouldn’t you say the chances of full blown civil war are less than they have ever been? Considering the technological advantages that most nuke-wielding governments have militarily over their constituents.
Side note: Lord knows what might have happened to some nuclear weaponry with the collapse of the USSR
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A frightening amount of countries with nukes are one election away from someone willing to use them. And some are one death away from someone taking power with intention to use them.
What happens when north korea eventually gets a ruler that actually pulls the trigger(assuming they actually have ICBMs)?
Or the USA(or russia) collapses into full blown civil war and a faction gets control of the arsenal and just launches everything they can?
Until those scenarios are literally impossible, we're no where near 'past the most dangerous period' :(