The decay in Russia's nuclear command and control, coupled with the Y2K computer problems and the current economic and political chaos, has greatly increased the probability of accidental nuclear war.
An accidental launch from just 1 Russian submarine targeting 8 US cities would cause nearly 7 million immediate deaths from firestorms with another 6-12 million deaths from radiation in the aftermath.
Five thousand nuclear weapons remain on hair-trigger alert, ready to be launched within 15 minutes.
The rise in terrorism combined with loose control over the fissile materials (plutonium and uranium) used to make nuclear bombs have increased the prospect of nuclear terrorism.
Disarmament talks have stalled on all fronts. The Russian Duma refuses to ratify START II, and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty is blocked in the US Senate.
The National Ignition Facility supports US efforts to maintain a nuclear weapons arsenal through nuclear subcritical testing.
An accidental launch from just 1 Russian submarine targeting 8 US cities would cause nearly 7 million immediate deaths from firestorms with another 6-12 million deaths from radiation in the aftermath.
Five thousand nuclear weapons remain on hair-trigger alert, ready to be launched within 15 minutes.
The rise in terrorism combined with loose control over the fissile materials (plutonium and uranium) used to make nuclear bombs have increased the prospect of nuclear terrorism.
Disarmament talks have stalled on all fronts. The Russian Duma refuses to ratify START II, and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty is blocked in the US Senate.
The National Ignition Facility supports US efforts to maintain a nuclear weapons arsenal through nuclear subcritical testing.