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Top 10 Nuclear Close Calls

Over the past few decades, there have been several VERY close calls with nuclear armaments. Lets take a look at some of these incidents.

We Call on Biden to Reject Reckless Demands for a No-Fly Zone

Open Letter The Guardian
It strains credulity to think that a US war with Russia would make the American people safer or more prosperous. To the contrary, going to war with Russia, a nuclear peer of the United States, would expose Americans to vast and unnecessary risks.

Europe for Peace. Stop the war in Ukraine

Gerardo Femina Pressenza
The escalation of the conflict in Ukraine between the United States and its allies, on the one hand, and the Russian Federation, on the other, must be stopped immediately. The consequences of a conflict in Ukraine would be disastrous.

Nagasaki: The Last Bomb

Alex Wellerstein The New Yorker
Even if Hiroshima remains preëminent in our historical memory—the first nuclear weapon used in anger—Nagasaki may be of greater consequence in the long run, something more than the second attack. Perhaps it will be the last.

Cover-up of U.S. Nuclear Sub Collision in South China Sea

John V. Walsh Asia Times
U.S. nuclear-powered attack submarine, the USS Connecticut, suffered serious damage in an undersea incident that the US Navy ascribed to a collision with an undersea object - 150 nautical miles from China’s Yulin submarine base in Hainan province.
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