How real is the threat of nuclear war?

In the current geopolitical climate, with tensions mounting between the United States and North Korea, the possibility of nuclear war is omnipresent. U.S. President Trump trades bombastic claims about dropping the bomb with North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. read more

The chances of a small scale nuclear war using tactical low yield nuclear weapons is more real than a full fledged rain of atomic bombs. For a full blown nuclear confrontation at least one side's existence would have to come under threat in conventional war mode. Otherwise it's highly unlikely there's going to be a nuclear exchange. read more

Twenty-five years after the Soviet collapse, the world is entering a new nuclear age. Nuclear strategy has become a cockpit of rogue regimes and regional foes jostling with the five original nuclear-weapons powers (America, Britain, France, China and Russia), whose own dealings are infected by suspicion and rivalry. read more

Reuters/KCNA KCNA Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis recently labeled North Korea the number one threat to the US, above Russia and terrorism, but the US can keep Kim Jong Un's burgeoning nuclear arsenal in check. read more