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fulhamfanincork

But I am a young fella and was wondering what are the chances of nuclear action in the near future between countries such as the US and Israel?

The only reason I ask is because I loathe the though of the world nuking the life out of each other.

Cheers

mike.

seamus

The chances are slim to none in your lifetime. There's little reward in being blown up. Even Islamic fundamentalists are mostly interested in power and wealth, they don't want to die.

You'll enjoy this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_clock

fulhamfanincork

Cheers

Sad Professor

Provided the people in possession of nuclear weapons are rational and don't want to die, the chances of nuclear war are indeed very slim. See MAD, i.e. "mutually assured destruction", which is a fascinating doctrine. If you want to know more, I would thoroughly recommend "Fog of War", an excellent documentary about the late Robert McNamara who was a strong proponent of it.

However, the MAD doctrine means nothing to the truly mad. At the moment, the main nuclear threat is the possibility of weapons falling into the hands of psychopaths who would think nothing of ending their own life. Which is why nobody particularly wants Iran to have them, and why there's been some considerable tension over the stability of nuclear states like Pakistan.

Then again, North Korea has them and is constantly threatening to use them and we're all still here. :pac:

Denerick

Countries like North Korea aren't capable of truly ruining the world with their Nukes anyway. They only have a handful and they're pretty crap by US standards (Their missiles are a joke and are more likely to hit Pyongyang than Seoul)