Risk of nuclear accidents is rising, says report on near-misses

[TheIrishman]

Risk of nuclear accidents is rising, says report on near-misses

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/29/nuclear-accident-near-misses-report

<< Chatham House report lists 13 instances since 1962 when nuclear weapons were nearly launched. >>

[jinjuro]

Every confrontation with Russia is making it worst. As soon Russia is defeated in conventional warfare it will go nuclear and US and allies will counter it with all they got.

[bryant.coleman]

I wouldn't worry too much about the nuclear warheads which Russia and the US are possessing. On the other hand, I really worry about the 100+ warheads which are under the possession of Pakistan and North Korea.

[niothor]

I wouldn't worry too much about the nuclear warheads which Russia and the US are possessing. On the other hand, I really worry about the 100+ warheads which are under the possession of Pakistan and North Korea.

I'm more concerned about the ones of Israel and South Africa.

[Nemo1024]

And I am more concerned about the power plants in Ukraine right now...

[Lethn]

How the fuck do you 'nearly' launch a nuclear missile?

[niothor]

How the fuck do you 'nearly' launch a nuclear missile?

You think about launching one , you get out of bed , then before pushing the button you have a cup of coffee and decide not to do it .

[niothor]

And I am more concerned about the power plants in Ukraine right now...

Well , one accident in the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant and nobody will care for a few months who's Russian and who is Ukrainian.

[bryant.coleman]

I'm more concerned about the ones of Israel and South Africa.

I think Israel is having 7 or 8 smaller nuclear weapons. But South Africa? Seriously? RSA never had a nuclear program, and they never got the nuclear weapons from anyone. Or.. did you meant Saudi Arabia?

[niothor]

I'm more concerned about the ones of Israel and South Africa.

I think Israel is having 7 or 8 smaller nuclear weapons. But South Africa? Seriously? RSA never had a nuclear program, and they never got the nuclear weapons from anyone. Or.. did you meant Saudi Arabia?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction

Israel and RSA are linked in this mess

[jinjuro]

I wouldn't worry too much about the nuclear warheads which Russia and the US are possessing. On the other hand, I really worry about the 100+ warheads which are under the possession of Pakistan and North Korea.

You don't worry about those nuclear warheads that can destroy the world 100 times over? It only takes 1 mistake and we all die.

[bryant.coleman]

You don't worry about those nuclear warheads that can destroy the world 100 times over? It only takes 1 mistake and we all die.

What I was trying to say was that Russia and the US know how to safely store their nuclear warheads and those weapons will never end up with the extremists. The same can't be said about North Korea and Pakistan.

[jinjuro]

You don't worry about those nuclear warheads that can destroy the world 100 times over? It only takes 1 mistake and we all die.

What I was trying to say was that Russia and the US know how to safely store their nuclear warheads and those weapons will never end up with the extremists. The same can't be said about North Korea and Pakistan.

It is safe? If not because of those two people below. We might not here right now. The humanity is hanging on single thread because of this nuclear weapons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Arkhipov

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov

[Nemo1024]

You don't worry about those nuclear warheads that can destroy the world 100 times over? It only takes 1 mistake and we all die.

What I was trying to say was that Russia and the US know how to safely store their nuclear warheads and those weapons will never end up with the extremists. The same can't be said about North Korea and Pakistan.

It is safe? If not because of those two people below. We might not here right now. The humanity is hanging on single thread because of this nuclear weapons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Arkhipov

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov

It's actually pretty scary that our continued existence depends on level-headedness of only a handful of people, and those people are not even at the top of command chain.

[niothor]

You don't worry about those nuclear warheads that can destroy the world 100 times over? It only takes 1 mistake and we all die.

What I was trying to say was that Russia and the US know how to safely store their nuclear warheads and those weapons will never end up with the extremists. The same can't be said about North Korea and Pakistan.

It is safe? If not because of those two people below. We might not here right now. The humanity is hanging on single thread because of this nuclear weapons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasili_Arkhipov

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav_Petrov

It's kind a funny when you think how the smartest race on this planet can be wiped out in a a relative small time frame because of a few idiots or a simple malfunction.

[bryant.coleman]

It's kind a funny when you think how the smartest race on this planet can be wiped out in a a relative small time frame because of a few idiots or a simple malfunction.

Well..... the command structure right now is different from what we had in the 1960s. Russian and American nuclear weapons can be launched only by the respective heads of state. And that too after receiving permission from other top level staff such as the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. And regarding malfunction, it will never happen. These weapons will become dormant / inactive if any malfunction occurs.

[thok422]

Brings to mind an old VICE special about a dirty bomb being nearly sold to Al Qaeda by a Bulgarian arms dealer. Terrifying.

[beetcoin]

pakistan seems the scariest to me.. they are batshit crazy. if they feel like they have nothing left to lose, they might just let it go.

[counter]

Well in the current system this is not very surprising.  Unstable economy and global politics are not a good mix.

[bryant.coleman]

pakistan seems the scariest to me.. they are batshit crazy. if they feel like they have nothing left to lose, they might just let it go.

If the Pakistani government is democratically elected, then it is OK. But the problem is that we will never know when that country slips again to a military dictatorship type of rule.