The Doomsday clock is moved & set to be 5 minutes to midnight

peterloo · 01-18-07, 10:24 PM

On 12th Jan, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in a press release noted that the Doomsday clock was to be moved forward to highlight the "Most Perilous Period Since Hiroshima and Nagasaki."

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS) will move the minute hand of the "Doomsday Clock" on January 17, 2007...the first such change to the Clock since February 2002. The major new step reflects growing concerns about a "Second Nuclear Age" marked by grave threats, including: nuclear ambitions in Iran and North Korea, unsecured nuclear materials in Russia and elsewhere, the continuing "launch-ready" status of 2,000 of the 25,000 nuclear weapons held by the U.S. and Russia, escalating terrorism, and new pressure from climate change for expanded civilian nuclear power that could increase proliferation risks.

WHAT DO U THINK??? WHAT ARE THE NUCLEAR THEAT??? TRIDENT-II or the failed N. Korean missiles ,the R-29 missiles or the JL-1 owned by the PLA?

01-18-07, 10:24 PM	#1
peterloo Commander Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 462 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	The Doomsday clock is moved & set to be 5 minutes to midnight On 12th Jan, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists in a press release noted that the Doomsday clock was to be moved forward to highlight the "Most Perilous Period Since Hiroshima and Nagasaki." The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS) will move the minute hand of the "Doomsday Clock" on January 17, 2007...the first such change to the Clock since February 2002. The major new step reflects growing concerns about a "Second Nuclear Age" marked by grave threats, including: nuclear ambitions in Iran and North Korea, unsecured nuclear materials in Russia and elsewhere, the continuing "launch-ready" status of 2,000 of the 25,000 nuclear weapons held by the U.S. and Russia, escalating terrorism, and new pressure from climate change for expanded civilian nuclear power that could increase proliferation risks. WHAT DO U THINK??? WHAT ARE THE NUCLEAR THEAT??? TRIDENT-II or the failed N. Korean missiles ,the R-29 missiles or the JL-1 owned by the PLA? __________________ Romeo is here, but where is Juliet? The 中国水兵 (Chinese Sailor) in subsim