QUOTES
The
probability of a fatal nuclear detonation is greater now than at any time during
the Cold War. As the Russian military deteriorates, and as rogue governments and
terrorists seek to acquire nuclear capabilities, the threat continues to grow.
As they were during the Cold War, urban population centers remain the most likely
targets of a nuclear attack. Now, however, an attack may come without warning
from an unknown enemy, to achieve unclear motives.
The
explosion of a terrorist’s single nuclear device in a major metropolitan center
would trigger an unparalleled humanitarian and environmental disaster. An accidental
military launch of multiple warheads could result in a worldwide nuclear holocaust.
Medical researchers and military analysts forebode grim consequences.
There’s
a very simple reason for focusing on the nuclear issue. Many, many issues are
of supreme importance in one way or another, but if we blow ourselves up with
nuclear weapons, no other issue is really going to matter. Quite possibly there
would be no other human beings left to be concerned about anything else.
