Time to re-assess mutually assured destruction

Time to re-assess mutually assured destruction

McCartney mentions the escalating crisis between the USA and North Korea, 1 which illustrates the major problem with mutually assured destruction: it depends on a rational assessment of the terrible risks for the world of the use of nuclear weapons. In this sense, nuclear weapons are similar to biol...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ (Online) 2017-11, Vol.359, p.j4917-j4917
1. Verfasser: Gillies, John C M
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Biological & chemical weapons
Nuclear tests
Nuclear weapons
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Zusammenfassung:McCartney mentions the escalating crisis between the USA and North Korea, 1 which illustrates the major problem with mutually assured destruction: it depends on a rational assessment of the terrible risks for the world of the use of nuclear weapons. In this sense, nuclear weapons are similar to biological and chemical weapons, which are banned under international law.
ISSN:0959-8138
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.j4917