Preventing Nuclear War
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Nuclear Weapons
i grew up in the 19 seventies, 19 eighties when the cold war was still running. I mean, we felt very er, you know, aware of this threat. And i think, as i said before, it would be mad to use the nuclear weapons. But of course, the problem is that once you have two sides in confrontation with each other,. there's a possibility that accidentally escalates. It only would take one decision by one person to fire off a missile, and then you've got a completely different level of conflict. This is where nato has to be very careful about how they approach you krane. Because the possibility of escalation is very dangerous for everybody,
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