Edging toward Armageddon?
Posted: 30th October 2022
Posted on October 23, 2022 by beyondnuclearinternational
Would the use of a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine lead to all-out nuclear war?
By Linda Pentz Gunter
As we mark 60 years since the Cuban Missile Crisis, it’s truly horrifying to realize that our present times are considered to be the closest to nuclear war we have been since those 13 terrifying days in 1962.
What saved us then was cooler heads prevailing, as our stories last week described. But can we be assured that those with the power to press the proverbial button — whether at the pinnacle of leadership or lower down the chain of command — will act with similar sense and restraint?