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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (BAS) has set the Doomsday Clock to "two minutes to midnight" to reflect fears of a nuclear confrontation with North Korea, as well as the failure of world leaders to address climate change and other factors. The clock is now set as close to doomsday as it was in 1953:
The team of scientists singled out a series of nuclear tests by North Korea. They dramatically escalated tensions on the Korean peninsula and led to a war of words between North Korea and the US.
The BAS also referred to a new US nuclear strategy that was expected to call for more funding to expand the role of the country's nuclear arsenal. Rising tension between Russia and the West was also a contributing factor.
The "weakening of institutions" around the world in dealing with major global threats - including climate change - was another major concern, the scientists said. They also mentioned US President Donald Trump's "unpredictability", pointing to his often controversial tweets and statements.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 28 2018, @02:28AM
So you're basically going to try to call North Korea's nuclear gambit a bluff, and on the table is every city in range of the nukes your intelligence doesn't know about. The last time there was a nuclear poker game like this was in 1962, and if back then Kennedy had tried to call a bluff on Khrushchev and Castro and tried to invade Cuba, probably none of us would be around today. I can only pray that there aren't too many people who think like you anywhere near Trump or Xi Jinping, willing to so blithely gamble the lives of millions and the fate of the planet on what essentially amounts to a dick measuring contest.