Nuclear Threat

Nuclear threat is not something bothering me.

I believe that people in power (the highest echelons of the military) have been trained enough to avoid accidental detonation.

Terrorists are unlikely to have enough supply for the catastrophic end of humanity.

https://80000hours.org/problem-profiles/




 * https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2017/ican/facts/
 * International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
 * Prize motivation: "for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons."

I do not understand what is their value, I did not notice any part about repercussions or enforcement.

Just like League of Nations condemning Japan (Manjuria), Italy (Abyssinia) and that guy with mustache (Hitler).

Credit for these guys for building support across multiple geographies and political parties.


 * https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2019-05/united-nations-nuclear-risk.html
 * Polish: “Instytut ds. Badań Naukowych nad Rozbrojeniem ONZ: ryzyko użycia broni atomowej jest najwyższe od II WŚ, a świat powinien traktować to zagrożenie bardziej poważnie. Wg ekspertów tradycyjne metody kontroli zbrojeń są osłabiane przez nowe typy konfliktów, wzrost liczby nowych grup zbrojnych, czy rozwój technologii “
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_Clock
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trident_(UK_nuclear_programme)
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow%E2%80%93Washington_hotline
 * https://twitter.com/nuclearpoker
 * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vozrozhdeniya_Island
 * Don't sink your nuclear submarine: