The Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control believes nuclear weapons are “a very real physical threat,” according to research analyst Jordan Ritchie. In a recent speech, defense secretary William Perry said that “it is possible that Russia will emerge from her turbulence as an authoritarian, militaristic, imperialistic nation, hostile to the West.” In fact, his views aren’t so far from the foreign policy mainstream. To post-cold war ears, he can sound eerily like General Jack D.
Moriarty paints his gloomy scenarios in a low, deliberate voice. And the danger is proliferating to third world countries and enemies of the U.S.”
“What we have at play in the world is a lot of foreign powers, once part of the Soviet Union, and a lot have nuclear arsenals. “There’s a great apathy and a false idea that we’re out of all danger of a nuclear attack, and that’s not so,” he counsels. In other words, Moriarty thinks you should take shelters seriously, too. Now you’re a sitting duck for the incoming–your radar is knocked out, your air defense won’t work. “That would knock out all your communications. “An airburst would be the first thing,” says Moriarty pensively. Best of Chicago 2022: Music & Nightlife.Best of Chicago 2022: Sports & Recreation.
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