North Korea could spark 'nuclear catastrophe' BY ACCIDENT, warns chilling UN report
NORTH KOREA could spark a nuclear catastrophe by ACCIDENT, the United Nations (UN) has warned amid rising tensions.
Kim Jong-un could spark nuclear disaster by ACCIDENT, a UN report has warned
Kim Jong-un’s hermit state could create worldwide disaster with an “inadvertent detonation”, a terrifying new report warned.
The report, titled ‘Understanding Nuclear Weapon Risks’, paints a bleak picture as tensions continue to escalate in North Korea.
With Donald Trump and Kim both refusing to blink first, as well as China and Russia both bristling at US condemnation, the UN believes the world is at a turning point.
The substantial levels of investment in nuclear weapons have enhanced the likelihood of an intentional or inadvertent detonation
The report said: “The substantial levels of investment in nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons systems and their modernisation have enhanced rather than decreased the likelihood of an intentional or inadvertent detonation event.”
The UN said the risk of an accident was just as worrying as Kim or Mr Trump being provoked into using nuclear weapons.
The report continued: “Nuclear deterrence works—up until the time it will prove not to work.
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“The risk is inherent and, when luck runs out, the results will be catastrophic.”
They said the fact no nation had used a nuclear weapon since WW2 was not in itself a sign the risk of disaster was declining.
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The UN said: “The lack of nuclear weapons use since Hiroshima and Nagasaki cannot on its own be interpreted as evidence that the likelihood of a detonation event is minimal.
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“While detonations have not occurred in such circumstances, the Cold War was replete with incidences of near-misses, false alarms, and accidents in and around nuclear weapons, even when we draw only from the limited information made available by nuclear-armed States.”
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The election of Mr Trump in America, plus the ramping up of violent rhetoric from Kim in North Korea, has left the world on edge.
America has promised to use any means necessary to bring an end to the despot’s threat, while Kim has warned he will launch an attack on the US mainland at the first time of a US strike.