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A report recounting a litany of near-misses in which nuclear weapons came close to being launched by mistake concludes that the risk of potentially catastrophic accidents is higher than previously thought and appears to be rising.

 

Too Close for Comfort: Cases of Near Nuclear Use and Options for Policy, published by Chatham House, says that "individual decision-making, often in disobedience of protocol and political guidance, has on several occasions saved the day", preventing the launch of nuclear warheads.

 

The report lists 13 instances since 1962 when nuclear weapons were nearly used. In several cases the large-scale launch of nuclear weapons was nearly triggered by technical malfunctions or breakdowns in communication causing false alarms, in both the US and Russia. Disaster was averted only by cool-headed individuals gambling that the alert was caused by a glitch and not an actual attack.

 

The Chatham House authors say the risks appear to be rising. Nuclear weapons are spreading – most recently to North Korea – and disarmament is stalling. Russia and the US still have an estimated 1,800 warheads on high alert, ready to launch between five and 15 minutes after receiving the launch order – a fact that becomes all the more significant with rising tensions over Ukraine.

 

"The question today is: are these risks worth it?" said Patricia Lewis, Chatham House research director for international security and one of the report's authors. "You can imagine a situation in which tensions rise and signals come in and people misinterpret what is going on. Will people always have sound enough minds to take the time to make a reasoned decision?"

 

The mental state of some of the leaders who had their fingers on the nuclear button has sometimes been a source of worry. Richard Nixon and Boris Yeltsin both raised concerns among their top advisers with their heavy drinking. In May 1981 the newly elected French president, François Mitterand, left the French nuclear launch codes at home in the pocket of his suit.

 

President Jimmy Carter did the same in the 1970s, and the suit as well as the codes were taken to the dry cleaners. The US launch codes went missing again when Ronald Reagan was shot on 30 March 1981. FBI agents had them, along with the injured president's bloodied trousers.

 

Monday's report focuses on cases in which nuclear weapons came close to being launched deliberately on the basis of bad or incomplete information. However, there is an additional risk of accidents inherent in the maintenance of stockpiles of more than 17,000 warheads held by Russia, the US and the other seven nuclear-armed states.

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If 2 countries go to war, what should happen is that the 2 governments should fight in a "King of the ring"/"Royal Rumble" style fight……..where either they come in one at a time to fight each other, then when one falls the next government minister enters or there is a constant stream of ministers entering at timed intervals until there is one left standing (or none of one government), then that government is the winner. Regular people shouldn't have to pay the price for the follies of these chinless wonders

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Peaches Geldof died of a heroin overdose, echoing the death of her mother which had haunted her, it has been reported.

 

Toxicology reports at her inquest will confirm her death was as a result of the drugs overdose, The Times said.

 

The TV presenter was found dead while caring for her 11-month-old son at the family home last month.

 

How to 'take care of' your young child.

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This is way cool.

 

Nasa shows off prototype spacesuit for journey to Mars.

 

US space agency Nasa has been showing off the wardrobe essentials for future astronauts looking for a new outfit for their first flight to Mars.

 

Nasa said the Z-2 spacesuit was only a prototype, but elements of it would be incorporated into the suit worn by the first humans to reach the Red Planet.

 

The suit uses light-emitting patches and luminescent wire that could be customised to identify individuals.

 

The "technology" design beat two others with 63% of a public vote of 233,431.

 

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