Frida Garza, Quartz: A worrisome number of the world’s military conflicts involve countries with nuclear capabilities
Over the last two years, dozens of countries have engaged in military spats in the form of border clashes, air and sea confrontations, and weapons test launches designed to show military muster. While these kinds of outbursts aren’t unusual, what’s worrying, at least for one arms control advocacy group, is how many of them have involved countries with nuclear capabilities like Russia, North Korea, and India.
An analysis of 270 military events over the last 21 months by the group Global Zero identified a troubling number of run-ins and close calls between countries with nuclear capabilities. Defense experts may call some of these military incidents routine, but their “growing frequency and at times aggressive nature are troubling,” the group writes in its study, “and can provide a slippery slope to nuclear use whether by accident or miscalculation.”
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WNU Editor: And the trend is only increasing.
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