end of the cold war
Korea.
The nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
A large-scale nuclear exchange followed by a conventional war which itself would involve heavy use of tactical nuclear weapons.
it led to a reduction in tension between the superpowers
detente
The threat of nuclear war
The threat that nuclear weapons would be used.
Korea.
Duck and cover.
The threat of nuclear war has become a symbol for the stresses and problems of living in the modern age that are often complex, insidious, and over which the average citizen often feels little control. The threat of war, including nuclear war, continues to be a major source of worry for youth and adolescents. Worry over nuclear war, however, recedes with age and by adulthood most people do not spend too much time worrying about the threat of nuclear war, most people do little about the threat of nuclear weapons, even though the majority of the population favor a nuclear freeze. Even if they do worry, most individuals tend to respond to the threat of nuclear weapons with a sense of helplessness and avoidance of the issues.
The cold war changed history by discouraging the use of nuclear weapons by all countries. Politicians as well as the general public realized that the use of nuclear weapons would have a disastrous outcome.
No, there is not imminent threat of Iran building this past summer, a National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear capabilities was released showing that Iran was 10 years away from building a nuclear weapon. This estimate represents a consensus among the U.S. intelligence agencies. Nuclear war or atomic war is war in which nuclear weapons are use.
You should know, the world is still threatened by nuclear war. Every powerful country have nuclear weapons.
concern with international crises and the threat of nuclear war
The term "Broken Arrow" is used to indicate a nuclear accident involving a nuclear weapon that does't pose the threat indicated. The term "excursion" (as in nuclear excursion) or "criticality accident" is applied to a nuclear reactor or nuclear material accident, respectively.
They don't want the threat of a nuclear attack, either in a conventional war or by terrorists.
A nuclear war never happened. You may be thinking of the Cuban Missile Crisis when the world came very close to nuclear war.