Nine countries could kill many people on a moment’s notice by launching missiles carrying nuclear warheads. A 10th, Iran, may be weaponizing uranium. The U.S., Russia and China can bomb virtually any country with long-range ballistic missiles and, along with France and the U.K., could do the same using submarines. The effects of even one bomb could far exceed the horror of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

“People came fleeing.... One after another they were almost unrecognizable.

This article was originally published with the title The Nuclear Threat.

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1. 1. joeiii63 12:34 AM 7/18/08

   For the life of me, I cannot understand why everyone in the world does no understand that the explosive power of a single hydrogen (thermonuclear) bomb is THOUSANDS of times more than the power of a mere "atomic" bomb. If any nation were to detonate an A-bomb with malicious intent it would be the unquestionanable OBLIGATION and DUTY of the United States of America to unequically remove that nation from the face of the Earth, in its absolute entirery by the use of "thermonuclear" devices, which are many hundreds (even thousands) of times more powerful than simple "A-bombs". Why do people not understand that the power of the U.S.A.'s arsenal is something that cannot be bargained with? You (perhaps) can destroy a city, We on the othar hand can destroy your entire world many times over. The power of even a small H-bomb is hundreds of times greater than any A-bomb, and we have THOUSANDS of them. I fear no nation on this Earth. PERIOD.

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2. 2. alvain 12:09 AM 6/13/09

   one world one dream,chinese expect peace

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