{"id":218377,"date":"2024-03-29T14:42:08","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T14:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/29\/nuclear-war-a-scenario-review-what-if-the-us-faces-a-first-strike\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:19:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:19:42","slug":"nuclear-war-a-scenario-review-what-if-the-us-faces-a-first-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/29\/nuclear-war-a-scenario-review-what-if-the-us-faces-a-first-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear War, A scenario review: What if the US faces a first strike?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A suitcase, nicknamed the \u201cfootball\u201d, contains the launch codes for a US nuclear strike<\/p>\n

Olivier Douliery\/Pool via CNP\/dpa\/Alamy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Nuclear War: A scenario<\/a><\/strong><\/em>
Annie Jacobsen (Torva)<\/strong><\/p>\n

IN 1985, US President Ronald Reagan and USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev declared in a joint statement that \u201ca nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought\u201d. A year later, the number of atomic weapons globally began to fall from a peak of nearly 70,000. By 1989, the cold war was ending, and the world rejoiced at being less likely to die in a flash of light at 100\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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