What Will It Take to Wind Down 'Doomsday Clock'? - AOL News
The Treaty and the new policy, which provides countries in respect of arms control agreements that the United States not to use nuclear weapons against them, are encouraging signs that the risk of a nuclear holocaust is declining said Lawrence Krauss, a physicist and Arizona State University professor who is co-chairman of the board of directors that oversees the clock. We do not know, Krauss acknowledged, is whether the new policy will encourage other states to act more aggressively to prevent "loose nuclear weapons" falling into the hands of terrorist groups like al-Qaida. Obama promise that U.S.not to use nuclear weapons against countries that respect the world non-proliferation regime is designed to encourage countries to put tighter controls on nuclear weapons and components. 1953, two minutes before midnight. The clock has its Armageddon closest approach in response to U.S. and Soviet development of hydrogen bombs far more powerful than the atomic weapons used against the Japanese to end World War II. "Only a few more variations of the clock, and from Moscow to Chicago, atomic explosions strike midnight for Western civilization," warned the scientists.1984, three minutes before midnight. Scientists have acted as superpower relations deteriorated partly in response to Reagan's decision to continue developing a missile defense system based on space. 1991, 17 minutes before midnight. The researchers showed their optimism in response to deep cuts in U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals after the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union. 1995, 14 minutes before midnight. Bulletin expressed growing concerns that weapons from the former Soviet Union could be obtained by terrorists.1998, nine minutes before midnight. Scientists advanced the clock again as India and Pakistan conducted nuclear tests in just three weeks apart. 2002, seven minutes before midnight....
The recent decision of American nuclear experts to move the Doomsday 
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