Nuclear security

Chances of nuclear war are GREATER than any time since Cuban Missile Crisis, expert warns

William J Perry, who served under president Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997, made the sobering assessment during the Santa Fe Nuclear Weapons Summit in New Mexico. 

Asked by author and journalist Eric Schlosser how great the threat of nuclear weapons being deployed currently is, Mr Perry replied: “I’m sorry to report to you that the likelihood of a nuclear catastrophe today is greater than it was at any time since the Cuban Missile Crisis.”

According to undark.org, Mr Schlosser said he did not like that answer, to which Mr Perry responded: “I don’t like it at all. But I’m afraid it’s the truth."