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My opinion is that is insanity to have nuclear weapons or nuclear power when we as a species have not been shown to be trustworthy enough to protect all life fropm potential destruction with its use. Here is some evidence that confirms my point of view.<\/p>\n
\u201cThirty-three years ago to the day, the United States narrowly missed a nuclear holocaust on its soil. The so-called \u2018Damascus Accident\u2019 involved a Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile mishap at a launch complex outside Damascus, Arkansas. During a routine maintenance procedure, a young worker accidentally dropped a nine-pound tool in the silo, piercing the missile\u2019s skin and causing a major leak of flammable rocket fuel. Sitting on top of that Titan 2 was the most powerful thermonuclear warhead ever deployed on an American missile. The weapon was about 600 times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. For the next nine hours, a group of airmen put themselves at grave risk to save the missile and prevent a massive explosion that would\u2019ve caused incalculable damage.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe story is detailed in Eric Schlosser\u2019s new book, \u201cCommand and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety,\u201d which explores how often the United States has come within a hair\u2019s breadth of a domestic nuclear detonation or an accidental war. Drawing on thousands of pages of recently declassified government documents and interviews with scores of military personnel and nuclear scientists, Schlosser shows that America\u2019s nuclear weapons pose a grave risk to humankind.\u201d<\/p>\n