Russia Mutiny Is More Proof the World Needs to Get Rid of Nuclear Weapons

We dodged a nuclear bullet. The Prigozhin rebellion is over for now. Russia’s nuclear forces are under control. But it gave us another chilling reminder of how weapons we believe provide our ultimate security can quickly become our ultimate danger.

Russia has the largest nuclear arsenal in the world, with some 5,900 weapons, most capable of destroying a city. The use of one or two would be a catastrophe. Ten would be a level of destruction never before seen in human history. A hundred or more would bring the end of civilization.

There were four major nuclear risks during this 24-hour coup. Two unlikely; two very real.

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