Have a read of Eric Schlosser's book, Command and Control
https://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Ill...
The ways we could end up in a nuclear war are frightening to the point of madness.
https://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Ill...
The ways we could end up in a nuclear war are frightening to the point of madness.
Haven't read the book, but I watched Dr. Strangelove when I was young(er).
What made the movie great to me was that it made me realize that, although there is a nuclear "safety net", it was designed and controlled by humans — flawed humans who don't always behave rationally and who may not act in the best interests of humanity.
Every day since WW2, things could have gone wrong.
Every day, for 76.56 years. 918.79 months. 27965 days.
I think we'll be fine. And if I'm wrong, you probably won't be able to tell me! :)
Edit: not sure (and don't really care) why this got downvoted, but I meant it as a morale boosting thing, not as a probability calculation. Things could have gone horribly wrong so many times, but they haven't so far. That personally gives me hope for the future.