List of nuclear close calls
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A nuclear close call is an incident that could have led to at least one unintended nuclear detonation or explosion. These incidents typically involve a perceived imminent threat to a nuclear-armed country which could lead to retaliatory strikes against the perceived aggressor. The damage caused by international nuclear exchange is not necessarily limited to the participating countries, as the hypothesized rapid climate change associated with even small-scale regional nuclear war could threaten food production worldwide—a scenario known as nuclear famine.
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See also
- Sino-Soviet border conflict
- List of military nuclear accidents
- Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents
- Nuclear winter
- Nuclear terrorism
- Mutual assured destruction
- Vulnerability of nuclear plants to attack
- Cold War II
- World War III
- Doomsday Clock
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