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To: JustPiper
Hadn't looked at this in a while Doomsday Clock Still looking for storage, keep getting sidetracked.

1990 | Ten minutes to midnight
The clock, redesigned in 1989, reflects democratic movements in Eastern Europe, which shatter the myth of monolithic communism; the Cold War ends.

1991 | Seventeen minutes to midnight
The United States and the Soviet Union sign the long-stalled Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) and announce further unilateral cuts in tactical and strategic nuclear weapons.

1995 | Fourteen minutes to midnight
Further arms reductions are stalled while global military spending continues at Cold War levels. Nuclear “leakage” from poorly guarded former Soviet facilities is recognized as a growing risk.

1998 | Nine minutes to midnight
India and Pakistan “go public” with nuclear tests. The United States and Russia can’t agree on further deep reductions in their stockpiles.

2002 | Seven minutes to midnight
Little progress is made on global nuclear disarmament. The United States rejects a series of arms control treaties and announces it will withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Terrorists seek to acquire and use nuclear and biological weapons.


http://www.thebulletin.org/clock.html
1,656 posted on 05/02/2004 12:07:31 PM PDT by DAVEY CROCKETT (Let your adversary talk. When he has finished, let him talk some more.)
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To: DAVEY CROCKETT
I also have not heard much about the clock, thanks for the link!

The clock has moved only 17 times in 56 years, most recently on February 27, 2002.

When was the last time it moved?
1,767 posted on 05/02/2004 10:31:07 PM PDT by JustPiper (Look for the dream that keeps coming back - It is your destiny)
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