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9 times the world was at the brink of nuclear war — and pulled back [1]

['Ben Brimelow']

Date: 2018-04-25

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August of 1945 marked the end of the World War II, and the beginning of the age of nuclear weapons.

During the Cold War, the policy of mutually assured destruction between the US and the Soviet Union — appropriately referred to as "MAD" — meant that if one nation used nuclear weapons on another, then an equal response would have been doled out as soon as possible.

Over the course of the Cold War, and several times after it, the citizens of the world were forced to hold their breath as the superpowers came close to nuclear war.

Here are nine times the world was at the brink of nuclear war — but pulled back:

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[1] Url: https://www.businessinsider.com/when-nuclear-war-almost-happened-2018-4#january-25-1995-nuclear-worries-remain-after-the-soviet-union-9

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