The Doomsday Clock, a clock not like the others, this one day we will mark the time when the end
will open the eyes to close them again, created in 1947, it serves to indicate the degree to which we
have a global cataclysm, whether nuclear or climate change. The clock was advanced two minutes,
which means that we are a 3-minute midnight, bone end. This watch is progressing according to
nuclear proliferation of the major powers in the world, right now the situation is very fragile and all
hang by a thread, a thread may break at any time. 17 Nobel laureates who control this watch have
claimed that the odds are very high at the moment and the inevitable will happen if we do nothing, is
the end of our race? Bone biggest stupidity of our history.
A nuclear war would end every living creature on earth, and for those that have some shelter will not
survive for many years, since the atmosphere will be radioactive for hundreds of years, if not more. I
firmly believe that our destiny was written at some point in our past, what is happening today proves
we have not been able to evolve to a higher degree, which would allow us to avoid war motivated by
hatred and lust for power.
The clock is running and unless we stop late.
Variations of the countdown since 1947
1947
23:50
Counting the Doomsday Clock starts
1949
23:57
President Harry Truman tells the American people that the USSR has tested its first nuclear device,
fact denied by the Soviet Union.
This made the "arms race" officially begins.
1953
23:58
after intense debate, the US. UU. Decide to develop the hydrogen bomb.
United States tested its first thermonuclear device in October 1952, deleting a Pacific islet called
Eniwetok.
Nine months later, the Soviet Union developed and tested their own H-bomb
1960
23:53
for the first time the US and USSR agree to avoid a direct confrontation in regional conflicts, such as
that faced Egypt and Israel in 1956.
The celebration of the International Geophysical Year, with the collaboration of scientists from both
established powers.
1962
23:53
The discovery by US bases Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuban territory led to the Missile Crisis of Cuba,
which ended with an agreement after thirteen intense days. Even being considered this as the most
dangerous moment lived by humanity, the clock stood at seven minutes to midnight, as the climax
and resolution of the crisis occurred before in 'Bulletin' could meet to set the time .
1963
23:48
After a decade of uninterrupted nuclear test, the US and the Soviet Union sign the Treaty of Partial
Nuclear Test Ban, which stops all outdoor test, but not underground tests. It also warns of the
collaboration between both powers to prevent nuclear annihilation.
1968
23:53
The Vietnam War intensifies.
India-Pakistan conflict since 1965.
Israel's conflict with its Arab neighbors in 1967.
China and France develop nuclear weapons to position themselves as global powers.
1969
23:50
virtually all the world's countries agree to sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
Weapons.
Only they refuse to sign it Israel, India and Pakistan.
1972
23:48
The USA and the USSR slow down their arms race by signing the "Treaty of Strategic Arms Limitation"
(SALT) and the "Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty" (ABM). SALT limits the number of ballistic missile
launchers each country can possess and the ABM Treaty career slows the development of defensive
weaponry.
1974
23:51
India tested its first nuclear device.
USA and USSR modernize nuclear force.
Thanks to weapons development, both powers can recharge their Intercontinental ballistic missiles
with more nuclear warheads than before
1980
23:53
35 years after the beginning of the nuclear era, the US and USSR continue to believe that nuclear
weapons are essential to their national security.
1981
23:56
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan hardens US position.
US boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.
Jimmy Carter hardens its nuclear stance against the USSR, but fails, thanks to Ronald Reagan, new
President of the USA.
1984
23:57
The US-Soviet diplomatic relations are at their lowest point in decades.
Dialogue between the two superpowers is interrupted.
The Soviet Union boycotted the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
The world fears an acceleration of the arms race.
1988
23:54
The US and USSR sign the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
Good understanding between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev.
1990
23:50
One after another, all the countries of Eastern Europe became independent of Soviet control.
Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the Supreme Soviet, does not intervene.
In late 1989 the Berlin Wall falls.
1991
23:43
after the end of the Cold War, the US and Russia are committed to dismantle much of its nuclear
arsenal
1995
23:47
Restlessness within the US following the dismantling of the USSR.
Problems in several of the former republics of the USSR.
Existence of an arsenal of 40,000 nuclear warheads.
Much uncontrolled nuclear material in the former USSR.
1998
23:51
India and Pakistan carried out nuclear weapons testing various turning them into successive
demonstrations of power and warning between both countries.
US and Russia have trouble following dismantling their nuclear arsenals.
2002
23:53
little progress in global nuclear disarmament is achieved.
United States rejects a series of arms control treaties and announces its intention to withdraw from
the ABM Treaty.
Concern about the possibility of a nuclear terrorist attack because of the amount of weapons and
nuclear material that is not under control and unaccounted for everyone.
2007
23:55
North Korea tested its nuclear weapons.
US renews their enthusiasm for the military use of nuclear weapons.
It has not been able to ensure the security of nuclear materials.
There are still about 26,000 nuclear weapons in the United States and Russia.
Expert analysts of the dangers to civilization have added climate change to the prospect of nuclear
annihilation as the greatest threats to mankind.
2010
23:54
Global cooperation to reduce nuclear arsenal and pledges to limit emissions of climate change gases.
2012
23:55
There will be over 2500 nuclear weapons on the planet.
2014
23:55
Efforts have been made to reduce nuclear threat
Russia and US They maintain large nuclear arsenals, while countries like India, Pakistan and China
could increase its stockpile of nuclear weapons. Possible expansion of the "nuclear club".
2015
23:57
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