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A warning from the Caribbean – none of us is safe from nuclear disaster

Nuclear disaster a very real prospect

Trinidad Express Editorial, 8 Aug 23

Two days ago, the world, led by Japan, peered through the long lens of history to August 6, 1945, when the first atomic bomb was released above Hiroshima that changed the world.

As Japan rang its peace bell and observed its annual moment of silence—at the exact time and date that the A-bomb innocuously nicknamed “Little Boy” was unleashed—Hollywood filmmaker Christopher Nolan threw his gaze forward to the age of artificial intelligence, calling this inflection point in global technological advancement an “Oppenheimer moment”.

Together, both cast modern perspectives on the 78-year-old event that killed between 129,000 and 226,000 mostly civilians and pushed the world to where it is now: in near-constant fear of global annihilation from nuclear weapons.

. In the time between that fateful day in 1945 and now, far from being chastened into complete nuclear disarmament, nations have invested in technological advancements that have made nuclear weapons 80 times more powerful than the one detonated over Hiroshima. These modern weapons now have more accurate and resilient delivery methods that can fly faster than the speed of sound……………………………………………….

last weekend’s anniversary reminds us that climate chaos is not the only threat to the future of humanity. Here in T&T, we may feel farther away from nuclear annihilation than from the weather crises we experience daily but one serves to remind us of the other.

As the Caribbean raises its voice on the world stage on climate change, so too our voices must be heard on the other looming threat to our existence.  https://trinidadexpress.com/opinion/editorials/nuclear-disaster-a-very-real-prospect/article_2cff3a12-3585-11ee-a35f-334a8a703465.html

August 8, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized