ƵWar GamesƵ 1983 techno-thriller movie depicts young computer hacker David accessing War Operation Plan Response (WOPR) supercomputer. He seeks to play newest computer games but instead initiates countdown to global thermonuclear war by triggering artificially intelligent WOPR supercomputer. In end, Professor Falken and David direct WOPR to play tic-tac-toe. From tic-tac-toe lesson, WOPR learns only way to win game of thermonuclear war is not to play.
Before 1991 Soviet Union collapse, it produces 27,000 nuclear weapons with enough material to build three times more weapons. Under supposedly binding nonaggression treaties, former Soviet republics of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine all returned Soviet-era nuclear materials to post-communist Russia. Yet, fear grows about disposition of large uranium and plutonium stockpiles.
In 1997, Alexander Lebed and Krasnoyarsk Krai allege loss of dozens of suitcase-size nukes. Official denials follow by Russia and others asserting such devices donƵt exist. In 2002, Middlebury Institute of International Studies reviews and comments on portable weapons in ƵSuitcase Nukes: A Reassessment.Ƶ Report observes luckily over time no such devices emerge.
Recently, Israel and U.S. attempt to obliterate IranƵs nuclear production and stockpile with bunker-busting bombardment. In aftermath, Stuart Lau of BBC News writes ƵIran could start enriching uranium for bomb within months, UN nuclear chief says.Ƶ Rafael Grossi, head of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), notes strikes severely damage Iranian sites, but he proclaims that strikes didnƵt obliterate them.
Iran exhibits propensity for terrorism even on its own people. Specter of terrorist-deployed portable nukes linger from yesteryear. ItƵs critically important to understand what material Iran still possesses as a matter of utmost national security. Rogue nations such as Iran and North Korea with nuclear weapons threaten all of humanity. This isnƵt movie like ƵWar Games,Ƶ but real, harsh and unforgiving reality. Urge Congress to step up and keep U.S. out of harmƵs way. Failure isnƵt an option.
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