Nuclear weapons have only been used twice. Now Russia has hinted they could be used again. In this podcast episode, Inside Geneva host Imogen Foulkes asks experts how big the threat is.
\u201cThis is the reality of nuclear deterrence: that there is a nuclear armed country that can hold the rest of the world hostage,\u201d says Alicia Sanders-Zakre of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).
Have we forgotten how devastating these weapons are?
\u201cBlast, high-velocity projectile, trauma, burns, including bodies just melting into the ground,\u201d says Ruth Mitchell of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW).
What happens if a small tactical nuclear weapon is used?
\u201cThere is no small nuclear weapon. All nuclear weapons have devastating, lasting, generational humanitarian consequences,\u201d says Sanders-Zakre.
What are the chances of a nuclear-free world now?
\u201cThe abolition of nuclear weapons seems to be much more difficult and problematic than the fact of just saying: \u2018it\u2019s against human rights, it\u2019s against humanitarian law\u2019,\u201d says analyst Daniel Warner.
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