A war fought with 1% of the nuclear weapons now in the arsenals of the nuclear weapon states could cause up to a billion people to die from nuclear famine. A large nuclear war would end human history.

Nuclear Haze

Nuclear war between India and Pakistan could put 5 million tons of smoke in the stratosphere and produce a global Nuclear Haze that would block 7-10% of warming sunlight from reaching the surface of Earth and cause the blue skies of Earth to appear grey.

Nuclear Twilight & Nuclear Darkness

The U.S and Russia keep more than 2000 strategic nuclear weapons on high-alert. These weapons are 7 to 85 times more powerful than the atomic bomb which destroyed Hiroshima. They are mounted on many hundreds of missiles which can be launched with 30 seconds to 3 minutes warning.

Scientists predict that firestorms ignited by a nuclear war fought with 4400 US and Russian strategic nuclear weapons could loft 180 million tons of smoke into the stratosphere. This would block 35% of sunlight in the Southern Hemisphere, creating a Nuclear Twilight effect. 70% of sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere would be absorbed by the stratospheric smoke layer, creating Nuclear Darkness.

Nuclear arsenals must be eliminated, because if they are left intact, they will eventually be used. Nuclear weapons must be outlawed, dismantled and abolished. A draft treaty, or Nuclear Weapons Convention, already exists which would ban nuclear weapons and ensure their elimination.