A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile is driven through Moscow’s Red Square in 2009.
Anxieties are mounting as nuclear weapons make their way into unstable regions. In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, US disarmament expert Richard Burt discusses the growing risk of their use, why allowing Iran to get the bomb could trigger a Sunni-Shiite arms race and how an attack could make citizens demand a police state.
I don’t think we have to worry about a Mideast arms race, Iran will use their nukes long before one starts,