Sentences with phrase «scale nuclear conflict»

Even if Russia and the US keep their fingers off the nuclear button, a small - scale nuclear conflict is well capable of trashing the planet

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It's also a place where there's the potential for small scale regional conflict — political at this time — such as between China, Vietnam and Japan over the Spratley islands in the South China Sea and the known unknowns around political instability in nuclear - armed Pakistan and that nation's relationship to its nuclear - armed neighbour, India.

«The big surprise is that this study demonstrates that a small - scale, regional nuclear conflict is capable of triggering ozone losses even larger than losses that were predicted following a full - scale nuclear war.»