The Hill: The prospect of nuclear war still worries Americans

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Nearly half of Americans surveyed said they are concerned about the prospect of the United States entering a nuclear war within the next ten years, according to a new poll, The Hill newspaper reports.

A YouGov poll released Wednesday found that 46 percent of Americans surveyed believe a nuclear war involving the United States is imminent, while 37 percent say it is "not very" or "not at all" likely.



Broken down by party group, 57% of Democrats and 37% of Republicans believe nuclear war is possible within the next decade. According to the poll, among independent (non-partisan) voters, 44% believe a nuclear conflict involving the United States is likely.

Similarly, roughly the same percentage of Americans—44% of Democrats and 46% of Republicans—believe that terrorists or criminals could detonate nuclear weapons in the United States within the next decade. About 37% of independent voters agree.

The findings come after President Trump last month called on the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing, which the United States halted in 1992. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the administration would take appropriate steps "quickly." Meanwhile, Russia and China were accused of conducting "secret tests" of low-yield nuclear weapons.

Despite Trump's order, Energy Secretary Chris Wright told Fox News earlier this month that the tests would include "software" or "non-critical" explosions, simulating the detonation of full-scale nuclear devices.
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  1. beeper
    beeper
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    29 November 2025 22: 52
    What the hell are they thinking? What nuclear war?! Well, unless Israel launches a nuke at Iran, then it'll just be some local squabbles?!
    Who else can?!
    If the Americans themselves don't start firing nukes, no one else will!
    Are the British and the French really that stupid to do this?!
    "Our own bourgeois" in the Kremlin will never dare to strike at the West or the East, even if something like that were to fly into Russia, because... I don't want to say it, everyone already sees and knows everything about them.
    And the Chinese, the Chinese communist capitalists, they are pragmatists. Why would they want a world without a huge capitalist market for their Chinese goods?! That's why the Chinese won't go nuclear—they only need it for "superpower" prestige and to keep US "hawks" from getting any crazy ideas. They'll take Taiwan anyway, even without nuclear weapons.
    I don't believe the South Koreans would be so crazy as to attack the North Koreans?! North Korea would never attack its neighbors first, and Pyongyang only needs nuclear weapons to prevent any of its neighbors or "hegemons" from attacking them.
    It would hardly occur to the Hindus and Pakistanis to treat each other to nuclear weapons in the event of another border dispute.
    India and China, perhaps, but that's also very unlikely.
    So, another epidemic of "nuclear psychosis" among Americans, inspired by companies building private nuclear bunkers (like Zelts's on "Billionaires' Island" and cheaper).
    This artificial psychosis is from the same "opera" as the annual horror stories about the coming "unprecedentedly harsh, very, very cold winters" from companies selling heating devices and political lobbyists for the oil and gas trade. request
  2. Sarcastic realist
    Sarcastic realist
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    30 November 2025 07: 08
    Terrorists or criminals could detonate nuclear weapons in the United States.

    Well, yes, those terrorists and criminals who are in power.