![]() ![]() This is the farthest the clock's minute hand has been from doomsday, indicating the group's momentary optimism at the official end of the Cold War. The Berlin Wall falls, and Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Romania break out from Soviet control. Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev have signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which bans a specific type of nuclear weapon. More pessimism over the state of diplomacy between the United States and the Soviet Union. The United States boycotts the Olympic Games in Moscow. United States and the Soviet Union still view nuclear weapons as an integral component of their national security. And, the Bulletin adds, the United States and Soviet Union continue to modernize their own nuclear capabilities. India runs its first test of a nuclear device. The United States and Soviet Union sign a pair of treaties aimed at slowing the arms race. Most major world powers sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Partial Test Ban Treaty, which bans atmospheric testing of nuclear devices. The nuclear arms race begins when the US tests a massive hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific, 1000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped at Hiroshema.įor the first time, the United States and Soviet Union appear eager to avoid direct confrontation in regional conflicts. Alexander Langsdorf moves the minute hand up by four minutes after a Russian nuclear test. ![]()
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