The Doomsday Clock is at its closest point to midnight since 1953

9 | 2017

Trump’s comments on climate change and nuclear proliferation

 

8 | 2015

Climate

change and

nuclear

weapons

modernisation

7 | 2007

North Korea conducts

nuclear test

6 | 1998

India and

Pakistan

test nuclear weapons

5 | 1991

End of cold

war

3 | 1974

India tests its first nuclear device

4 | 1981

Soviet war in Afghanistan

continues

2 | 1953

US tests first hydrogen

bomb

1 | 1949

USSR’s first nuclear test

The clock is assessed annually in response

to events in the preceding year

7 | 2007

North Korea conducts

nuclear test

6 | 1998

India and

Pakistan

test nuclear weapons

8 | 2015

Climate change and nuclear

weapons

modernisation

9 | 2017

Trump’s comments on climate change and nuclear

proliferation

 

1 | 1949

USSR’s first nuclear test

2 | 1953

US tests first hydrogen

bomb

4 | 1981

Soviet war in Afghanistan

continues

5 | 1991

End of cold

war

3 | 1974

India tests its first nuclear device

The clock is assessed annually in response to events in the preceding year