The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has published its “Doomsday Clock” since 1947, showing a theoretical countdown to nuclear annihilation. An additional 29% expressed moderate concern.įear of nuclear war has been a fact of life for decades. The poll was conducted before North Korea test-fired its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile on Friday but also shows 51% of Americans saying they are very concerned about the threat to the U.S. Seventy-one percent of Americans say the invasion has increased the possibility of nuclear weapons being used anywhere in the world. “He is out of control, and I don’t think he really has concern for much of anything but what he wants,” said Robin Thompson, a retired researcher from Amherst, Massachusetts. Roughly 9 in 10 Americans are at least somewhat concerned that Putin might use a nuclear weapon against Ukraine, including about 6 in 10 who are very concerned. Russian President Vladimir Putin placed his country’s nuclear forces on high alert shortly after the Feb. with nuclear weapons, and an additional 3 in 10 are somewhat concerned about that, according to the new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. will be drawn directly into the conflict and could be targeted with nuclear weapons, with a new poll reflecting a level of anxiety that has echoes of the Cold War era.Ĭlose to half of Americans say they are very concerned that Russia would directly target the U.S. WASHINGTON (AP) - Russia’s war on Ukraine has most Americans at least somewhat worried that the U.S. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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