by the end of 2003, a nuclear arms race will have begun in Asia. the starting shot will be fired by N. Korea, in the form of a “test” conducted in waters close to the coast of either China, or Japan.
by 2012, the “new wave” of nuclear proliferation will have led to such a fiery and tense escalation worldwide that at least 13 more countries will have adopted these weapons, spreading panic and fear like a virus across the entire globe and eventually sparking a conflict which will result in the complete and utter annihilation of at least 70% of all known land-based life forms on the planet Earth, and covering the sky with enough dust and debris that no one will see the Sun for at least a generation (killing off more than half of the survivors).
pale blue dot indeed.
