UKRAINE LATEST: An AP-NORC poll finds most Americans concerned U.S. will be drawn directly into Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Close to half of Americans say they are very concerned that Russia would directly target the U.S. 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. Russian President Vladimir Putin placed his country's nuclear forces on high alert shortly after the Feb. 24 invasion.
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. posed by North Korea's nuclear program. An additional 29% expressed moderate concern. The fear, naturally enough, also tends to rise and fall depending on what is happening around the world. "We have these moments that are sort of high crisis periods," Wellerstein said. "And then they come and go, and people forget that we had them."
The findings reflect not just anxiety about what seems like a proxy war with Russia, even if the U.S. isn't directly involved in the conflict, but also the unprecedented saturation coverage of the war through traditional news outlets and social media. Caleb Pack, a 21-year-old Republican from Ardmore, Oklahoma, was among those who said that they were "somewhat concerned" that the U.S. would be drawn into the war and that Russia would target the United States with nuclear weapons.
In that context, concern is justified, said Tara Drozdenko, director of the global security program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. "Whenever you have nuclear-armed nations getting closer to conflict, there's always a risk of nuclear escalation," she said.
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Nuclear fears in US amid Russia-Ukraine war: AP-NORC pollRussia’s war on Ukraine has most Americans at least somewhat worried that the U.S. 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. Close to half of Americans say they are very concerned that Russia would directly target the U.S. 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. Russian President Vladimir Putin placed his country’s nuclear forces on high alert shortly after the Feb. 24 invasion.
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