Too many are copacetic about nuclear weapons. That nukes have not been used since Nagasaki leads them to conclude their use is so insane they will not be used, so everything is fine. The reality is far different, and the India-Pakistan conflict may lead to the first use since Nagasaki for a simple reason: Pakistan has a declared policy of “use ‘em rather than lose ‘em” and India’s conventional military superiority could give Pakistan as few as five minutes to launch or lose their “nuclear umbrella.” During the fog of war the potential for error is great.