On December 14th 2012 Newtown, Connecticut- a small town with just 27,000 residents- became the scene of one of the most horrific mass-murders in modern US history.  A lone gunman first took his own mother’s life, before brutally taking the lives of 20 children and 7 adults at Sandy Hook…

 

At a very fundamental level, war is about defending against a perceived or actual threat.  Such aggressions have been frequently used throughout history to defend ideas, ideologies and territories- but more recently, economies. Unlike any other defence environment, the theatre of nuclear war exists in a state of near-permanent checkmate. …