The Cold War.
Most think it's over but-
This
launch order requires only a few minutes to carry out, because the U.S. and Russia still keep more than 800 ballistic missiles armed with at least 1739 strategic nuclear warheads at high-alert, always ready to fire.
http://www.wagingpeace.org/articles/pdfs/2011_06_24_starr.pdf
You get your info from the same source that everyone else does, you just interpret it in your own way. There may be realities that few in the county are aware of. You can't be so sure.
But I have to admit, that's what I said about Iraq.