A brief history of nuclear near-misses

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With Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un rattling their nuclear sabres, the Guardian looks back at 70 years of near-misses in the atomic age.

Though the doctrine of mutual assured destruction (MAD) has brought us back from the brink on several occasions, more worrying are the times when mistakes – both human and technical – have been the cause for the crises.