Nuclear Weapons
What should be done to prevent 3rd world countries and terrorists from obtaining Nuclear weapons?Nuclear weapons are the most deadly weapons man has ever created and now 3rd world countries as well as terrorist can possess them. The first atomic bomb which hit Hiroshima with a 100 kiloton explosion that's equal 100,000 tons of TNT Five years later the first fusion bomb went off with an explosion 100 times more powerful than the one that hit Japan, and that was 40 years ago. Today we have nuclear bombs the size of, a large watermelon capable of yielding an explosion equal to 100,000,000 tons of TNT. With the recent fall of the Soviet Union and small state like countries now possessing huge nuclear arsenals. Action must be taken to protect and prevent these weapons of mass destruction from falling in to the hands of those that would use them to reack havoc not only upon humanity, but the world as well. Terrorists are the most dangerous of the two groups. The majority of terrorists are located in the Middle East, which is known to already possess nuclear weapons. Along with huge amounts of nuclear now on the black market, makes it very easy for terrorists to get a hold of nuclear weapons. However, despite popular belief it i
" Peace Magazine July/Aug, 1996: 11-15Cooper, Mary H. There are many answers to this question, but only few have worked. Though these small countries do care if they die (unlike most terrorists), they do have a huge grudge against the super powers such as the USA, England, and Russia; which can at some points make them even more dangerous. Works Cited List Alvaro, Sam Nick. This makes it very easy for terrorists to get a hold of small as well as large amounts of nuclear material, without anyone ever knowing. Since they are so deadly, we must do all that we can to prevent a nuclear holocaust. Since these countries have such limited technology and resources, it is highly improbable that they will the take the essential safety precautions in order to prevent a nuclear catastrophe. Also recently, a group of terrorists were caught in possession of 6 pounds of Highly Enriched Uranium, which more than enough to create a nuclear warhead. The removal of plutonium is also necessary since it can easily be converted into weapons grade and the fact that's it exists in such large quantities. In the early 1970s the USSR and the USA got together and started The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and START and START II. These were set up to diminish their mammoth arsenal of maniacally menacing weapons of mass destruction.
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