errent to the very real threat of invasion from the North they were a new and celebrated technology. Since then their destructive potential has become better known, actually deterring the most powerful nations who possess them from ever actually using them again.
             Some naive individuals and groups believe that such knowledge should generate a reduction in the desire of non-nuclear states in achieving nuclear armament. This is naive in that the nations who already possess nuclear weapons doggedly hold on to them assuming that they will continue to act as a deterrent, and most likely as a response to the overwhelming economic and technological investment that has been placed in them over the years. (Taylor, ND, pp. 1-7) A strong point is made by many experts that seems to go unheeded by the modern super powers, as they move forward year after year increasing spending on nuclear weapons and the research that builds them. "...as long as we believe nuclear weapons are an important part of our security, we c
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