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Nuclear Weapons Persuasive Essay

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War is a pattern in history and has been shown since the beginning of human existence. The desire to be the best and the most powerful can be shown in every species. Humans have built the most powerful and unbelievable weapons. Every new invention of weaponry is more incredible and more dominant than the previous one. Most people think of the nuclear bomb as the most dangerous weapon known to man. The U.S. is said to have enough operational nuclear weapons to destroy itself four times over. Only 16,000 of the Tzar Bombas, created by the Soviet Union, which is the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created, could completely annihilate the Earth. Yet, many nations around the world still want to create the biggest and baddest nuclear weapon. The nuclear arms race is an ongoing competition between foreign powers to develop and advance nuclear instruments and other atomic weapons in order to be the most powerful and feared state. Weapons are a way to establish one's hegemony in the world. As new nations acquired nuclear weapons, a new era of military warfare and new …show more content…

The PTBT prohibited the testing of nuclear weapons in outer space, underwater or in the atmosphere. It was signed by representatives of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain, in Moscow, Russia on August 5, 1963. The NPT is an “international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to promote cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to further the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament and general and complete disarmament.” (“Treaty on the Non-Proliferation”). Yet, there is still a threat between all the countries and an examination on the amount of warheads in each country. (see appendix

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