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The Atom Bomb: The Future Of The World

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The Atom Bomb has become the most important invention to the United States, and her allies, in the last century. Not only does nuclear matter destroy, but it's ability to produce energy has been the forefront of our electrical industry. In the wake of violence, however, nuclear power has been manipulated to serve as a means of force. For many years, however, the United States has pledged to never utilize atomic bombs or missiles on neighboring powers or their allies unless provoked. By ignoring the past and the alluring complication of future nuclear warfare, the true nature of the nations is starting to seep through the cracks of our society. In particular, North Korea threatens the United States and the encompassing allies in the Pacific with nuclear warfare daily. With the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki still in the memory of many Pacific Islanders, it would be catastrophic to unleash another wave of attacks against a nation still recovering from the traumas of 1945. …show more content…

World War II would be the turning point in technology, tactics, and inventions of war after the death of Franz Ferdinand, the Archduke of the Austrian-Hungarian union, at the hands of the Serbian nationalist, the war that would shape our future politics and technology ensued. It helped shape the future of the world as tensions grew between domestic countries and brought the new desire for easier, more accessible (arguably unethical) warfare practices to ensure

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