With a flash of light and a noise 15 times louder than thunder, the city is vaporized within seconds. But what has caused this to happen? A war, but what about the explosion? The answer is the devastating power of a nuclear bomb. They must be dismantled or decommissioned before humanity is eliminated. Nuclear warheads, more commonly known as Nukes, are classified as weapons of m ass destruction. This is because they have the capabilities to demolish an entire city, or something much larger. in some people's opinion, it's just another bomb. While the quote “The human race won't last to the end of the century, speaking as a mathematician, our odds are 3 to 1 against our survival.”[Bertrand Russell] which describes our survival chance against …show more content…
The second is the 3 kilometers that surround the hypocenter. The rest is known as the outskirts, the areas that will soon be destroyed by nuclear radiation. Anyone caught in the hypocenter has a 5% chance to survive. Anyone in the second zone has a 50% survival chance. Anyone in the outskirts has 80% survival chance.[ informative from MIFT] the quote “if WW3 is fought using nuclear weapons, than WW4 will be fought with bows and arrows”[Lord Luis Manhattan] describes that we will destroy ourselves with nukes and humanity will have to start over. I must admit to nuke supporters that nukes are a good way to intimidate other countries, but they should agree with me because i quote Gareth Owens that “we will destroy ourselves with nuclear weapons if they are used properly.” This quote is another proof that nukes are way to overpowered to be used in warfare. The second problem that involves nukes is there costliness. Nukes are very expensive weapons. There estimated cost is 1.8 billion dollars. That is more than the president's annual salary. The U.S. already suffers from an enormous national debt. Even yet, they continue to build these oversized nightmares. There is a quote that “in nuclear war all men are cremated equal”[unknown] which counters my opponent's opinion that Nukes are a good way to end a war. A nuclear war will be the mother of all wars, and it will only end with death. Now,