“It's a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided¨ - Noam Chomsky (BrainyQuote). Nuclear weapons can determine a country’s stake in a global way. However, the only use of an international nuclear bomb occurred during World War II. A nuclear bomb, or known as a nuke, is the most feared weapon the world has ever known. World leaders have an urge that they must build a nuclear bomb for their country to show strength if other countries want to invade their homeland. Nine countries have a nuclear weapon, including the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea (BOMB). Several of these nations have already tested a hydrogen bomb which is even more powerful than any other nuclear …show more content…
For example, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev talked about ending the Cold War, and the Soviet Union changed their government into a democratic type of government, and is no longer communist. Reagan and Gorbachev both knew that a nuclear war would be a disaster, so Reagan and Gorbachev ended the Cold War because Gorbachev changed the Soviet government into a federal republic . The Soviet Union and the United States threatened each other during the Cold War that they would drop a nuke on the opposing country. Russia and the United States today still threaten each other over topics including national security. The dropping of a nuclear bomb decreases drastically, and no threats have been made …show more content…
North Korea withdrew from the N.P.T. in 2003, and the leaders of North Korea Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un has tested nuclear weapons in 2006, 2009, 2013, and now in 2016. North Korea needs to join the N.P.T. if North Korea wants to see their country not destroyed. If all countries who have a nuclear weapon team up against North Korea, then North Korea will lose, and the land will be demolished in North Korea. Russia, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and China have signed the N.P.T., so the likeliness of a war is very