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The Pros And Cons Of The Cold War

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Despite the fact that the Cold War has been over since the early 1990’s with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the topic of nuclear weapon development is still circulating. The issue as a whole is a very complex issue, containing too many intertwined conflicts and and loose ends, so therefore it cannot be clearly defined, creating a problem on finding a clear and clean cut solution. But there are ways America can protect itself while as our nation wrestles with the problem as it rears it’s head within foreign relations. “Nuclear reductions and the heady dreams of abolition are driven in part by a belief that nukes are Cold War anachronisms. But it would be incorrect- dangerous, in fact-to assume that the conditions that have allowed the United States to de-emphasize its atomic arsenal will persist. Nuclear weapons are still the most potent military tools on Earth, and they will remain …show more content…

However, that is just not true. Douglas J. Beason, former nuclear weapon designer for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, states in his article “Our Endangered Nuclear Weaponeers”, that “...the threat is not going away. Iran is producing enriched uranium, North Korea in February detonated its third nuclear weapon since 2006, and terrorists continually seek this ultimate capability.” It only requires about three kilograms of highly enriched uranium to make a nuclear bomb, according to a research team at the

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This is a powerful argument, as it appeals to the emotions of the reader by suggesting a devastating and irreversible outcome if nuclear weapons are not abolished. They warn, “Shall we put an end to the human race, or shall mankind renounce war?” This statement is a stark reminder of the potential consequences of our actions and the need to work together to prevent such a catastrophic event. The authors argue that the use of nuclear weapons would result in the destruction of civilization as we know it. They claim that the only way to prevent a nuclear war is to eliminate nuclear weapons altogether.

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You love the latest iPhone, MacBook, camera, television, nuclear weapons. No? Not nuclear weapons? Well, since the ending of WWII in 1945, it is estimated that the United States, humans, have produced more than 70,000 nuclear warheads. That’s at least 909 nuclear warheads a year!

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To help keep the U.S. we need to build nuclear weapons. Many countries argue that by having nuclear weapons their safety is ensured. However, for many opponent countries building nuclear weapons might seem as a declaration of war or as a risk of attack. For example North Korea has been creating many bombs some that can cause more danger than others: “The scientists

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I must advise you, Mr. President to avoid using the atomic bomb at all costs because the consequences are too great and they appear to give in to surrender soon. There is a consensus

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The Tyranny of Numbers Nuclear weapons are still the number one threat to human existence known to man. The United States and Russia

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Since the dropping of the Atomic bombs on Japan, humans have been in a constant struggle to build the best and most dangerous bombs we have ever seen. This struggle was piloted by two nations in particular, the United States and the Soviet Union. These two nations fought for supremacy in the nuclear age in an event called the Cold War. It was called the Cold War because it never got hot; although both of the countries were able to create many power bombs and many breakthroughs in their technology, both sides realized what would happen if they launched nukes at each other. After both sides came to an agreement over their nuclear weapons, they were slowly decommissioned and their payload of nuclear material was converted into fuel for the new

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III - The Origin of Nuclear Deterrence Presidents, Secretaries of Defense, Generals and scholars alike have studied and debated deterrence theory extensively since the birth of the atomic bomb. From 1945 until 1949, the U.S. was the only country to possess nuclear weapons, but the Soviet Union was significantly stronger from a conventional weaponry and force structure standpoint. In 1949, the Soviets detonated their first nuclear device. This was the first evolution in deterrence as it made the battlefield more evenly matched. It was the beginning of what would be later termed as “a stable balance of power” and it also presented “the threat that leaves something to chance” for both sides as stated in Thomas Schelling’s book Arms and Influence.

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There is only one moment in the Earth’s more than 4.5 billion years of existence that a nuclear weapon was utilized and it was during the Second World War by the US. We are the only known nation to mankind who have used this so-called weapon of mass destruction to another independent country. The effect was something that surprised even our scientists who invented it expected, totally obliterating the land, polluting the air, killing the people, and with its aftermaths bringing sickness to citizens who somehow survived, but latterly died in agony. With this knowledge, we say never, should this happen

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1991, the Cold War has ended without the exchange of ICBM’s and nuclear holocaust that would have followed despite heightened tensions between the USSR and the USA over a span of 45 years. Within the same year the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty 1 was signed successfully reduced most of the nuclear stockpiles that America and Russia possessed over a period of 15 years. This significantly marked a the end of vertical proliferation between these two superpowers, however the concerns of vertical proliferation shifted to horizontal proliferation with states such as Iran and North Korea developing their own nuclear programmes, therefore, threatening global peace once again. Nuclear Weapons support international peace due to the dangers of being

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In regards to the development of the nuclear bomb, Einstein said the following: “it is impossible to achieve peace as long as every single action is taken with a possible future conflict in view”. The phenomenon is true as wells so towards nuclear bombs because of it's original use and first public view. In spite of that, we still can use nuclear power as energy and as an appliance for treating

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Many countries independently have a sufficient amount of nuclear bombs and missiles to end the entire human race on planet earth. The cold war began the race for countries to have large nuclear arsenals that has been going non stop. Nuclear weapons are largely for show, the only nuclear weapons ever used in combat were dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki, which was 71 years ago (Mian). Countries should not have nuclear weapons In addition nuclear weapons are extremely expensive, in 2014 the U.S. alone spent $26 million on nuclear weapons disarmament (Alvarez).

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Moreover, weapons in the current stockpile are based on technology from the 1970s. In order to make sure that the weapons and delivery systems will perform exactly as intended, the US needs to resume nuclear testing. With the Stockpile Stewardship Program, the US is

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Nuclear weapons do much more than just sitting on shelves and decaying away. I believe that nuclear weapons are needed to prevent and stop attacks. In this essay you will read about how nuclear weapons deteriorate other countries, how the nuclear weapons actually help stopped the Cold

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However, some countries still have some wars between them. History shows having nuclear weapons hasn’t prevented countries from attacking each other. For example, nuclear weapons in general didn’t prevent the war between Israel and Egypt. In addition, when a country make nuclear weapons it will put other countries in danger. This will lead other countries to create more and more nuclear weapons to guard against any danger.

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If nuclear weapons were ever used again it could wipe out all of humanity. The United States created the first nuclear weapon in 1945, and with those nuclear weapons they bombed two Japanese cities called Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Nuclear Weapons should be banned, Countries should not have weapons that could wipe out the civilization. Nuclear weapons pose a direct threat to everyone. They cause distrust among nations and they are useless in addressing any of today 's real security threats.

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