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The Pros And Cons Of The Nuclear War

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It is widely agreed that the most dangerous threat to civilization is that posed by nuclear weapons.The threat posed by nuclear weapons was apparent to all observers worldwide. The notion of M.A.D (Mutually assured destruction) was a “policy” that effectively made the act of using weapons a zero sum game in which neither side would have any incentive to deploy its nuclear arsenal. Ronald Reagan beginning in 1982 sought to reduce the threat to the world by limiting the number of nuclear weapons that both the U.S and the Soviet Union possessed. This proposal would eventually become known as the START treaty.

The goals of the START treaty were undeniably ambitious, it sought to reduce the number of nuclear weapons held by each side to no more than 6000 nuclear warheads in addition to 1600 ICBMs and bombers. This reduction from the stockpiles that both nations had would eventually lead to a reduction of more than 75% of all nuclear weapons that were in existence! The benefits of the treaty would show the world that both the …show more content…

The final draft of the proposal was signed by George H.W Bush (United States of America) and Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet Union) on the 31st of July 1991. The proposal was made effective on the 5th of December 1994 and intended to last 18 years until the 5th of december 2009. The break up of the Soviet Union in december of 1991 posed a problem for the treaty as now one of the two member states no longer existed. Thus it was agreed that the terms of the treaty specified to the Soviet Union would be applied to Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine; The latter three of which later disbanded their nuclear weapons and became non-nuclear weapons states under the Treaty on the nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons. These actions were particularly important as upon receiving independence Ukraine had the third largest arsenal of nuclear weapons in the

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In order to ensure your protection and well being you sometimes need to build nuclear bombs. The Pearl Harbor Bombing was an example of what not being prepared will do. The Pearl Harbor Bombing was a disastrous event that lead to the deaths of many people. The people that were bombed were not prepared. The United States then declared war on Japan and the bombing triggered World War II.

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For many decades it has been the president who is given the power to act solely on what he believes is best for our national interest when responding to a nuclear attack. Bruce Blair, in a dialogue about the president’s authority to launch a nuclear strike, clearly states that the system is meant to be quick and precise for time constraints. It is critical for there to be a system that works quickly. When detecting a nuclear attack heading towards the U.S., it is only a matter of minutes before impact. Consider how fast everything must happen in order for a quick reaction.

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To ensure the safety of the world, nations should not be constructing bombs that kill more people. Nations should instead be disarming the bombs they have already manufactured. Bombs over the decades have became deadlier due to technology advances. Nuclear bombs, if dropped on major cities, can cause enormous amounts of damage. Nuclear bombs are not only destructive but also expensive, nuclear bombs cost can exceed eighty five million dollars.

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It won’t be because of a Maya prophesy, but humanity may meet its doom someday. Human’s ingenuity could eventually bring about its own destruction. However, in some occasion human have no choice, but do what needed to be done for the survival of their community. Erich Fromm quotes to one of his articles that “If mankind commits suicide it will be because people will obey those who command them push the deadly buttons; because they will obey the archaic passion of fear, hate, and greed (157).” Considered from all that he said, it would take a considerable number of nuclear bombs to wipe out all of the humanity.

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During World War II, there were some news that Germany had nuclear powers. These news were faced by an American-British collaboration. This collaboration in order to develop an atomic bomb. US citizens in The state of Hawaii woke up early on their weekend holiday on Wednesday 7th of December 1941 to know that more than 2,400 people were killed by a Japanese attack on the naval military base in Pearl Harbor. As a result, the United States declared war on Japan by a series of attacks ended with bombing two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with the first ever used atomic bomb.

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World War II forces the United States to gather all their resources to create an atomic bomb before the Germans get to it. According to the atomicarchive.com, a secret program established by the U.S. Government later became known as the Manhattan project started in 1941. Led by J. Robert Oppenheimer, they were able to accomplish “Trinity” code name for the denotation of the first atomic bomb in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The power that was observed stun the scientist enough to write a petition to the president, warning him of the destructive power of the atomic bomb and that he should never resort to using such weapon (Szilard). After the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the United State introduced the Baruch Plan which would turn their nuclear

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