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…there were some mostly bad things that came from the cold war: the proliferation of nuclear weapons, vast stockpiles of nuclear armaments on both sides, and the nuclear waste that was the by-product of the production of these weapons, collapse of economies…

…on the island. A U-2 in August showed pictures of anti-aircraft facilities around Havana and in October Soviet aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons were spotted on the island. But the most worrying evidence of all came in the 14 of October, when another u-2…

…on the island. A U-2 in August showed pictures of anti-aircraft facilities around Havana and in October Soviet aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons were spotted on the island. But the most worrying evidence of all came in the 14 of October, when another u-2…

…is a small expense compared to the damage that could be done by all the countries who now know of such a destructive weapon and are racing to create their own. Due to the speed at which the Manhattan project was rushed, the scientists were never able to fully…

…The Cuban Missile Crisis Never had the world been closer to nuclear destruction as it had been in nineteen sixty-two. During the month of October there were, in Cuba only ninety miles off the southern tip of Florida, Soviet offensive weapons…

…. Soviet field commanders in Cuba were authorized to use tactical nuclear weapons if invaded by the U.S. The fate of millions literally hinged upon the ability of two men, President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev, to reach a compromise. In 1960…

…of nuclear waste. This by-product of fission and reprocessing has a half-life of thousands of years and could potentially be used to make nuclear weapons. To prevent harm and terrorist threat the waste must be disposed of so that it is unobtainable. Deep burial…

…, a nuclear-armed superpower, and it was in nuclear weapons that Reagan and Gorbachev then took important steps toward ending the Cold War. In 1986, Reagan and Gorbachev met at Reykjavik, Iceland, for a summit at which they discussed eliminating all nuclear weapons…

…and burned on water too, making it an extremely deadly naval warfare weapon. Reputably inextinguishable and hotter than napalm, Greek fire would be the equivalent of today's nuclear weapons. Not only physically devastating, the main appeal of Greek fire…

…views on nuclear weapons, religion, and political power. Gandhi's views on nuclear weapons are clear that he is against it, but his opinion is of lesser importance, what he said to help try and persuade nations for peace rather than weapons…