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…nationals to hurt the Cuban government's infrastructure, blowing up communications networks, railroads etc) Castro appealed again to the USSR asking for them to supply Cuba with arms. Khrushchev agreed, and felt it was necessary to also send nuclear weapons…

…Influential Technology Technology in a sense is a great thing but can also be used as a weapon. Technological advances in our lifetime are not always helpful to the average American, like a nuclear warhead or something of that sort. Technology…

…slander someone; though you can own a pistol, you cannot own a nuclear weapon" (usconstitution.net). This law has limitations. One example of the limits of this law would be the case of Dwayne Barley in Virginia on November 28, 2000. (www.courts.state.va.us…

…establishment had information about a catastrophic accident at Mayak--a small experimental reactor initially built to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. However, the Central Committee felt that this failure was in no way due to problems in the reactor design…

…. The threat posed by two nations having nuclear weapons would eventually lead to a policy of deterrence. Essentially, the focal point of this policy was retaliation - if one nation launched a nuclear attack, the other nation would retaliate. The result being…

…nuclear weapons - not limiting them." By the end of the Reykjavik meeting, both leaders came to agree upon the destruction of all intermediate-range missiles. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force Treaty (INF) was an extremely important step towards ending…

…humanitarian assistance as well as defensive weapons to help deter further US led invasions that may occur in the future. The USSR placed the weapons in Cuba for two reasons. The first was to deter an invasion of Cuba, and the second was to readdress the nuclear…

…and was as justified as any other bombing throughout the war. Bombing Hiroshima with the atomic bomb was as legitimate as any other bombing made during the war. Still, the moral question must be addressed. Arguments have been made that the nuclear bomb is a weapon like…

…near the Bikini Atoll and several other sites were common until the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was introduced. This treaty banned all testing of Nuclear weapons in the atmosphere, in outer space, and under water. For the first time, an agreement has been…

…of relations between U.S. and Cuba. The Soviets took this opportunity to form an alliance with Cuba. Khrushchev made this decision with only consulting a few of his closest advisors. However Castro did not accept the nuclear warheads very enthusiastically because…