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…In August of 1945 nuclear weapons were released upon the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. Soon after Japan surrended, consequently ending WWII. But was dropping the bomb justified, or an immoral act? After the attack of Pearl Harbour…

…that Congress and president Truman contemplated using nuclear weapons to oust Chinese forces from Korea and regain control of the situation it was determined that there was no effective target to pursue. Also, it can not be forgotten that the cold war was in full…

…that the human race is going to destroy itself is through the use of nuclear technology (radioactive materials). The use of nuclear weapons is one use of the nuclear technology. Reports state that workers in weapon plants have an increased rate of radiation related…

…that the human race is going to destroy itself is through the use of nuclear technology (radioactive materials). The use of nuclear weapons is one use of the nuclear technology. Reports state that workers in weapon plants have an increased rate of radiation related…

…nuclear weapons. New technology like SSTAR ("small, sealed, transportable, autonomous reactor") and pebble bed reactors may lessen this risk. Widespread adoption of fast breeder reactors would greatly increase the quantities of plutonium, in one form or another…

…to bring your attention to the first paragraph on pg 153. Here the author states that nuclear weapons in the third world are potentially more dangerous to the world than nuclear weapons in the developed world. He gives a number of reasons that are technological…

…. Due to the threat of nuclear weapons, most of the world was running scared. In the second world war, the Soviet Union and the US were allied against Germany. When the allies had victory, Germany was divided (thanks to the Yalta agreement) mainly…

…between the Western Powers and the Soviet Union, about 70,000 nuclear weapons were added to the world's arsenals some of them a thousand times more powerful than the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the wake of the Cold War, these massive…

…Powers and the Soviet Union, about 70,000 nuclear weapons were added to the world's arsenals some of them a thousand times more powerful than the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the wake of the Cold War, these massive arsenals are being…

…troops in a war secretly supported by the United States, and that neither chemical nor biological weapons were used against the United States during or after the Gulf War. The report also states that the CIA has no evidence that Iraq possesses nuclear weapons…