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…. This responsibility includes the control and use of spaced-based weapons. These spaced-based weapons will have a military utility in terrestrial conflicts and, unlike nuclear weapons, they do not threaten destruction so widespread that the victors…

…was essential if nuclear arsenals were not to be used in a frenzy of mutual annihilation, but if each party already trusted that the other would not self-destruct, then nuclear weapons were not necessary and peaceful coexistence was possible (Takahashi and Nakamura…

…of President Truman to drop the atomic bombs on the Japanese towns of Hiroshima and Nagasaki means that today every single inhabitant of the world has to live with the fear that one day, nuclear weapons may mean the end of life on our planet.…

…Kuwait in 100 hours. This was a very important event because it prevented Saddam Hussein from getting control of over 10 percent of the world's oil, and gave UN the chance to inspect and stop all of Iraq's chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. The UN also…

…reconstituted -- the army is firmly in control. However, the role and tasks of the Pakistan Army are currently in flux as a result of recent events, and because Pakistan and India now possess a rudimentary but developing nuclear weapons capability. When…

…for and destroy suspected weapons of mass destruction, (WOMDs). Nuclear, biological and chemical weapons are included in this category, and Iraq is known to have previously used chemical weapons in warfare with Iran and with Kurdish rebels. In 1981, Israel launched…

…The Manhattan Project did more than allow the United States to knock Japan out of World War II: it allowed the United States to lead the way into the Nuclear Age. The United States needed a way to end the war quickly without losing many of its…

…The Iraqi Road and Generalissimo George "The threat from Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction - chemical, biological, potentially nuclear weapons capability - that threat is real," explained British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The repeated…

…." The ultimate in weapons fetishism came in discussion of the ultimate weapon—the nuclear bomb. During the Gulf Crisis, journalists gave serious, sometimes sympathetic consideration to the use of atomic weapons against Iraq. "Should a Nuclear Bomb Be Used Against Iraq…

…this was discovered by air reconnaissance in October 1962, Kennedy imposed quarantine on all offensive weapons bound for Cuba. While the world trembled on the brink of nuclear war, the Russians backed down and agreed to take the missiles away. The American response…