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…Chernobyl Chernobyl was the greatest nuclear disaster of the 20th century. On April 26th, 1986, one of four nuclear reactors located in the Soviet Union melted down and contaminated a vast area of Eastern Europe. The meltdown, a result of human error…

…missiles that could carry nuclear weapons. This program was only partially successful, since major problems in guidance and extremely high costs prevented the Soviet Union from ever having a sufficient number of these missiles to have first-strike…

…having their way and teaching Saddam Hussein a lesson. The emphasis on Saddam's alleged nuclear potential has placed 'weapons of mass destruction' at the centre of the debate. The setting up of the UN Weapons Inspectorate in the months after Desert Storm…

…strategic nuclear rockets (and it was he who had actually created the Strategic Rocket Forces). The Soviets, thus, decided to place medium- (MRBM) and intermediate-range ballistic (IRBM) missiles in Cuba (as well as other weapons). Forty-two MRBMs (300-1200…

…in their internal affairs producing a hostile Kremlin. Carter spoke grandly about his "ultimate goal, the elimination of all nuclear weapons from earth" (Isaacs, Downing 1988:354). Disarmament and arms control were a high priority for Carter and he was proposing…

…advisor by means of a back channel, that only defensive weapons were to be placed in Cuba.(Brugioni p56) This last and final statement left the young attorney general and the entire administration to believe that no offensive nuclear missiles, and certainly…

…. Japan agreed to the allied terms of surrender on August 14, 1945. These are the only times that a nuclear weapon has been used in a conflict between nations. The Atomic Bomb gave the United States superiority over every other country in the world. However…

…Union. At that time the two superpowers came close to war, possibly with nuclear weapons. Afterwards, both countries began to seek ways to adjust to each other, in particular, to prevent the use of nuclear weapons. The events of the Cuban Missile Crisis…

…uncompromising disposition of oil prices and nuclear weapons in newspapers, magazines, and television broadcasts. In Iraq, he has all but established a dictatorship for himself. Yet, few Westerners realize that Saddam Hussein is not an immoral, ! power hungry…

…or wrong. If these feuds DO blossom into world wars, then it is highly likely that we will use nuclear weapons, or some other weapon of mass destruction that we have not invented yet, and wipe human kind, including clones and “real” people, into extinction…