"Nuclear weapons" refers to very powerful and destructive bombs that use the energy released from splitting the nucleus of atoms. They are designed to cause extensive damage and harm people, buildings, and the environment on a massive scale.
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How can we justify the assumption that we should, at a given point in a military conflict, initiate the use
of nuclear weapons in order to avoid a conventional defeat?
As a matter of fact I think that when they get the chance they will
use nuclear weapons on somebody, next year perhaps.
The bill provides strong national security investments, including increases above fiscal year 2017 for
nuclear weapons programs.
The current solution limits both the power of states
with nuclear weapons and the chances of nuclear war.
The wisdom — or lack thereof — of pursuing or retaining
nuclear weapons as a status symbol is another.
And we are all frightened at the prospect of the use of
nuclear weapons by terrorists against innocent civilian populations.
Because they offer a means of killing lots of people (soldiers or civilians) to countries who can not
possess nuclear weapons.
As a result we are set to spend # 97 billion on
new nuclear weapons at a time when public spending faces deep cuts.
The island nation does not need the potent powder to construct
more nuclear weapons, and spends billions of British pounds to ensure that others don't steal it for that purpose.
Using
nuclear weapons does not fit into the «If I felt the American people needed to know...» category.
To detect very small quantities of mobile radioactive elements in the groundwater at former
nuclear weapons production sites, researchers have developed a new type of sensor.
Loss or damage, liability or expenses directly / indirectly happens due to war, invasion,
nuclear weapon material, etc..
The real problem in an Ice Age would come from the competition for resources that are suddenly more scarce combined with
nuclear weapon technology.
You could, in fact, you could set off — you could
drop nuclear weapons inside hurricane, a hurricane is just going to go right through it.
Why should anyone be worried about a nation using
nuclear weapons when it never has and isn't threatening to?
In the universal network we can not accept the presence of
nuclear weapons because even a small change can trigger it.
The world is in the midst of an unprecedented wave of negotiations aimed at saving global agreements to
keep nuclear weapons in check.
Many of the scientists who signed the letter are well - regarded physicists and have advised federal policy - makers on
nuclear weapons issues at various points in their careers.
In that kind of war a
tactical nuclear weapon would be used with friendly forces in proximity and perhaps even on contested friendly territory.
Other nuclear powers don't operate under the same logic and therefore don't need to build as
many nuclear weapons.
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