Nuclear Proliferation
What is Nuclear Proliferation?
Nuclear Proliferation is the spread of nuclear weapons, fissile material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information, to nations which are not recognized as “Nuclear Weapon States” by the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons; also known as Nuclear Proliferation Treaty or NPT. The purpose of the treaty was to help avoid the spread of nuclear weapons to those countries that have not been recognized as nuclear weapons states. NPT has only been signed by 189 countries, not by countries that are believed to have nuclear weapons.
The United States was the first and is the only country to have used a nuclear weapon in war. They used two bombs against Japan in August, 1945. Germany and Japan ceased to be involved in any nuclear weapon research. August, 1949, the USSR tested a nuclear weapon, as well as the United Kingdom in October, 1952, France developed one in 1960 and the People’s Republic of China detonated a nuclear weapon in 1964. India was next with exploding a nuclear device in 1974, and Pakistan tested a weapon in 1998. Finally, North Korea conducted a nuclear test in 2006.
Pros and Cons
Reasons for abolishing nuclear weapons are:
• The entire world would be more secure if the planet were free of nuclear weapons
-Nuclear Weapons are the only weapons that have the ability to extinguish the entire human race and its entire species.
• The threat/use of nuclear weapons has been declared generally illegal by the World Court
-On July 8th, 1996, the World Court stated that it is illegal to use or threat to use nuclear weapons
• Nuclear Weapons are morally at fault
-nuclear Weapons are intolerable. Nuclear weapons can wipe out most if not all of the lives on Earth.
• Nuclear weapons don’t do what they’re supposed to do, which is prevent wars!
-Nuclear weapons states have been involved in more wars than non nuclear weapon
Nuclear Proliferation is the spread of nuclear weapons, fissile material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information, to nations which are not recognized as “Nuclear Weapon States” by the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons; also known as Nuclear Proliferation Treaty or NPT. The purpose of the treaty was to help avoid the spread of nuclear weapons to those countries that have not been recognized as nuclear weapons states. NPT has only been signed by 189 countries, not by countries that are believed to have nuclear weapons.
The United States was the first and is the only country to have used a nuclear weapon in war. They used two bombs against Japan in August, 1945. Germany and Japan ceased to be involved in any nuclear weapon research. August, 1949, the USSR tested a nuclear weapon, as well as the United Kingdom in October, 1952, France developed one in 1960 and the People’s Republic of China detonated a nuclear weapon in 1964. India was next with exploding a nuclear device in 1974, and Pakistan tested a weapon in 1998. Finally, North Korea conducted a nuclear test in 2006.
Pros and Cons
Reasons for abolishing nuclear weapons are:
• The entire world would be more secure if the planet were free of nuclear weapons
-Nuclear Weapons are the only weapons that have the ability to extinguish the entire human race and its entire species.
• The threat/use of nuclear weapons has been declared generally illegal by the World Court
-On July 8th, 1996, the World Court stated that it is illegal to use or threat to use nuclear weapons
• Nuclear Weapons are morally at fault
-nuclear Weapons are intolerable. Nuclear weapons can wipe out most if not all of the lives on Earth.
• Nuclear weapons don’t do what they’re supposed to do, which is prevent wars!
-Nuclear weapons states have been involved in more wars than non nuclear weapon