Is There a Nuclear Arms Threat?
Eli Rex
PS 2713/GE 2713
Dr. Jerry Emison, Mr. Robert Green
September 28, 2013
Is There a Nuclear Arms Threat?
America has been considered a “superpower” state for decades. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “superpower” as “an extremely powerful nation, especially one capable of influencing international events and the acts and policies of less powerful nations.” The earning of the title superpower comes with some benefits and disadvantages. Certain benefits America possesses is: an unparalleled military authority from any other nation, growing economic prosperity, headway improvements of civil rights, and other things that fit into a broad spectrum of the greater good for the citizens of America and mankind in general. There are consequential drawbacks of being a superpower that degrade what can be considered for the greater good of American citizens; America has been put on the spotlight for its global impact on the environment, this nation has been involved in numerous wars that account for millions of lost lives, and there have been unimaginable advancements in technology that lead to many outcomes that can not be foreseen, for better or worse. In this paper I would like to discuss the matter of nuclear weapons and the various terrorist organizations and enemies of the state that Americans and its leaders have to come to terms with. The media and the conventional belief assume that eventually America will have to deal with another nuclear threat. There are even nuclear experts who were involved in the design process of some of the early nuclear bombs, that predict the chances of a nuclear bomb going off are critical and imminent (1). Contrary to this, after close reading of the book “Physics for future Presidents: The Science behind the Headlines”, by Richard A. Muller, I think that we are in the clear and have little to worry about concerning nuclear attacks against our homeland. A majority of the technical details in this article are
PS 2713/GE 2713
Dr. Jerry Emison, Mr. Robert Green
September 28, 2013
Is There a Nuclear Arms Threat?
America has been considered a “superpower” state for decades. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “superpower” as “an extremely powerful nation, especially one capable of influencing international events and the acts and policies of less powerful nations.” The earning of the title superpower comes with some benefits and disadvantages. Certain benefits America possesses is: an unparalleled military authority from any other nation, growing economic prosperity, headway improvements of civil rights, and other things that fit into a broad spectrum of the greater good for the citizens of America and mankind in general. There are consequential drawbacks of being a superpower that degrade what can be considered for the greater good of American citizens; America has been put on the spotlight for its global impact on the environment, this nation has been involved in numerous wars that account for millions of lost lives, and there have been unimaginable advancements in technology that lead to many outcomes that can not be foreseen, for better or worse. In this paper I would like to discuss the matter of nuclear weapons and the various terrorist organizations and enemies of the state that Americans and its leaders have to come to terms with. The media and the conventional belief assume that eventually America will have to deal with another nuclear threat. There are even nuclear experts who were involved in the design process of some of the early nuclear bombs, that predict the chances of a nuclear bomb going off are critical and imminent (1). Contrary to this, after close reading of the book “Physics for future Presidents: The Science behind the Headlines”, by Richard A. Muller, I think that we are in the clear and have little to worry about concerning nuclear attacks against our homeland. A majority of the technical details in this article are
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