weight of the decision to deploy the first atomic weapons. Historians have placed the decision along racial‚ political‚ and tactical lines‚ while the reasons for the use of atomic weapons are still debated‚ the lasting effects of this event are just as important. Currently there are nine countries that possess the capability to deploy nuclear weapons; countries like North Korea and Iran are currently conducting limited research to development nuclear weapons. While the bomb was herald as the tool that
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many interesting weapons in Aztec history. They used many different weapons‚ including clubs‚ atlatls‚ bows‚ Macuahuitl‚ spears‚ lances‚ and slings. The Macuahuitl is a very strange sword which has jagged edges along the edges. Spaniards used to claim‚ “ ...It could cut off a head of a horse in one swipe.” It was very useful to the Aztecs because the Spaniards all had armor‚ and the sword would make a jagged cut through it. Then‚ they can continue using the Macuahuitl or another weapon as they slaughtered
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would be more secure if the planet were free of nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are the only type of weapon in existence that have the capacity to annihilate the human species and countless other species. The very existence of nuclear weapons leaves open the possibility that a nuclear exchange might take place. This could happen intentionally‚ inadvertently (as in the Cuban Missile Crisis when the U.S. and USSR almost blundered into nuclear war)‚ or by an accidental launch. The list of historical
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The Nuclear Age begins The first nuclear explosion‚ named "Trinity"‚ was detonated July 16‚ 1945. Main article: History of nuclear weapons During the 1930s‚ innovations in physics made it apparent that it could be possible to develop nuclear weapons of incredible power using nuclear reactions. When World War II broke out‚ scientists and advisors among the Allies feared that Nazi Germany may have been trying to develop its own atomic weapons‚ and the United States and the United Kingdom pooled
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Nuclear weapons were introduced to the Asian continent in 1945‚ by the United States. The United States succeeded in nuclear weapon development all thanks to the Manhattan Project team. Thus the United States developing its nuclear weaponry‚ the fears of the Soviet Union amplified and many other powers joined the nuclear arms race. President Truman at the time‚ approved the August 6‚ 1945 bombing of Hiroshima. Since the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima took place‚ more Asian nations have gone
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THE NUCLEAR ARMS RACE The nuclear arms race began during World War II when the United States was informed that the Nazis may be building a weapon of mass destruction‚ the atom bomb. The US‚ realizing that the Nazis could possibly develop this weapon making them unstoppable‚ started its own nuclear weapons program‚ called the Manhattan Project. The US won the first nuclear arms race when they tested the first nuclear weapon on the Alamogordo Bombing Range in New Mexico on July 16‚ 1945. Only
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about to be obliterated by a destructive new weapon created by the United States of America. That morning‚ the first nuclear bomb ever created was deployed over Hiroshima. Its virtually unimaginable power obliterated the entire city along with forty percent of its population within seconds. America succeeded in creating the most destructive weapon mankind had ever seen‚ and it gave birth to a most evil type
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Introduction Iranian nuclear enrichment is a one of the key issues in the current convention of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Ryoji Terayama stated that according to the United Nation Security Council Resolution 1696 in July‚ 2006‚ the United Nation Security Council called Iran to discontinue all nuclear activities such as uranium enrichment and reprocessing of plutonium. Then‚ in both December 2006 and March 2007‚ the Security Council eventually took economical sanctions toward Iran.
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Did you ever wonder what weapons were used in WW1? How about how they compare to todays standards? They affected their time period drastically in many ways. The German’s changed the game with tanks. They also brought chemical warfare into the war. The British impacted war in many ways and they used some great weaponry. The British used the Lee-Enfield .303‚ It was a bolt action rifle that help 10 bullets in the magazine. It was very rugged‚ being able to hold up throughout hard conditions and trench
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The research I am interested in is Homeland Security‚ how does the department know the WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction? Because of the tremendous capabilities of destruction of Human life in a quick time‚ in many times not able to save the victims of these attacks. (Jane’s Chem-bio Handbook Second edition) And the 5 questions are identification‚ use‚ delivery‚ types and exposure. This important concern is my carrier as an CBNR in the army I know how the Army do things and in my investigations‚ I
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