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Without nuclear weapons, another nation with nuclear weapons could launch an attack without worry of a retaliation. There are not that many ways of diverting a long-range ballistic missile.
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Why do you have nuclear weapons?
Some of the countries have nuclear weapons because they use them as a defense mechanism. The nuclear weapons are intended to be used whenever there is a war.
Why is the nuclear non proliferation treaty important?
the treaty was important because it limited the construction of nuclear weapons and punished any nation that used nuclear weapons on another nation
What is the triad of nuclear weapons that the US relies on for national defense?
ICBMsSLBMsLong Range Bombers
Why were nuclear weapons created?
As a defense against the possibility that Nazi Germany would create them.
Does the secretary of defense deal with using nuclear weapons?
He advises the president, but he does not make the final decision.
Why were nuclear weapons devoloped?
Defense against possibility of Nazi Germany possibility building them first.
What do you find uranium's?
Because uranium is very important for nuclear energy and nuclear weapons.
What if nuclear weapons were the only weapons?
The man has fists to hit,the legs to kick ,stone,knife,gun,M-16,missel and,of course,the nuclear weapons,all of these are defense for safety of life ,after the safety that will be happiness;but at each century,the war is existed;Nuclear weapon is a kind of weapon.
Why did the cold war result in an arms race?
Because there was no true defense against nuclear weapons. Once both sides had nuclear weapons, the only way to "protect" themselves from the other side was to have so many more nuclear weapons that even if their enemies used all of their nuclear weapons, there would still be nuclear weapons to shoot back with. That way, nobody would use nuclear weapons, because they could never actually "win" that way. This thought process was referred to as Mutually Assured Destruction, or MAD.
What their defense weapons?
What is their defense weapons
Is there a law that forbids the use of nuclear weapons?
There is no universal law that explicitly forbids the use of nuclear weapons. However, the use of nuclear weapons is regulated under international law, including the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and customary international law that limit their use to self-defense in extreme circumstances.
What is a 3 letter word for a defensive nuclear weapon?
There is no general category for "defensive nuclear weapons" although they were once envisioned as part of an air-defense against massed bombers. The 3 letter acronym for a "defense against nuclear missiles" is ABM, which stands for Anti-Ballistic Missile defense. (There is a related acronym from the Cold War, MAD, for Mutual Assured Destruction, a policy to preclude a first strike in nuclear war by assuring the survival of retaliatory weapons.)
