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Q: How do modern nuclear weapons compare to those used in WWII?
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What weapons are considered nuclear weapons?

Those that are nuclear, such as the nuclear bombs.


Does Europe have the most nations with nuclear weapons?

Yes they do have the most countries with nuclear arms but it does not compare with the united sates of America having a enough atomic and nuclear weapons to blow up the planet at least ten times over. it's scary to even think about but it's a fact that we have to live with regardless i just wonder if the united sates will ever use those weapons against the rest of the world.


What are weapons of nuclear submarine?

Modern submarines carry a wide variety of weapons. An example of a U.S. Navy Fast-Attack Submarine weapons capability includes: Homing Torpedoes (Active and Passive Sonar) Tomahawk Land-Attack Missile (Conventional and Nuclear) Tomahawk Anti-Ship Missile Harpoon Anti-Ship Missile Mines Ballistic Missile submarines can carry those weapons as well, but their primary mission is Nuclear Deterrence, and as such their main weapons are Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBM's).


How do you dispose of aging nuclear weapons?

They are taken to a plant that manufactures nuclear weapons (in the U.S. the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas) where they are carefully dismantled and those parts whose materials can be reused to make new nuclear weapons are recycled. The chemical explosives are usually burned to safely dispose of them.


Can US use nuclear weapons?

If Russia, Afghanistan or any country tries to attack us we can use a nuclear weapon and send them back home. The countries with nuclear weapons won't attack us with those weapons because they know that if they attack with them, we will attack them back ans nobody wants to be attacked.


What is the main reason of nuclear weapons being bad?

Nuclear weapons are tools. Tools can be neither bad nor good. The only things that can be bad or good are the people using them and the purpose those people use them for.


What is significant about hiroshima and nagaski?

Those cities were the only ones attacked by nuclear weapons during WW2 making the time as the beginning of the nuclear age.


WHAT major event took place in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

In ww2 those cities were destroyed by nuclear weapons.


What does the Catholic Church say about nuclear weapons?

The Church has addressed nuclear weapons numerous times, and, at the links below, you may view some of the statements of the Secretary of State for the Vatican made at the United Nations. Below is a paragraph from The Catechism of the Catholic Church which specifically addresses weapons, including nuclear weapons.from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994"Every act of war directed to the indiscriminate destruction of whole cities or vast areas with their inhabitants is a crime against God and man, which merits firm and unequivocal condemnation." (GaudiumetSpes80, section 3) A danger of modern warfare is that it provides the opportunity to those who possess modern scientific weapons - especially atomic, biological, or chemical weapons - to commit such crimes.


What is the two signatories for the nuclear non proliferation treaty?

There are two non-signatories that have developed nuclear weapons. Those are India and Pakistan. A total of 189 countries are party to the NPT.


Does Australia have nuclear capabilities?

No Australia does not use nuclear weapons at this time. However Australia has had nuclear weapons tested within its borders.Australia does not have any nuclear weapons although there were several British tests at Maralinga, Emu field and Montebello Island in the 1950s. Australia has only 1 nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights near Sydney mainly for the production of useful isotopes.


Was it mean that nuclear bomb absolutely banned in the Philippines according to article 2 section 8?

This is intended to keep the country a nuclear DMZ where no nation can station their nuclear weapons on Philippine soil. However such laws are unenforceable in actual practice as any nuclear armed nation has the right to keep the location of those weapons classified and refuse to acknowledge or deny the presence of nuclear weapons on any base or installation within Philippine territory and the Filipinos would have no right to search to verify without causing an international incident.