No way..!! In my opinion I think that nuclear weapons are not at all necessary or essential for this world....today people might say that they are necessary for national security and all....but what about the time when nuclear weapons were not even created..?? Even then there used to be wars and many people died as a result...but today...if you drop a nuclear bomb not only deaths occur but also the environment is damaged...more killings of the innocent occur...They might be able to scare away Another Country from attacking but....once a war starts and there is usage of nuclear weapons.....there is much much more damage that takes place than it would really have if nuclear weapons would not have existed... both on mankind and the nature...!!!
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Two nuclear weapons ended World War 2.
There were no nuclear weapons in WW1. The nuclear bomb was not invented until WW2.
Egypt is not believed or suspected to have nuclear weapons, or a nuclear weapons program, at this time (May 2009). See Related Link for a discussion of the world's nuclear powers.
In the most basic sense, proliferation of nuclear weapons is the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons usable technology in the world. In a much broader sense, it refers to the acquiring of capability to produce nuclear weapons, or weapons-grade nuclear material (high-enriched uranium, plutonium) by states previously not possessing them.
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Nuclear weapons.
Nuclear weapons are a good thing for the United States because they prevent others from using nuclear weapons on the US. In general, the world would probably be a better place without nuclear weapons if it weren't for the fact that they lead to research in all fields of Nuclear Engineering, like Nuclear Power plants and Nuclear Physics. Since nuclear weapons already exist in the world, for the US to get rid of their nuclear weapons would be unwise. Countries that dislike nuclear weapons or even radical terrorist cells and organizations would now have no reason not to launch a nuclear warhead at the US since no retaliation would occur. The strategy of nuclear weapons preventing others from using them against the US is called the Deterrent Strategy.
Appearance of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons.
The US possesses around 45% of the world's nuclear weapons.
The principal changes are: - fabrication of nuclear weapons - creation of nuclear power reactors - use of depleted uranium in weapons