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Nuclear Weapons
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Why is it that Russia has so many nukes but if North Korea had a single nuke US would attack?
1) The US and Russia are for the most part no longer "enemies".
2) North Korea is very likely to use any possible nuclear technology against South Korea, which is a US ally; I don't think Russia wants to attack South Korea.
3) As I said earlier, Russia is not likely to attack the US, North Korea is.
Why were the US and Russia called Superpowers?
They were the first countries to have nuclear bomb capabilities. Of the nuclear-armed countries, the US and USSR were the only two with enough warheads to destroy the world several times over, and conventional forces greatly in excess of those needed for national defense.
Does Nicaragua have nuclear capabilities?
No. Nicaragua is signatory of the Treaty of Tlatelolco, banning any nuclear weapons in Latin America. It also does not have any nuclear power plants.
What is the relationship of nuclear test in India and Pakistan to the conflict?
The relationship is Both Pakistan and India wanted to show their might in all front of military mights, including nuclear. Both of them continue with adding new technology, mighter weapons. The race continues. Its a derby.
What is the detonation velocity of an atomic bomb?
In excess of 50,000 meters/second, but the exact velocity depends on yield.
Did Kennedy put nuclear weapons in Turkey?
No, they had been put there by Eisenhower. By the time of the Cuban Missile crisis in 1962 they were already obsolete and Kennedy was considering replacing them with something newer or simply removing them and depending on longer range missiles based further from the border of the USSR. As part of the agreement with Kruschev to remove the missile launchers from Cuba, Kennedy secretly agreed to remove the missiles the US had in Turkey and not replace them.
Differentiate and compare the strategic weapons with tactical weapons?
- Strategic weapons are large and long range. They are used for striking strategic targets far behind the front lines.
- Tactical weapons are small and short range. They are used for striking just behind and on the front lines. Frequently used in close combat conditions where friendly troops may have to occupy the area shortly after the attack to hold it.
This applies to both conventional and nuclear weapons.
Should the US dropped nuclear weapons on japan?
Honestly there is no reason they shouldn't have. If they did not, there would have been a costly invasion of mainland Japan. And the war would have continued on and a lot more people would have been killed.
On what date did the US Army drop nuclear bombs on Japan?
The nuclea weapon Little Boy was deplyed over the city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 (a Monday), and Fat Man was deployed the following Thursday 9 August 1945 over the city of Nagasaki.
What are US weapons of mass destruction and what do they do?
There are three main arms of WMD's: Nuclear, Chemical and Biological. While other possible variants exist, they can easily be categorized in one of these three forms.
The US and all the largest industrialized nations have and employ a nuclear weapons capacity. Thermonuclear weapons, in the most simplistic sense, have three attack modalities: Electromagnetic (Heat through light in the spectrum), kinetic, and ionizing radiation. The the three, ionizing radiation or radioactivity is the least effective and least desirable, for reasons I'll discuss more under Chemical Attack.
Chemical attack is the oldest category of WMD. While arguably introduced ages ago, it didn't hit it's peak until WW-I with simplistic gas attacks using mostly corrosive toxins. While the grisly aspects of gas attacks are well publicized, the truth is that gas attacks have never been very effective against a military adversary. And from WW-II on, gas countermeasures became more and more effective, so that, against a military adversary, results were always dubious.
The reason for this is that gas attacks are extremely unpredictable. Humidity can effect the chemical weapon, sometimes disabling it entirely. Winds may be an even worse problem: In WW-I some reports have winds reversing gas attacks so that the were deployed over friendlies more often than the enemy.
In modern warfare, chemical agents have, unsurprisingly, been improved. Particulates have been developed that are -- sometimes -- weather-resistant. Persistent weapons have been devised, that don't wash off in the rain -- and these have the same missions as minefields: denying territory to the enemy. But most of the problems remain the same, e.g. the vast unpredictability induce by natural conditions. And the same applies to nuclear fallout, where it's stunningly hard to control (especially is this era when nuclear devices can create their own micro-weather systems). In short, chemical weapons are truly WMD's, but have not found a major place in modern, general warfare.
The US does not confirm the existence of chemical weapons programs. And while the US has the capability to deploy chemical weapons, the usefulness of this attack modality is questionable, and very situational.
Biological weapons have been reported as early as the crusades, but have not been deployed effectively in a military context in recorded history, although perhaps apocryphal instances of deployment of biological weapons in every specific circumstances have circulated.
Biological weapons have many missions, ranging from the battlefield to the local to world economy. Discussing the strategic or economic application of biological weapons exceeds the scope of this discussion. Tactically deployed biological weapons can be used for a wide variety of missions, including "mission kills" (disabling not only the infected individual but their rescue team and recovery support staff), disallowing access of territory to the enemy (same as chemical), and localized attacks on non-mobile adversaries (this last applied somewhat to static elements of battle, such as trench-deployed groups in WW-I, but more to non-military population that lacks tactical mobility). Against a modern, highly mobile military force, bio-warfare is of limited effectiveness.
The US denies the current development of biological WMD's. However, it is generally accepted that the US does indeed develop these agents. The Amerithrax attacks in 2001 may have been rumored to originate from a military base involved in bio-weapons development.
Can the president launch nuclear missiles?
The United States has a two-man rule in place. Only the president can order the release of nuclear weapons but the order must be confirmed by the Secretary of Defense.
Do other countries utilize more or less nuclear power than the US?
Both.
In 2007, France's power generation was 78% nuclear.
At the same time, the US generation was only 19% nuclear.
Japan's was 28% nuclear. Brazil's was only 3%.
These numbers are from the Int'l Atomic Energy Assoc.
What were the failures of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima?
With the bomb itself, none that I am aware of. With targeting, the bomb missed its AP by over 400 yds due to an error by the bombarder.
They do not have to be, but launching an ICBM that could only destroy a single city block with a conventional warhead would generally be considered a waste of the expensive missile that launched it.
Does Liberia have nuclear weapons?
Your joking right? Even if in our wildest dreams they had one they wouldn't even know what to do with it other then shoot at it.
Why was the development of nuclear weapons in the postwar era a potential threat to humanity?
Most people knows that several nuclear bombs will depopulate large amounts of persons therefore it is concidered a threath to humanity.
Why is Japan sensitive to nuclear issues?
They are the only country to have nuclear weapons used on them in a war.
Introduction
1. Asia - the continent with the biggest population in the world - has attained substantial economic growth within the past decades. In many countries, the swift population and economic growth has brought a tremendous demand for energy and electricity - one which fossil fuels and hydropower together will not be able to meet. Nuclear power is thus anticipated to become an essential route for meeting the region's long-term electricity needs on a sustainable basis. The People's Republic of China and India, as the world's two largest developing countries, are enthusiastically proceeding with national nuclear energy programmes. Several other Asian countries have proclaimed their intentions to consider nuclear power deployment in their long-term energy plans. With the use of Nuclear Power comes its Misuse and as the sole superpower the misuse of Nuclear energy is sole failure of United States.
Nuclear Power Realities of Asia
2. To understand the negative aspects of US foreign policy as regard to Nuclear Asia we need to understand Nuclear Realities.
(a) Nuclear weapons are here to stay in China, India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea.
(b) India and Pakistan openly reject the NPT as an attempt to undermine their sovereign rights to possess nuclear weapons.
(c) The nuclear proliferation nets are in place. Pakistan may have shut down A Q Khan's network but this does not necessarily eliminate proliferation networks all over Asia.
(d) The nuclear proliferation networks interconnect with other criminal networks like drug trafficking, human trafficking, and other organized crime networks.
(e) The networks that support the terrorist groups in Asia are possibly interconnecting with the networks that assist trade between suppliers and consumers in nuclear proliferation trade.
(f) The terrorist networks may be comprised principally of non-state actors, but they still possess threat of taking over nuclear weapons.
(g) Many of the Asian states are further developing their bilateral relations with their Asian neighbours to address their mutual security concerns--they are not waiting for a regional, multilateral solution. China, Japan, India and Pakistan are the most notable examples.
(h) Economy of almost all Asian countries are expanding at exponential level and to sustain this progress they need energy and for energy they need nuclear power.
Negative US Foreign Policy and Nuclear Asia
3. Asia this slowing drifting towards Nuclear Power, may it be for civilian use or Military. This phenomenon is primarily because of negative US foreign policy. Some of the key points of this policy are as under:
(a) Leadership of Asia. The United States has been a dominant power in Asia since WWII. China and India are looking forward to become leaders of world in general and Asia in particular. To strengthen their grip they are looking towards economic and military might including nuclear power. USA has its own hegemonic desires and to fulfil those desires it has been involved in one or another conflicts overlooking nuclear desires of Asian countries.
(b) US Policy Failure in North Korea. North Korea has been among the most vexing and persistent problems in U.S. foreign policy in the post-Cold War period. The United States has never had formal diplomatic relations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Efforts to disarm North Korea have failed. Despite the February 2007 six-party agreement, which shut down North Korea's plutonium production facilities, Pyongyang has refused to take additional steps to disable North Korea's nuclear
facilities or to relinquish its existing stocks of fissile materials and weapons. Despite sanctions and threat of military action North Korea has become nuclear power thus highlighting negative foreign policy of US.
(c) US Policy Failure in Iran. In the Middle East US efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons have also collapsed. UN Security Council failed to impose serious sanctions as China and Russia are opposed to it. Though Iran insists that its nuclear programme is for civil used but under NPT its Iran's responsibility to satisfy the world. Iran is continuing its nuclear programme without consent of US thus a failure of US foreign policy.
(d) US India Civil Nuclear Deal. U.S.-India nuclear cooperation agreement has tilted the strategic balance between India and Pakistan in favour of the former. Pakistan, which had repeatedly asked for a similar deal and been bluntly denied, would nevertheless embark upon a stepped up nuclear weaponisation programme just to keep pace with India - the next-door neighbour and traditional rival. This would turn the South Asian scene even more volatile and potentially cataclysmic. Such deal policies bring more harm than good thus it can be labelled as negative US foreign policy. Some of negative effects of US India nuclear deal are as under:
(i) It would accelerate the nuclear arms race in South Asia severely undermining our objectives of a peaceful nuke free South Asian region.
(ii) It would also act as a serious dampener for the pursuit of renewable and environmentally benign energy like wind power, solar energy and such others.
(iii) It would also weaken US efforts of making India take a lead role in the struggle for a nuclear weapons free South Asia and the world.
(e) US China Relations. The United States and China are engaged in a long-term strategic competition Washington and Beijing differ deeply on a wide range of economic, diplomatic, security, and human rights issues. China has very close working relations with North Korea, Iran and Pakistan all of whose nuclear programme has traces back to China. This is cause of great diplomatic rift between these two giants. As China grows its conventional and nuclear military capabilities, so too will its ability to project its power and influence more effectively not only regionally, but eventually more globally. China's military rise therefore poses serious risks to the security and interests of the United States. The United States and China are locked in a contest for supremacy in the Asia.
(f) Nuclear Pakistan and United States. Pakistan has always been of strategic significance to the US and today is no exception. In fact the country could possibly be seen as more vital to US in the existing environment than previously. The United States is extremely concerned about Pakistani nuclear materials falling into the wrong hands but in the long historical relationship between two countries US had turned a blind eye at Pakistan's nuclear programme for its support in Afghan war. After India did nuclear explosion in year 1998 US tried to prevent Pakistan to do the same and it failed. So US foreign policy for Nuclear Pakistan has been a total failure.
Conclusion
4. Looking back over the previous fifty-plus years of the nuclear age, the international community has adapted to changing circumstances and adopted new measures to halt, or at least retard, the spread of nuclear weapons. The United States has often led the way, with such initiatives as Atoms for Peace, the IAEA, the Partial Test Ban Treaty, the NPT, and the Nuclear Suppliers Group. All these efforts have work well in most of the regions of the world except Asia. Even with the utmost effort US has failed to stop China, India, Pakistan, North Korea and Iran from making nuclear weapons. This failure is because of negative foreign policy of United States. In cold war era US collaborated with China to counter Soviet Union giving China clean chit for its nuclear power. In present scenario US signed a civil nuclear deal with India to counter influence of China thus giving India clean chit for its nuclear programme. US put sanctions on Pakistan after its nuclear test in 1998 but lifted them when Pakistan became important to it in the war on terrorism. These entire examples prove that United States never had strong anti-nuclear foreign policy for Asia and development of nuclear Asia is actually US foreign policy failure.
