Nuclear Weapons And Their Holders

WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

Nuclear weapons are a subject of argument amongst many countries, nations, states, reporters, minister and common people. Nuclear weapons, also called nukes, are explosive devices that derive their power from nuclear chemicals, and cause mass destruction, ranging from deaths in lakhs to destruction of land and the area surrounding.

The only two times nuclear weapons have been used were during World War 2, by United States of America on Japan. The two bombs dropped were ‘Little Boy’ and ‘Fat Man’ on the cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. These two bombs caused death over 2,00,000 civilians and military personnel. Though these bombings ended the war, it caused unsurmountable destruction of life.

Nuclear weapons have caused a debate and concern amongst people about their side effects and how, if in the wrong hands, it could cause so much destruction that there would be no telling of the results. The question of whether nations should have nuclear weapons, or test them, has been continuously and universally been controversial.

United Nations has taken initiative to stop new countries from forming nuclear fuel to provide energy for their countries, but provide them with fuel. On 7 July, 2017, a Nuclear Weapon Ban Treaty was passed, which is the first legally binding agreement to prohibit the use of production of nuclear weapons.

United nations might take initiative to lessen the possibilities of a war taking place which ends with nukes being used, but can it really be stopped? With nations like India, Pakistan and China, where tensions are always high, is it possible to avoid a war, or to elude the use of nuclear warheads?

Bombs and nukes, cause an effect that last for decades, harm generations of children and affect the planet’s climate and atmosphere. A nuclear war with 100 Hiroshima size explosions on cities could cost the lives of tens of millions of people from long term climatic effects alone. It could cause a firestorm, which would throw up soot into the atmosphere, blanketing the Earth, and causing a nuclear winter.

It is in benefit of nations, to disarm their nuclear warheads. As Alva Myrdal, a Nobel Prize winner said, ‘All mankind is now learning that these nuclear weapons can only serve to destroy, never become beneficial.’ Ban Ki-Moon said candidly – ‘The catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons require that it be treated as a top priority. Disarmament will work better than any alternative in reducing the risk of use.’