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Nuclear Arms Proliferation

Nuclear Arms Proliferation. http://youtube.com/watch?v=TGJ3lz19eMg&mode=related&search=. Background Why are there so many of them? The current state of nuclear weapons Who has them, why, and how many of them are there? The danger of accidental use of nuclear weapons

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Nuclear Arms Proliferation

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  1. Nuclear Arms Proliferation http://youtube.com/watch?v=TGJ3lz19eMg&mode=related&search=

  2. Background • Why are there so many of them? • The current state of nuclear weapons • Who has them, why, and how many of them are there? • The danger of accidental use of nuclear weapons • How close have we come? How close are we now? Nuclear weapons and ‘rogue states’ • Pakistan, Iran, North Korea

  3. Some vocab • Manhattan Project • Einstein • Oppenheimer • B-52 • ICBM • Hydrogen Bomb • Arms Race • Edward Teller • ‘Missile Gap’ • MIRV • MAD • 2nd Strike Capability • Strategic vs. Tactical weapons

  4. Some History • We did not want this guy to have a nuclear bomb

  5. Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  6. We did not want this gentleman to have an atomic bomb either

  7. Even so, the Soviets still manage to make their own • 1949, 1955

  8. Now we have a nuclear arms race

  9. They went from these: • To these  ICBMS • 1957 • Missile Gap • First strike capability • Second Strike Capability • Followed shortly by MIRV’s

  10. Nuclear Arms Control • Throughout the 1950s and 60s, this was just a theory • During the 1960s and 70s, people’s concern about nukes rose • MAD Theory • Direct talks between the East and West began

  11. Great Britain – 1952 • France – 1960 • China – 1964 • India – 1974 • Pakistan – 1998 • Israel, South Africa, North Korea - ??

  12. Nuclear Forces around the World

  13. Explosions, firestorms, radioactive fallout, and nuclear winter • The total explosive power of all explosives used during WWII … • Multiply that by … • So what’s the point in having this many?

  14. Redundancy

  15. Redundancy • Inter-service rivalry

  16. Redundancy • Inter-service rivalry • Tech advancement

  17. Redundancy • Inter-service rivalry • Tech advancement • Prestige and independence

  18. Redundancy • Inter-service rivalry • Tech advancement • Prestige and independence • Profit

  19. Redundancy • Inter-service rivalry • Tech advancement • Prestige and independence • Profit • Second-strike capability

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