How to learn to stop worrying and love the bomb
Certain nations have the capability to order a nuclear assault which could end life on Earth as we know it. Stanly Kubrick’s masterful comedy, Dr. Strangelove, dramatizes that very scenario. Kubrick gives the viewer a comedic look of what would happen if an unadvised order were issued and a devastating nuclear war were to take place. In the events of the film, a B-52 wing receives orders to drop its nuclear payload on Soviet targets. The Soviets warn that this will trigger their “Doomsday Machine” which cannot be stopped once the bomb is dropped. This is analogous to the real world scenario of how a nuclear strike on either the U.S. or Soviet Union would have resulted in complete, mutual destruction of both nations and possibly the world. Luckily for humanity, no such event has occurred. However, humanity is also lucky that such a threat still exists. The very fears that inspired the film Dr. Strangelove are the same fears that ensure peace between large nations. Many world leaders see nuclear weapons as the greatest threat to humanity’s existence. Instead they should see nuclear …show more content…
According to the Human Security Report in 2013 by the Human Security Report Project, global battle deaths since the conception of the atomic bomb have been generally declining.1 War simply isn’t advantageous for nuclear nations after the advent of the atomic bomb. Any war with nuclear weapons would be the end of modern society as we know it. No sane nation would take such a tremendous risk for the marginal gain of a military victory. “Dr. Strangelove” comically shows the catastrophic situation of what could occur in a nuclear war. The benefits of such a war are clearly negligible. As a result, one should learn to see mutually assured destruction as mutually assured
Certain nations have the capability to order a nuclear assault which could end life on Earth as we know it. Stanly Kubrick’s masterful comedy, Dr. Strangelove, dramatizes that very scenario. Kubrick gives the viewer a comedic look of what would happen if an unadvised order were issued and a devastating nuclear war were to take place. In the events of the film, a B-52 wing receives orders to drop its nuclear payload on Soviet targets. The Soviets warn that this will trigger their “Doomsday Machine” which cannot be stopped once the bomb is dropped. This is analogous to the real world scenario of how a nuclear strike on either the U.S. or Soviet Union would have resulted in complete, mutual destruction of both nations and possibly the world. Luckily for humanity, no such event has occurred. However, humanity is also lucky that such a threat still exists. The very fears that inspired the film Dr. Strangelove are the same fears that ensure peace between large nations. Many world leaders see nuclear weapons as the greatest threat to humanity’s existence. Instead they should see nuclear …show more content…
According to the Human Security Report in 2013 by the Human Security Report Project, global battle deaths since the conception of the atomic bomb have been generally declining.1 War simply isn’t advantageous for nuclear nations after the advent of the atomic bomb. Any war with nuclear weapons would be the end of modern society as we know it. No sane nation would take such a tremendous risk for the marginal gain of a military victory. “Dr. Strangelove” comically shows the catastrophic situation of what could occur in a nuclear war. The benefits of such a war are clearly negligible. As a result, one should learn to see mutually assured destruction as mutually assured