Nuclear weapon is the most cruel weapon in the human history, and it is proved in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan at the ending of World War II. According to BBC, between 60,000 and 80,000 people were instantly killed in Hiroshima, and about 40,000 people were instantly killed in Nagasaki (BBC par.2 and 4). More 100,000 people were killed by only two bombs …show more content…
In the Cold War, people were threatened by risks of a nuclear war. 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy stated about the threat of nuclear war in his speech when he inaugurated the U.S. president. In his speech, he pointed out that the United States and USSR had competed an advantage of nuclear armaments generated their serious confrontation and suspicious minds. His speech appears that a lot of people around the world felt some reality of nuclear wars and were threatened about it. The Cold War has gone, but unfortunately, the world should go to a similar situation because of nuclear proliferation. If spreading of nuclear weapons continues in the world, a lot of country start to arm themselves with nuclear weapons, and they must make serious confrontations in many places of the world in the same way with the Cold