Nuclear proliferation

Nuclear energy is fairly easy to create because uranium, the element used in nuclear fission, is abundant in nature. It also requires a very small amount of uranium to produce a large amount of energy. “A single pellet is less than an inch long, but produces the energy equivalent to a ton of coal” (Duke Energy). Once the plant is constructed and safety measures are applied, nuclear power plants are fairly inexpensive to maintain. Though the…

Hiroshima and Nagasaki August 6, 1945 The United States Bombed Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Japan. It was the most terrifying and deadliest thing that has happen to Japan. Killing almost three-hundred thousand people instantly. Even civilians that had nothing to do with the wrongs of Japan 's bombing to the U.S. It all started with Japan being angry with the United States, President Roosevelt ban the trade functions of Japan to export oil, steel and iron. The Japan Economy and their military were…

changing the scope and consequences of international warfare, as well as causing a widespread hysteria over the use of nuclear warfare that led to conflicts such as the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. On August 6, 1945, the world was changed forever. On that fateful day the United States plunged the world into the chaos of nuclear warfare by dropping the first nuclear bomb in world history. The bomb brought with it an absolutely unparalleled level of destruction to the…

Justice or Not? In August 6, 1945 the US decided to drop the atom bomb on Hiroshima not so long after followed the 2nd bombing on Nagasaki. This was the first time nuclear weapons were used to devastate the enemy. The first city lost 80,000 Japanese lives and in Nagasaki 3 days after lost 40,000 people. Many US citizens question whether or not this was avoidable but the final choice was made by Truman believing that this would end the war which it did but at the cost of so many innocent lives…

“Was the U.S justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War? Discuss the benefits and costs that it resulted.” 1. Introduction During World War Two, the U.S dropped two atomic bombs on the cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing high death rates upon the Japanese. Many people may argue that the bombings were devastating and have had a dreadful effect on people’s lives. However, world war two was not a disagreement to cause destruction towards the…

Just thirty years ago, April 26th, 1986, one of the world’s largest nuclear meltdowns occurred in Pripyat, Ukraine. The workers of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant were running a system test on reactor four and there was a sudden, unexpected power surge. When the workers attempted to conduct an emergency shut off even more power was produced. This caused the reactor vessel to crack and allow air into the core. The core ignited and the fire sent a large plume of highly radioactive smoke. For the…

power of newly developed nuclear weapons by the Americans. It was the use of nuclear bombs that officially ended the war, but yet a lot of people condemned the United States for using such frightening and destructive weapons due to multiple reasons such as the deaths of innocent Japanese civilians, the probability of the use of such weapons in future wars which can cause further deaths and other negative effects that the nuclear weapons may cause. Although the use of nuclear weapons may seem…

Opportunity is when you gain chances to change something because of something that happens. In war people’s opportunity changes depending on what is happening during the time. Opportunity can change in many different ways and in many different scenarios. The types of opportunity can change throughout different wars like World War II, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War. These three different wars all had changes in opportunity and while some are the same there are ones that are different. During…

The world needs nuclear weapons; they are a powerful tool in negotiation and war prevention, however they need to be treated with respect and managed properly. Nuclear weapons are very powerful and necessary tools for world peace. However ironic that statement sounds, it is a fact that is too important not to consider. During the cold war, a theory called mutually assured destruction, known by the acronym MAD (Opposing Viewpoints), came about. The philosophy stated that any countries…

An Unsuccessful Plea to Save American Humanity The atomic bomb is the single most destructive weapon that has ever been created. Built in response to the ever increasing threat from the Axis forces of World War II, the atomic bomb packed the force of 12,000 pounds of dynamite and was capable of destroying an entire city. It was in August of 1945 that the United States used the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima killing tens of thousands Japanese civilians in one fatal swoop,…