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Nuclear StrikesScientifically, there is no obstacle for a nuclear or atomic bomb. Thereare no secrets in Nuclear Science anymore. Anyone with a reasonable physicsdegree and access to a good technical library could design a workable atomicbomb in less than 6 months, so why hasn t anyone. Maybe there has been,no one is exactly sure. In the last 52 years there has been enough nuclearwarheads made to destroy every city in the world and still have thousands leftover.(Church 40) This all happened during the Cold War, a period of 45 years (1947-1991), between mainly the two superpowers (United States and the SovietUnion). Other nations were involved, and 2 wars were fought over it (Koreaand Vietnam) and a nuclear war was almost waged (Cuban Missile Crisis). Now with the breakup of the Soviet Union into a loose Commonwealthno one is exactly sure who has all the weapons. Certain nations inheritedthem, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Russia, while others tried stealingthem, Iran, Libya, and North Korea. And since the breakup certain peoplehave been caught stealing the materials needed to make a bomb. Theseterrorists have never been caught in the United States but numerous times inEurope.(www.pbs.org) As a matter of fact, the Russians say someone stole a bombsimulator, which will explode and make mushroom cloud but has no nuclearcomponent.(Wilkie) People know that despite efforts to keep control on the oldSoviet stockpile and waste, terrorists are getting the plutonium anduranium needed to make nuclear weapons to kill masses of people. This is kind of the history of the nuclear & atomic bomb: (all from Williams) The first atomic bomb was thought up by Albert Einstein in the late30 s. In 1942 Enrico Fermi brought about first nuclear reaction with isotopeUranium 235. From this the Manhattan Project was brought about and tookplace in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Then July 16, 1945 near Alamogordo,New Mexico world s first atomic bomb was set off. Three weeks later on August6, 1945 “Little Boy” hit Hiroshima and had the force of 26 million pounds ofTNT. Next on August 9, 1945 “Fat Man” missed it s mark but stilldevastated Nagasaki causing an unconditional surrender by the Japanese. Then in 1946 the United Nations tried to outlaw the weapons but the Sovietsused their veto power against it. Finally in 1949 they developed their ownweapons. In 1952 the first hydrogen bomb was made with a force of 800Hiroshima s. In 1953 the Russians did it too (thanks to the Rosenberg s). In 1958 the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union stoppedtesting but in 1961 France started. Then the Cuban Missile Crisis happened. This event was the closest we have ever come to a nuclear war. This eventit really kind of woke the United States and Soviet Union up about whatcould happen. Because of this a direct phoneline was set up between the Kremlinand the white house. The main question today is who has control of the weapons. Theformer superpower Russia is in political turmoil. Now instead of two peoplewith their hands on the button there could be dozens! Even the CentralIntelligence Agency director John Deutch said he is afraid of loose nukesbeing smuggled out of Russia.(McGirk 35) The United States is in pretty good conditionbecause not much nuclear waste is stolen (they believe) and no missiles everhave been stolen. But in some countries nuclear technicians haven t beenpaid in six months (Russia). Security is breaking down, and waste is leakingout. What is everyone going to do the next morning after a nuclear terroristattack.The four new formed nations of Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, andRussia all have nuclear missiles. Although Ukraine and Belarus say theywant no part of them it is not known their real stance.(www.pbs.org) If they don t wantthem then where will they go. They will probably send them to third worldnations or terrorist with a lot of money, because they are so poor. OneRussian political columnist Vladlen Sirotikin said, “give me a million bucks,and I ll have a nuclear tipped missile bought or stolen and delivered anyplaceyou want.” The Pakistani Interior Minister General N. Babar admits hisgovernment has been approached by smugglers with nuclear shopping lists. In fact one Russian proverb which I think applies is, “The less you know,the better you sleep.”(www.pbs.org)There is 15 nations in the world with nuclear weapons. Besides theUnited States other Declared Nuclear weapon states are China, Russia, GreatBritain, France and Kazakhstan. The Undeclared but known nuclear weaponstates are India, Pakistan, Israel, and Bangladesh. The Soviet successor statesthat say they are getting rid of the weapons and waste are the Ukraine andBelarus. There is three countries with active programs and wide spreadgovernment condoned terrorism, Libya, Iran, and North Korea. The scarything about China is that they are a declared nuclear weapon state and it iswell known that Beijing is willing to sell nuclear weaponry (along withanything else) to any state with the cash to pay for it. (www.pbs.org) Another scary thingis about Iran because they have 10,000 students in our country, and Oliver Revell, the second highest in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said that300 of the 10,000 who came as students are under a careful watch. Some ofthe 300 are members of Iran s Revolutionary Guard and their intentions arefar from academic. (McGirk 35)If they have nuclear capabilities, who knows? Plusanother suspected nuclear state, Libya, won t accept American passports. That shows how much they like us. What would it be like if one of these countries or terrorists did dropthe bomb? I mean if they don t make one they could just steal one. Thereis 18,000 warheads compared to 2300 cities throughout the world.(Williams) Maybeeven a crazy American president with followers could start it. In 1973 theUnited States signed the War Powers Act in which the president couldconduct and

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