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Nuclear Weapons and How They Changed Warfare
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How Nuclear Weapons Have Changed Warfare
Monday, July 16, 1945, 5:29 A.M.
We went big.
Some Comparisons:
What makes the development of nuclear weapons so much more significant than past advances in warfare?
Warfare has been exercised on a much smaller scale.
Why?
Nuclear Fear
Annihilation is never a good thing.
1. Death
2. Destruction
3. Further use of nuclear weapons-domino effect
4. Enviromental Effects-"Nuclear Winter"
5. Radiation
Stockpiles of nuclear weapons give countries more legitimacy
But also make the world a more dangerous place
- Korean War
- Vietnam War
- Cuban Missile Crisis
Nuclear Issues in Warfare Today
Not Just Countries Anymore Either...
What Needs to Happen
There's Really Only One Choice...
Where did we go from there?
Hiroshima, August 6, 1945
Nagasaki, August 9, 1945
It all started with the Manhattan project...
Citations
- 3 Muskets-http://dalecot.com/Musket%20EC170607.jpg
- Bikini Atoll-http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/photoessay_7570_images/0701091140_M_bikini_hbomb_blast.jpg
- Cold War-http://blog.usni.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Cold-War-Flags.jpg
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- Hiroshima and Nagasaki-http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Atomic_bombing_of_Japan.jpg
- Hundred Years' War-http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/65/115265-004-0E06CEC0.jpg
- Iran-http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg
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- Manhattan Project Officials http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/manhattan-project-7.jpg
- Musket-http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/gallery1/images/20020045-449_lrg.jpg
- Nagasaki Bombinghttp://wheat4paradise.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/nagasaki.jpg
- North Korea-http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg
- Nuclear Arms-http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/archive/2508/25083802.jpg
- Nuclear Explosion-http://thaiintelligentnews.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/nuclear-explosion.jpg
- Nuclear Weapons Comparison-http://farm1.static.flickr.com/131/339291829_59679da6f8_o.gif
- Nuke Cartoon-http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/mly/lowres/mlyn530l.jpg
- Raleigh Nuke Map-http://www.carloslabs.com/node/16
- Sminkey, Max. "The Atomic Bomb: The Technology That Changed History." December 7, 2010. Print.
- Stop-http://www.wsha.org/files/82/Stop%20sign%20-%20no%20shadow.png
- Sudan-http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Flag_of_SuMusdan.svg
- Syria-http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg
- Trenches-http://diary.piku.org.uk/files/2010/03/3.jpg