In This Podcast, We'll Be Discussing Nuclear Proliferation. We'll Take a Look at Two Well-Known Developing Countries Who have Nuclear Ambitions, and Explain The implications of allowing these countries to develop nuclear technology.
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb). Both bomb types release large quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter.
Today, nine states have nuclear weapons and many more can easily acquire those, although only five states are officially recognized as possessing nuclear weapons by the 1968 nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Those are
• The United States (1945)
• Russia (1949)
• The United Kingdom (1952)
• France (1960) and
• China (1964)
Four states never joined the NPT but are known to possess nuclear weapons:
• Israel
• India (1974)
• Pakistan (1998) and
• North Korea (2006)
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb). Both bomb types release large quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter.
Today, nine states have nuclear weapons and many more can easily acquire those, although only five states are officially recognized as possessing nuclear weapons by the 1968 nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Those are
• The United States (1945)
• Russia (1949)
• The United Kingdom (1952)
• France (1960) and
• China (1964)
Four states never joined the NPT but are known to possess nuclear weapons:
• Israel
• India (1974)
• Pakistan (1998) and
• North Korea (2006)
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WEEK 7: Nuclear Weapons and Threats
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Welcome to Week 7 of the Chemical, Biological, Radiological and nuclear Threats to the Homeland course!
To put things in perspective so far for this term, “Over 11,500 terrorist attacks occurred in 72 countries in 2010, resulting in approximately 50,000 victims, including almost 13,200 deaths. Although the number of attacks rose by almost 5 percent over the previous year, the number of deaths declined for a third consecutive year, dropping 12 percent from 2009” (The American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise 2012). How many of you would have guessed that deaths directly related to terrorism would be declining?
Now let's dive into this week topic -- Nuclear Weapons and Materials Hazards
Is it possible for terrorist organization to develop and employ a suitcase nuclear weapon? Have they are done so? This week we will delve deep into the technical understanding of these weapons, materials, and associated hazards.
In his article titled, How Many and Where Were the Nukes?What the U.S. Government No Longer Wants You to Knowabout Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War, Burr (2006) discloses that, “Declassification decisions on U.S. nuclear weapons information by federal agencies have taken a surprising turn. Security reviewers are treating as ‘classified’ information that has been available in the public record for decades.” He goes on later to say, “excessive secrecy continues to abound in another category of historical nuclear information: the overseas deployment of U.S. nuclear weapons during the Cold War. Information on the deployments that has been publicly available for many years is also being classified by U.S. government agencies” (Burr 2006). This certainly makes us wonder why, because this information was once publicly available.
In the 20th and 21st Century, nuclear weapons are undoubtedly the ultimate weapon of mass destruction. Nuclear weapons ended WWII, and were the primary threat of the Cold War. One to four kilograms of plutonium – that’s all scientists in the Department of Energy estimate is needed to make a small nuclear weapon. They say that the average head weighs eight pounds (FAS n.d.). That’s a weight that a head and four kilograms of plutonium have in common. The explosion that destroyed Nagasaki weighed in at a “hefty” 6.2 kilograms (FAS n.d.). How much money would it take a terrorist organization to build its own nuclear weapon? That answer is not easily determined for several reasons. Black markets drive the price of such a “hot” commodity even higher than it would be in the mainstream market where official researchers and scientists purchase their materials. On the other hand, desperation to acquire materials at any cost is much higher, so “deals” and trades are more common for terrorists who are looking to purchase nuclear materials needed. No matter what one thing is for sure – the price is not low. This poses a problem for terrorists; even though many larger organiz.
This was a news report written in May-June 2009 about the possible regime change in North Korea with the rise of Kim Jong Eun as the possible successor of Kim Jong Il.
The events of the Cold War including the civilian "Duck and Cover", propaganda film and the many books and movies about the Cold War. Discussion of Nuclear Arms Race and Nuclear Treaties and current status of Nuclear Weapons Stockpiles. Lists of the Nuclear Tests and the damages an Atomic Bomb can cause.
Adjunct Professor Joe Boisvert
Historical paper on indian nuclear test 1998Chad Pillai
In light of events with North Korea's Nuclear Program and the Nuclear Deal with Iran, I found my first Geo-Political Analysis Paper on India's and Pakistan's Nuclear Test I ever did in College during the Summer of 1998 while Traveling to India then interning at the State Department. This paper was for my ARMY ROTC professor.