Nuclear Weapons : The Three Types Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction

There are three major types of weapons of mass destruction and those are nuclear weapons, biological warfare agents, and chemical warfare agents. These weapons share their potential for large-scale destruction and the indiscriminate nature of their effects, notably against civilians. WMD’s challenges our peace and security here in the United States. There is a strategy for dealing with weapons of mass destructions, and it is the three pillars, which are counter proliferation, nonproliferation, and WMD consequence management. The United States has tried to stop other countries; however, it has gotten to a point that if the United States is attacked with nuclear weapons, then the U.S. will use WMD as a response to the attack. When it comes to weapons of mass destruction in the possession of hostile countries and even terrorists, it is one of the greatest security challenges facing the United States. The first strategy to combat WMD is counter proliferation to combat WMD use, counter proliferations are fully integrated into the basic doctrines, in trainings, and even equipping of all forces, since it is important for the U.S military and appropriate agencies to be prepared to deter and defend against any possible WMD event. With strengthened nonproliferation to combat WMD proliferation, in order to prevent states from acquiring WMD and missiles, we must enhance diplomacy, arms control, multilateral agreements, threat reduction assistance, and export controls. That is to slow and make it more costly to access sensitive technologies, materials, and expertise.

The government of United States has spent millions of dollar on the countering of perceived danger and discussions are made by the government concerning the topic of vulnerabilities of United States including WMD. The WMD has two levels: first is to appraise the threat and to find the countermeasures in mass destructive terrorism. The WMD is intended to be protected by the US Domestic Preparedness Program. In section 1403, it is said that any weapon or device has the capability to cause any serious risk, death or seriously bodily injury to a large number of people through highly toxic chemical. The details about how large the number of people and how can the capability of weapon be known? None of such questions is answered and no explanation is given. The US is spending millions on WMD due to two conclusions: the WMD supports for the attacks using deadly weapons because these weapons are lethal and destructive. Other conclusion can state that the results of an attack are more focused rather than how attack is done. The terrorists can use non-conventional weapons are not important in WMD terrorism.

The Nuclear bomb, the most feared weapon in the world. A weapon that has the power to wipe out a whole state let alone a large chunk of earth. On the 6th of August, 1945 an American bomber dropped the first ever atomic bomb wiping out over 90 percent of Hiroshima and instantly killing over 80,000 people. (Yavenditti, 1974) At the time the bomb hit only one state had nuclear weapon capability, this state was The United States of America. Since 2010, the world has nine states with nuclear weapons Russia, United States, France, United Kingdom, China, India, Pakistan, Israel and lastly the most recent addition North Korea. (Norris and Kristensen, 2010) The spread of nuclear weapons has created a constant debate. Some have argued the world is safer

Ever since World War two we have feared destruction and what could be the aftermath of nuclear bombs. We had a whole era in history to dedicate being terrified of weapons of mass destruction. We had bomb drills, duck and cover drills. The United States had TV drills if an attack were to happen on United States soil. For many Americans this was not hysteria, but a reality that could happen.

Since World War I, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) have been use to fight wars. Since then massive groups of people have said their opinions on whether they like the governments having and using WMD and they would like to see a ban on the use of WMD forever. The world has not seen the end of WMD, so the controversy still remains; while some believe that WMD cause more harm than good, there are others that say otherwise.

The modern use of chemical weapons has been used since World War I. By using poisonous gas to inflict suffering and significant casualties. For example, chlorine, phosgene, and mustard gas were used to inflict burns on the skin or as a choking agent. Since the time of World War I, chemical weapons have impacted more than a million deaths. But, there are weapons of mass destruction in place used by terrorists. Weapons of mass destruction include Nuclear, biological, radiological, and explosives. One weapon of mass destruction can destroy a whole city, killing millions and clearing all future generations by using a Nuclear weapon; the most dangerous weapon on earth. Even though, nuclear weapons have been only used twice in warfare of Hiroshima

Nuclear weaponry has quite an extensive past. These weapons of mass destruction were introduced in World War 2 with the bombings of two major cities in Japan as a method to end the war. Then, in the 1960s, these WMD’s acted as a key part of the Cuban Crisis, which almost led to an entire war between the Soviet Union and America. Recently, the militaristic country of North Korea has started displaying threats to the United States, once again with nukes. This recent event (that’s still happening), along with past occurrences once again makes the world fear for its own life.

Weapons of mass destruction, or WMDs for short, are nuclear, biological or chemical weapons "that is designed or intended to cause [widespread] death or serious bodily injury" (Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction). Many countries use them as a deterrent of war, and as a potential form of retaliation. However, the construction, possession, and usage of WMDs could possibly be the most self-destructive thing humanity has ever done because they lead to nothing but death and destruction, as evidenced by the U.S. bombing or Japan in WW2, the Iraqi chemical warfare against the Kurds, and and the Soviet Union's massive biological warfare program.

The United States government has a responsibility to assess and prepare for the weapons of mass destruction threat posed by terrorists. Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) is a term that individuals often use to generalize groups of distinct weapons into one main category when discussing acts of terrorism (Mauroni, 2010). A more precise way of describing WMD terrorism is by addressing the weapon by the appropriate classification, in order to understand the significance of the type of weapon.. Throughout this paper, these weapons will be classified by chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN). These weapon types have different protocols, which makes it imperative that each weapon is adequately understood in terms of probability and the potential impact (Mauroni, 2010). Generally, all weapons are low probability but they each have different impacts on society and the likelihood of each weapon being deployed by terrorists vary. According to Meulenbelt and Nieuwenhuizen (2015), "Chemical weapons seem to be relatively easily obtainable, biological

While nuclear weapons are universally known as a weapon of mass destruction, they are not the only type. Other types of weapons of mass destruction include, radiological, chemical, and biological. While nuclear weapons may be the most known, biological and chemical weapons are more commonly used. To this day, chemical and biological weapons continue to be used in the Syrian Civil War. Specifically, Chlorine and mustard gas have been used on all sides of the civil war, and in most cases, despite the possible harm to civilians. The official website of the Federal Bureau of Investigation defines WMDs as any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas weapon that is designed with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury. While some may claim that weapons of mass destruction do not pose as much of a threat today as they did in the early 2000s, I disagree. While it may be true that weapons of mass destruction do not receive the amount of media coverage they used to, that does not decrease the threat they pose at all. The threat of nuclear and chemical and biological and radiothermal warfare is still alive and

Nuclear weapons are the most dangerous weapons on earth. One can demolish a whole city, potentially killing millions, and exposed the natural environment and lives of future generations through its long-term catastrophic effects. According to the UNODA- United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (2011), “Although nuclear weapons have only been used twice in warfare- in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945-about 22,000 reportedly remains in our world today and there have been over 2,000 nuclear tests conducted to date.” Nuclear weapons have been viewed as a threat to peace by world leaders. There have been debates of whether to let Iran and North Korea acquire nuclear weapons, leaders all around the world along with Liberals believe that it is a threat to peace and should limit the spread whereas neo realist have another belief that nuclear weapon can make the world a peaceful place. Because states would fear to attack each other. For example the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 and cold war- there were only threats and war did not happen because of nuclear deterrence. The Cuban missile crisis has frequently been portrayed as the only time where the world stood in the point of nuclear war between the superpowers. This is an example of how nuclear weapons were used to threaten the rival. Another examples would be that of India and Pakistan before they acquire nuclear weapon , they fought three bloody wars after having their independence but since 1998, after acquiring

Figure 1) serious game changer, and gave the upper hand to the more technologically advanced countries because of the scientific efforts that go into developing these weapons, making the possession of nuclear weapons a more apt problem for nations themselves, rather than non-state actors, such as terrorist groups. As shown in Figure 1, there has been a general steady decrease of the amount of nuclear weapons held by the United States. This is where chemical and biological weapons differ from nuclear weapons. Over the past years, chemical and biological weapons have seen more action, and this can be attested to the significant difference in developing these weapons. Because chemical and biological weapons are so easily acquired, it is more likely to see them being used by terrorist groups rather than nations themselves. Because of the potential threats and easy obtainment of biological weapons, they are potentially the

Are Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD’s) able to be used ethically in time of war without consequences? A question with many different answers from all over the world, from children, adults, and elders alike. Today, we will review quite a few things about WMD’s, such as what uniquely defines the ability of WMD’s from that of the average weapons. We will also view who created them, and why they created them in the first place. Furthermore, we will look into what was stated earlier: Are WMD’s able to be used ethically in time of war without consequence? We’ll answer this and more, with the paragraphs ahead.

Weapons of mass destruction, as classified by the FBI, are any destructive devices, chemical or biological agents used with the intention of causing death or injury on a large scale. These weapons have been used in history, but most are banned to due to the extent of destruction caused. The atom bomb, probably the most well-known of these weapons were used sparingly but caused massive damage in the few areas affected. Chemical weapons, agents that can be traced in Syria today, have the potential to spread quickly while causing death and severe injury to those affected. Like chemical weapons, biological weapons which have been used since the early 1900’s, possess the trait of quick contamination and severe damage to those affected. In

Dexter Gordon once said, “In nuclear war all men are cremated equal”. Since the era when the first bow and arrow was created, humanity has been treading on the fine path of incessant vehemence. There are a countless number of reasons why people participate in altercations, from petty issues such as who lost the keys to more momentous disagreements such as those of Civil Rights or rightful independence. Today in the 21st century, not only have the disagreements evolved but so has the artillery that is used for defense and offense during a battle. Almost 64,000 years after the first weapon was developed, man has machinated an armament that is unfathomably more destructive and precarious than the antiquated bow and arrow: the nuclear bomb.