POSSESSION Today
- Nine countries including: United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France, China, Israel, India, Pakistan and North Korea.
- Only US, UK, China, France and Russia have signed Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1970
- US and UK have successfully tested new Hydrogen Bombs (H-Bomb)
- Explosion was 1000 times more powerful than bombs of WWII (Little Boy and Fat Man)
Examples Today
- Tensions on the Korean Peninsula
- North Korea possesses nuclear weapons which poses a threat to South Korea and other world powers
- US invaded Iraq in 2003 under suspicion that Iraq had WMDs
- Economic sanctions on Iraq because of nuclear weapons threats
Timeline of Events
1942 - Manhattan Project and start of nuclear bomb development
1945 - Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1945 - Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1949 - Soviet Bomb Tested Successfully
1951 - Americans are convicted of stealing nuclear bomb designs
1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis between American and Soviets who had nuclear base in Cuba
1968 - U.N. Treaty forms the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty)
1969 - SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty)
2006 - North Korea joins the Nuclear Arms Race
1951 - Americans are convicted of stealing nuclear bomb designs
1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis between American and Soviets who had nuclear base in Cuba
1968 - U.N. Treaty forms the NPT (Non-Proliferation Treaty)
1969 - SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty)
2006 - North Korea joins the Nuclear Arms Race
Changes in Warfare
Warfare Spending Pre WWII - Post WWII
Spending Before WWII
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Spending During WWII
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Spending After WWII
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Tactics Used in cold war
- Secret Organizations were created in order to keep tabs on enemy.
- e.g. CIA, KGB, and MI6.
- Warfare was no longer about having a big army, but about having the best and most destructive weapons.
- During the cold war the US had 32,040 nuclear warheads and the USSR had 45,000.
Defense Policies
- Countries are developing policies to defend themselves from possible attacks by newly developed weapons of mass destruction
- US is working to monitor/control Iran nuclear program
- “Nuclear umbrella” refers to a pledge by countries with nuclear weapons to defend an ally without nuclear weapons if they come under attack
- Examples: NATO and ANZUS organizations
- Intelligence warfare (e.g. WikiLeaks) used as a tactic of getting information from enemy