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Essay Galaxy - Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear Weapons
A Nuclear weapon is any weapon that gets its destructive power from the
transformation of matter in atoms into energy. They include missiles, bombs,
artillery shells, mines and torpedoes. Another name for nuclear weapons are
Atomic bombs or Hydrogen bombs. The United States was the first country to ever
use a Nuclear weapon in battle against Japan.
The major arguments for a test ban was first proposed in the 1950�s.
Today, however, the stopping of radioactive fallout and the superpower arms race
are still in negotiation. Nations have sought to limit the testing of nuclear
weapons to protect people and the environment from nuclear radiation and to slow
the development of nuclear weapons. In 1963, Great Britain, the Soviet Union,
and the United States negotiated the first test limitation treaty, the Limited
Test Ban Treaty. The Treaty�s signers agreed not to t....
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