Nuclaer_Weapons_In_Asia

Nuclaer Weapons In Asia Nuclear Weapons in Asia Nuclear weapons are used for many different reasons. Some countries develop nuclear weapons and sell the information to other countries. Nuclear weapons can be used for a country to gain recognition. Still other countries use them to present a threat to another country or to show their power. Four countries in Asia: China, India, North Korea, and Pakistan either use nuclear weapons for one of these purposes or could in the future. Nuclear weapons have led to greater tensions between not only some Asian countries but also many other countries around the world. The age of nuclear weapons really began when the U.S. used two atomic bombs on Japan at the end of World War II. The first bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The second bomb was dropped three days later on August 9, on the city of Nagasaki . These actions resulted in many thousands of deaths and the surrender of Japan. This was the first time that weapons of mass destruction were ever used. Many people were horrified by the prospects of there existing weapons that could inflict so nuclear, north, korea, china, weapons, between, pakistan, india, war, south, countries, soviet, been, union, time, over, nations, rights, people, taiwan, country, world, west, threat, technology, soviets, out, however, future, communism, two, tests, sanctions, one, japan