Threat_Of_Nuclear_War

Threat Of Nuclear War The Threat of a Nuclear War Many things relating to nuclear proliferation have changed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. From the declared nuclear powers, to worldwide tensions and so-called “Hot Spots”, the nuclear situation has changed dramatically over the years. Some would say that the threat of a nuclear war has gone down in today’s post Soviet society. They are, of course, wrong. The threat of a nuclear war is greater now that the cold war is over because, more nations have nuclear warheads, the smuggling of nuclear materials is on the rise, and nuclear treaties are ineffective. Many nations have nuclear warheads. While this could be construed as a bad thing, many nuclear powers do not adhere to the old ‘us and them’ theory. It is no longer a fight between the communist and capitalist societies. While more nations have the technology to make nuclear warheads, many do not due to political pressure. The most common reason for the development of nuclear warheads is to prove a said nation’s ability to do so. For example, South Africa developed the technology to produce nuclear missiles, and then dismantled them. (1) In doing nuclear, material, war, nations, treaties, weapons, warheads, treaty, soviet, proliferation, union, russia, signed, missing, cold, been, united, smuggling, powers, 11, worldwide, while, un, threat, start, russian, rogue, radioactive, incidents, former, countries, collapse, because, arms, addition