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Biochemical and Nuclear Weapons

2021
For young people, the threat posed by biochemical or nuclear weapons might feel abstract. But there are many Americans still alive who lived, at least as children, in the time of the Cold War. They remember being marched into hallways and sitting cross-legged with their hands over their necks and heads almost to the floor in a protective position ...
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A Nuclear Weapons Convention: Path to a Nuclear Weapon-Free World

2017
The weak international legal norm against nuclear weapons complicates efforts to prevent state and nonstate actors from acquiring nuclear weapons. The political stability necessary for the controlled maintenance of nuclear weapons cannot be guaranteed in the long run. A nuclear weapon-free world, which not only removes nuclear weapons but also the main
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Is There Future Utility in Nuclear Weapons Nuclear Weapons Save Lives

2014
Abstract : The debate over the future of nuclear weapons has become more prominent each year since the end of the Cold War. The United States leadership is faced with a decision regarding the future of the nuclear weapons program in the face of worldwide proliferation concerns and threats.
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Chapter Seventeen. Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones And Maritime Transit Of Nuclear Weapons

2010
This Chapter addresses efforts by the states that have formed nuclearweapon-free zones (NWFZ) to exclude nuclear weapons and nuclear powered ships from their territorial and adjacent waters. It outlines the provisions of the existing NWFZs that could impact the deployment of sea-based nuclear weapons or nuclear powered ships.
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Space Weapons and Nuclear Effects

Science, 1982
Harry A. Griffith, Robert S. Cooper
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The Development of Nuclear Weapons

2012
The weapons to be discussed in this chapter differ in several important respects from those of the previous two chapters. First of all, and most obviously, nuclear weapons are far more destructive than small arms or catapults – any comparison with the latter in particular seems ridiculous.
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Nuclear-weapon Proliferation

1991
It is not easy to talk on the issue of nuclear proliferation because there is always an interplay of general arguments and case-by-case analyses. I shall try to cover both in the very brief time available; so first I shall make one or two general remarks, and then I shall try to focus on the main case studies.
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Nuclear Weapon A Necessity?

1994
Abstract : The aim of this paper is to discuss the important factors to be taken into account for each state in arriving at a broad framework of nuclear weapons requirements.
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NUCLEAR WEAPONS

The Lancet, 1984
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Disinventing Nuclear Weapons

1999
The statement that ‘nuclear weapons cannot be disinvented’ is often put forward to argue for the infeasibility and/or the undesirability of a transition to a nuclear-weapon-free world. To assess the validity of this line of reasoning it is appropriate to investigate the actual meaning of the statement that ‘nuclear weapons cannot be disinvented ...
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