Nuclear Proliferation

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Essential Questions:

  • Who determines who gets to have WMD’s and who doesn't get to have them?

  • Nuclear deterrents: Do the ends justify the means?

  • Is it possible to un-invent any object deemed too dangerous to exist?

  • Is the UN too weak? Too powerful?

  • What options are available to non-aligned countries to defend themselves from superpowers?






History Template 1-8-14


NUKEMAP:

I place the Tsar Bomba in between Attleboro and Pawtucket. The bomb stretched so far that it just reached Malden. The fireball radius reached a distance of 3.79 mi (45.1 mi²). Now, the air blast radius reached a distance of (5 psi) 23.1 mi (1,670 mi²) and the thermal radiation radius (3rd degree burns) 45.7 mi (6,570 mi².