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I agree with Kyle, I think that people today don't fully know or understand the true impact that nuclear weapons can really have on society. And although this may be true, you still see a fear when foreign countries are attempting to create their own nuclear weapons. I think that today though, more people are experiencing the effects nuclear power can have on society ie. the recent Japanese events. But people also are experiencing and using nuclear power for energy, not only for weapons. The atomic bomb has created much power for the United States and any country with nuclear weapons though. And the need for new global policies had to be created to tend to these new powers. -Claire Brooks | I agree with Kyle, I think that people today don't fully know or understand the true impact that nuclear weapons can really have on society. And although this may be true, you still see a fear when foreign countries are attempting to create their own nuclear weapons. I think that today though, more people are experiencing the effects nuclear power can have on society ie. the recent Japanese events. But people also are experiencing and using nuclear power for energy, not only for weapons. The atomic bomb has created much power for the United States and any country with nuclear weapons though. And the need for new global policies had to be created to tend to these new powers. -Claire Brooks | ||
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| + | I personally have always wondered how the radiation really affected the people in Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Those people who survived the blast and were exposed to the radiation probably passed it on when they had children. Then the land was demolished, and the environment suffered tremendously. Water was on short supply from the radiation. The other impact I always thought about is what if another nation dropped an atomic bomb on the United States. As bad as September 11 was, I'm sure that the atomic bomb being dropped in New York and the Pentagon would have had a far more devastating impact. After World War II ended, Japan openly test atomic weapons off the coast of some of the Pacific islands. The United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and United States all competed in an arms race to see who could build the biggest weapons. The atomic bomb began a whole new kind of warfare, and began widespread fear of a devastating attack on a country's civilians. | ||
