STANDARD 11.94. LIST THE EFFECTS OF FOREIGN POLICY ON DOMESTIC POLICIES AND VICE VERSA (E.G. PROTESTS DURING THE VIETNAM

1. STANDARD 11.94. LIST THE EFFECTS OF FOREIGN POLICY ON DOMESTIC POLICIES AND VICE VERSA (E.G. PROTESTS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, THE “NUCLEAR FREEZE MOVEMENT

2. Nuclear Proliferation

3. The World’s Nuclear Arsenal Source BBC World News Tuesday, 2 May, 2000

4. Who has the Nukes?

5. What does the chart mean? • At the beginning of 1996, there were some 21,000 operational nuclear weapons in the world. Divided among six countries, nearly 95 percent of the world's nuclear weapons are in the possession of the U.S. and Russia

6. History of Nuclear Weapons Testing • July 1945 - U.S. explodes first nuclear bomb • August 1949 - Soviet Union explodes first nuclear bomb • November 1952 - U.S. explodes first thermal nuclear bomb • November 1955 - Soviet Union explodes first thermal nuclear bomb • June 1967 - China explodes first thermal nuclear bomb • November 1967 - Britain explodes first thermal nuclear bomb • August 1968 - France explodes first thermal nuclear bomb

7. History of Nuclear Weapons Testing cont. • Total U.S. nuclear bomb tests 1,030 • Total Soviet Union tests 715 • Since 1945 there have been 2044 nuclear bomb tests worldwide • One test every nine days for the past 50 years • 3,830 kilograms of plutonium left in the ground

8. Music against Nuclear Weapons

9. NO NUKES:The MUSE Concert for a Non-Nuclear Future A group of the world's leading musicians gathered at New York's Madison Square Garden for five nights of music and magic to raise money and awareness regarding the threat of nuclear activity in the world. The catalyst for the event was the murder of Karen Silkwood for blowing the whistle on the practices of her nuclear power employer. Silkwood's family found tickets to a Bonnie Raitt/Jackson Browne concert in the glove compartment of the car she died in. They called Raitt and asked her help raise awareness of the dangers of the nuclear industry.