Nuclear Arms Proliferation

1. Nuclear Arms Proliferation http://youtube.com/watch?v=TGJ3lz19eMg&mode=related&search=

2. Background • Why are there so many of them? • The current state of nuclear weapons • Who has them, why, and how many of them are there? • The danger of accidental use of nuclear weapons • How close have we come? How close are we now? Nuclear weapons and ‘rogue states’ • Pakistan, Iran, North Korea

3. Some vocab • Manhattan Project • Einstein • Oppenheimer • B-52 • ICBM • Hydrogen Bomb • Arms Race • Edward Teller • ‘Missile Gap’ • MIRV • MAD • 2nd Strike Capability • Strategic vs. Tactical weapons

4. Some History • We did not want this guy to have a nuclear bomb

5. Hiroshima and Nagasaki

6. We did not want this gentleman to have an atomic bomb either

7. Even so, the Soviets still manage to make their own • 1949, 1955

8. Now we have a nuclear arms race

9. They went from these: • To these  ICBMS • 1957 • Missile Gap • First strike capability • Second Strike Capability • Followed shortly by MIRV’s

10. Nuclear Arms Control • Throughout the 1950s and 60s, this was just a theory • During the 1960s and 70s, people’s concern about nukes rose • MAD Theory • Direct talks between the East and West began

11. Great Britain – 1952 • France – 1960 • China – 1964 • India – 1974 • Pakistan – 1998 • Israel, South Africa, North Korea - ??

12. Nuclear Forces around the World

14. Explosions, firestorms, radioactive fallout, and nuclear winter • The total explosive power of all explosives used during WWII … • Multiply that by … • So what’s the point in having this many?

15. Redundancy

16. Redundancy • Inter-service rivalry

17. Redundancy • Inter-service rivalry • Tech advancement

18. Redundancy • Inter-service rivalry • Tech advancement • Prestige and independence

19. Redundancy • Inter-service rivalry • Tech advancement • Prestige and independence • Profit

20. Redundancy • Inter-service rivalry • Tech advancement • Prestige and independence • Profit • Second-strike capability