LIMITED NUCLEAR WAR:
A DANGEROUS PROPOSITION
"LIMITED NUCLEAR WAR: A DANGEROUS PROPOSITION “ . I agree with it. As u all know that some time back the whole world was divided into two blocks. One was led by The US and the other by USSR. Both had the nuclear capability to retaliate, inflicting unacceptable nuclear damage on their opponents. After the disintegration of Soviet Union into many independent republics and the Russian Federation the situation has become quite volatile. The largest of such independent republics controls the nuclear button. But nuclear weapons are stockpiled in other republics also. Already there is a strong disagreement between Ukraine and Russia about storage and control of nuclear weapons. So there is a huge possibility of a war among these republics and it can turn into nuclear war also. Then there is also the danger of transfer of the nuclear know-how by some Central Asian Republics with predominant Islamic population to the Islamic countries of Asia and Africa, like Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya etc. India and Pakistan are also nuclear powers now. Such nuclear proliferation will definitely trigger nuclear powers now. Such nuclear proliferation will definitely trigger nuclear wars which might ultimately involve other countries as well.
The Second War
The Second World War brought with it the ravages of the nuclear catastrophe when America dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. The destruction it caused and the horror that it generated is unparalleled in the history of mankind. The destructive capacity of nuclear weapons has since increased by thousand or millions of times. We are making weapons which are deadlier. We should, therefore, be prepared to protect our country against the danger of a nuclear flare-up. We have to be prepared with the nuclear deterrence and that can be only done by acquiring nuclear weapons. If a Country have capacity to survive a surprise nuclear attack and retaliate an extent where the damage can be unacceptable to the attacker then it will serve as deterrent, through it will lead to nuclear armament race. A limited nuclear war may ultimately turn into a conflagration. Slightest of mistakes can lead to a nuclear war.
According to the “Limited nuclear war doctrine” which was propounded by America, proposes a surprise attack by the U.S. on selected strategic and nuclear targets of the enemy. America believed that by launching a sudden and quick attack on the key military civil and strategically important installations, it can neutralize the enemy to the extent that it would not be able to inflict any considerable damage to it. In other words, the initial or pre-emptive surprise American attack will be in limited in terms of its targets. This approach was reflected in the recent Iraq war. America aimed to destroy the political leadership and also the retaliatory capacity of the enemy. But till now a low key war is going in Iraq and they couldn’t even find the weapons of mass destruction that they claimed that Iraq possessed. The US still possesses a large stockpile of nuclear weapons. Even through the countries pledging $ 20 billion over the next 10 years to destroy nuclear arsenal of erstwhile USSR. But till the time the said goal is achieved the very real danger of these weapons falling into hands of Islamic fundamentalist, jehadi groups and the terrorists is looming large. Besides other countries which have clandestine nuclear weapons also pose the danger of proliferation going out of control.
To Conclude:
Therefore I advocate the complete destruction of the nuclear weapons to ensure a safer and peaceful world. We should, be prepared for anything. the perfect solution lies in creating a world that is free of nuclear weapons. These are and will remain detrimental to the well being of the human race.
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