Nuclear+Proliferation


 * **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? **

Opener.

Notes on Choices Video Clips: Nuclear Weapons.


 * NUKEMAP Bombing results **

Los Angeles, CA, USA

"Ivy Mike" - first H bomb (10.4 Mt.) Estimated fatalities: 1,355,290 Estimated injuries: 1,991,980 Fireball radius: 3.2 [|km] (32.3 [|km]²) Maximum size of the nuclear fireball; relevance to lived effects depends on height of detonation. If it touches the ground, the amount of radioactive fallout is significantly increased.

Radiation radius (500 rem): 3.4 [|km] (36.2 [|km]²) 500 rem radiation dose; without medical treatment, there can be expected between 50% and 90% mortality from acute effects alone. Dying takes between several hours and several weeks.

Air blast radius (20 psi): 4.75 [|km] (70.9 [|km]²) At 20 psi over pressure, heavily built concrete buildings are severely damaged or demolished; fatalities approach 100%.

Air blast radius (5 psi): 9.99 [|km] (314 [|km]²) At 5 psi over pressure, most residential buildings collapse, injuries are universal, fatalities are widespread.

Thermal radiation radius (3rd degree burns): 29.1 [|km] (2,670[|km]²) Third degree burns extend throughout the layers of skin, and are often painless because they destroy the pain nerves. They can cause severe scarring or disablement, and can require amputation. 100% probability for 3rd degree burns at this yield is 12.8 cal/cm2.