Nuclear warfare was first made possible by the American government investing 20 billion dollars into the Manhattan project to develop the atomic bomb in 1945. They later dropped the bombs little boy and fat man on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. These droppings were the first nuclear weapons used in warfare, and the only ones to be used against an enemy. These two bombs ended world war II and started a new era for warfare.

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The Taliban in Pakistan and Afghanistan are attempting to get their hands on nuclear weapons from Pakistan. These nuclear weapons could be used to attack the United States, India, or Russia. North Korea, a communist nation with a nuclear warhead. This warhead could be used against the west coast of the united states, most likely Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, and Sacramento. The most targeted city in the world is Washington D.C. in the United States. 

Nuclear Warfare has had its biggest scare with the Cold War. It is called the cold war because no nuclear weapons were discharged during the 50 years of its time-span. No people were killed because of this war, but the United states and the Soviet Union(now called Russia and nearby countries to the west) were at each others throats, them being the most powerful super powers in the world. The end of the cold war also marked the end of the Soviet Union, breaking up when the war ended.

The most powerful nuclear bomb ever tested was “Bravo” which was 15 megatons. That is equal to 15 millions tons of TNT. Keep in mind that the Hiroshima bomb was only 20 kilotons, 20 thousand tons of TNT, and killed 66,000 people with its fireball. Bravo was a hydrogen bomb, a fusion bomb, and the Hiroshima bomb was a fission bomb.

With the strength, danger, and possibility of Nuclear Warfare is far more than horrifying. it is knowing that accidentally setting off a small device in an enemy country can destroy the world. If a worldwide nuclear war were to occur, life as we know it will be no more than a miracle afterwards. We would quite literally bomb ourselves back to an age of barbarianism.