Rhodes, Richard,

Living with the Bomb. Richard Rhodes. - National Geographic, 2005. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Article 18, Global Issues, 1522-3221; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2006. Originally Published: Living with the Bomb, Aug. 2005; pp. 98-113.

"Oppenheimer warned: Nuclear weapons were surprisingly cheap and easy to make, once you understood how. Soon, he said, other countries would be making them, too. Their power of destruction--'already incomparably greater than that of any other weapon'--will grow, he declared." (NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC) This article discusses the global proliferation of nuclear weapons, capabilities and threats and questions how safe the world is from "the ultimate weapon."

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Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty 1968


Atomic bomb
Guided missiles
Nuclear weapons
Radiological weapons
Uranium enrichment

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