Nuclear Weapons should be Banned

Nuclear weapons to this day still pose a direct threat to us and other countries. It's almost inhumane on how countries have to compete each other to see who can be more intimidating. ,when it's clear as day that these weapons are causing fear into the hearts of other countries. These weapons require no military strategy at all to use an are borderline useless, to solve the threats of today. Nuclear weapons are really just a huge
intimidation factor that can silence countries and if they have to, eliminate other competitors that are in the way.

There are numerous documented cases that says that countries have almost accidently pressed the wrong button. One wrong press of a button could cause mass destruction. Nuclear weapons is most likely the most destructive weapon ever created by mankind. If all the current nuclear weapon holder, had an mass war with these weapons it would cause mass famine an basically cause an agriculture wipe out. Which that alone could take out an entire country.

The production and maintenance, of these nuclear weapons takes up all of the money and resources which all of this could be spent on other things that could further our development as humans Globally, annual maintenance on nuclear weapons, as these is estimated to be about US$105 billion dollars – or $12 million an hour Nuclear weapons offer us nothing but a balance of terror, and a balance of terror is still terror George Wald Quotes - Quote Citation.The World Bank has come out and said that in 2002 that an yearly funding of just US$40–60 billion, or actually 50% of the total money currently spent on nuclear weapon, this is just he U.S. alone could be enough to meet research into diseases and to help end poverty by not spending money on these mass weapons.

Nuclear weapons programmes take people's public funds from major services such as health care, education, disaster relief and other important services. The nine major nuclear-armed nations may even spend millions upon millions of dollars just to maintain these weapons. The Funding to disarm these weapons are very high but for this to take effect,it is very miniscule. It is time to redirect money towards meeting human needs. And we could still help the people that were still affected by tragedy.

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