Nuclear Proliferation

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Chernobyl”(Paddock-thestar.com). He talked to
his mother and then he just killed himself. When scientists and nuclear
activists got a hold of this story “it sent shivers through their spine”
(Paddock-thestar.com). This was because one day they know that one
suicidal teenager will actually have the guts to just blow himself up
with all those nuclear warheads. Russian officials were quick to say
,“the submarine and the people (in the vicinity) were safe.” A former
Russian navy captain said, “ It is really scary that one day the use of
nuclear arms may depend on the sentiments of someone who is feeling
blue, who has gotten out of bed on the wrong side and does not feel
like living” (Paddock-thestar.com).
Horror stories among Russian officials have been told. They
say that there are “Nuclear-submarine reactor cores that sit unguarded
in warehouses at the Vladivostok naval base, a research institute
outside ...

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and bring the world’s financial center to a halt.

In these following paragraphs I am going to throw you a bunch
of numbers, but these numbers can’t be confirmed because we don’t
know exactly how many weapons Russia or the United States has
because either one can be secretly stockpiling nuclear weapons without
the public or the other nations having clue. Russia’s nuclear inventory,
according to recent count, consists of 6,240 warheads, more than 500
nuclear powered vessels, 29 power plants, and hundreds of storage sites
for fissionable material which is the major of the problem. These sites
have scientists that usually go without pay for months. The ...

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