The Dangers Of Nuclear "Progress"

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and that all nuclear weapons be destroyed. However, the Soviet
Union feared that the United States would always have a military advantage
if they gave up their plans for building a nuclear device and, therefore,
rejected the proposal.
I think that the refusal of the Soviet Union was a big mistake on
their part. Not only did they put the safety of the U.S.S.R on the line,
but of the whole world, as well. By rejecting that proposal, other
countries would soon follow America's example, producing nuclear weapons of
their own. By 1952, the Soviet Union and Great Britain had produced and
exploded their first nuclear weapons, and nuclear technology was spreading
across the world quickly. Despite efforts of the United States to prevent
the spread of nuclear proliferation ("Atoms for Peace" program), countries
continued to produce nuclear arms secretly.
By the early 1960s, France and China joined as nations with nuclear
powers. The original nuclear powers feared ...

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