Examining the effects of nuclear weapons and the danger they pose to society

General Facts Danger of Nuclear Weapons Churches Position on Nuclear Weapons

Currently 9 Nations have Nuclear Weapons There are enough nukes to blow up the world 25 times Only 5 of these nations have signed nonaggression pacts Book of revelations speaks of the whore of Babylon being destroyed by arrows of fire in an hour Two bombs killed over 250,000 people in 1 minute

Iran, Venezuela are suspected of building These two nations have been claiming to want to obliterate the USA There are about 30,000 Warheads in the world The 5 major nuclear powers now are:

Capable of launching from Land, Sea, and Air Land based Strategic Rocket Forces: 489 missiles carrying up to 1,788 warheads Sea based Strategic Fleet: 12 submarines carrying up to 609 warheads Strategic Aviation: 79 bombers carrying up to 884 missiles

Capable of Launching from Land, Sea, and Air The exact number as of Sept. 30, 2009, was 5,113 warheads, according to a U.S. fact sheet released May 3, 2010. A US first launch will most likely take place from submarines, as they can sneak up on an enemy coast

Sea based only nukes Can Launch from its 4 nuclear armed submarines 3 of these subs are on constant patrol Any sub can hit anywhere on the earth within 8 minutes Currently has 300 warheads, expected to cut back to 200

Is Capable of launching from both land and sea, but not air Approximately 500 nukes Only 50 (10%) are kept on high readiness Expected to double amount of nukes by 2020

Capable of launching from Sea and Air, but not land Has 298 warheads active Willing to use against non-nuclear states in war Will reduce arsenal by 1/3 over 50 years

Pakistan India Israel North Korea These four nations favour a first strike policy

Medium sized nuke over New York: 500,000 people would be dead within 1 month Anarchy would probably be a result

If detonated at high altitude, EMP effects All electronic devices will be fried Cars, buses, trains would not work Hospitals, schools would not open Police radios would be dead Millions would die from lack of medicine/clean water

Nuclear war almost broke out in 1962 and again in 1976 Cuban Missile crisis Dead hand error

The Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) entered into force in 1970 It was built on three pillars: Non-Proliferation, meaning to stop the spreading of nuclear weapons Disarment, Calling for the end of nuclear weapons The Right to Peaceful Nuclear technology

The New START treaty was signed in 2010 It was signed between Russia and The USA It cuts the nuclear arms of both countries by 25% over 10 years Eliminates all small nuclear weapons Places the goal of no nukes between both countries in 100 years

We are not calling for immediate Disarment Immediate Disarment is dangerous and leaves an unbalance of power in the world Canada gave up all its nukes by 1984 Canada still retains nuclear capable bombs, but they are unarmed A serious goal would be a 10% cut to the arsenal each year

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The Church Supports Nuclear technology The Church calls for global nuclear Disarment The Church declares slow Disarment as the best option for peace

The arms race is one of the greatest curses on the human race; it is to be condemned as a danger, an act of aggression against the poor, and a folly which does not provide the security it promises Pope Paul VI to the UN in 1976

There are over 30,000 nuclear weapons in the world 9 nations have nuclear weapons Nuclear weapons are dangerous A 50 year global Disarment program is best The church favours nuclear technology, supports Disarment

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