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Weapons of Mass Destruction

The document discusses weapons of mass destruction throughout history. It begins by defining the term as first used in 1937 to refer to aerial bombardment. It then outlines the major types of WMDs used in World War I including chemical weapons. World War II saw further widespread use of firebombing of civilian areas and the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Tensions between the US and Soviet Union during the Cold War led to development and testing of nuclear weapons and delivery systems, as well as arms limitation treaties seeking to reduce stockpiles and prevent conflict.

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Weapons of Mass Destruction

The document discusses weapons of mass destruction throughout history. It begins by defining the term as first used in 1937 to refer to aerial bombardment. It then outlines the major types of WMDs used in World War I including chemical weapons. World War II saw further widespread use of firebombing of civilian areas and the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Tensions between the US and Soviet Union during the Cold War led to development and testing of nuclear weapons and delivery systems, as well as arms limitation treaties seeking to reduce stockpiles and prevent conflict.

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Weapons of Mass

Destruction
“The ever more sophisticated weapons piling up in the
arsenals of the wealthiest and the mightiest can kill the
illiterate, the ill, the poor and the hungry, but they cannot
kill ignorance, illness, poverty or hunger.” 
― Fidel Castro
The first use of the term "weapon of mass destruction” is by
Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury in 1937 in
Referrence to the aerial bombardment of Guernica Spain.

Today we all know that if we heard of the word “Weapons of


Mass Destruction” we think of North Korea and other
countries with Nuclear capabilities, but it isn’t only the
Nuclear weaponry is included in the “Weapons of Mass
Destruction” lists.

I’m going to discuss the type of Weapons, Treaties and Events


that was derived from the word “Weapons of Mass
Destruction”.
The first “WMD” is seen throughout from the First World
War, which is used by many countries by that time,
including UK, France, Germany and Russia. Countries
like these used gases to kill people by that time
because that time trench warfare is fluent and seen
almost in every front, so lethal gases or also known as
Chemical Weaponry was used to break the trenches by
that time.

“Trench Warfare”
-a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from
trenches facing each other.
After WW1. “Weapons of Mass Destruction” is still used after the
war and the following war after. When the WW2 broke out, WMD
is widely used everywhere, ranging from Fire Bombing of
Civilian Population and Bombing of Strategic Value places
through the war. (Factories that can produce weapons for
armies).

One of the well known bombings throughout the 2nd World War
is the Blitz (Bombing of British Isles), Dresden fire bombing, Air
Raids and the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Millions of People lost their homes, lives and loved ones


because of a single territorial conflict.
“The Blitz”
Dresden Fire Bombing
The City of Hiroshima after the
drop of Little Boy
After the 2nd World War, tension between United States
and Russia (former Soviet Union) rised up. As their
rivalry went in 1945 until 1991, their weaponry so did
too. Even today, we can see their former rivalry from
racing on Nuclear Weaponry and other conventional
weapons. And as their weapons change, so did
treaties around the World happen everytime, they
made treaties to reduce their weaponry production to
lower the tension that’s happening to the world by
that time. One of the weapons that was known
ranging from Shells that contain nuclear material that
can deal a lot of damage to Nuclear bombs that can
level cities to ashes.
Both United States and Soviet Union conducted tests from
Conventional Weaponry to Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Ranging from Artillery Pieces to Bombers that can destroy city


within one strike. In fact, there are many events that would
start WW3 from Cold War, starting from tensions within East
and West Germany sparking to the deployment of Nuclear
Weaponry to Cuba from Soviet Union.

There are times in Cold War which created to either reduce or


ban Weaponry from being used or developed by that time.
One was SALT, or known as “Strategic Arms
Limitation Treaty”, that would limit both powers
to reduce the weaponry they create. It also aims
to prevent another conflict for the coming future.
Another one was INF, or also known as
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty that
aims to remove missles. (Either Intermediate
Range or Short Range). It was created to again,
reduce tensions and prevent coming conflict for
the coming future from the 2 Super powers.
Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev and U.S President Ronald Reagan signing
INF treaty.
During the tense Cold War both sides. NATO and Warsaw
Pact, created new weapons that changed Warfare
forever. Starting from Nuclear Artillery, which was a
nuclear weaponry capable of carrying nuclear device
from it’s shell, and this Artillery can be transported
anytime and anywhere, the problem is that it would be
difficult to use when they’re needed due to their weight.
It would be also difficult due to some terrain and
infrastructure, that would be likely bog them down.

One of these Weapons we’re known as


SM-54 (2A3) “Kondensator” made by Russians

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