Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

                                     Proliferation of weapons of mass destruction



          The weapons of mass destruction are the instruments that the people use for destroying a high number of persons or make damages. These weapons are in eight countries, five of them are considered "states nuclearly armed". In order of acquisition of nuclear weapons, these are: the United States of America, the Russian Federation (old USSR), the Kingdom and the North of Ireland, the Republic of French and the Popular Republic of China. The weapon of mass destruction has three kinds: nuclear weapons, biological weapons and chemical weapons.


          The first of this kind are the nuclear weapons, theses are an explosive of high power that use a nuclear energy; this kind of weapon were used in the attack of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki cities in the second world war. The nuclear weapon has the capacity to destroy extremely extensive areas with a single detonation; the first places that had these bombs were the population of Alamogordo, New Mexico and United States like experimental part of the Project Manhattan.

          The second kinds are the biological weapons; these are weapons that use the toxic properties of chemical substances to kill, to hurt or to disable the enemy. These arms are different from the nuclear weapons because it doesn’t use an explosive force. According to the Convention on Chemical Weapons of 1993, it is considered chemical weapon, any toxic chemical substance, without caring their origin, with the exception that they are used with allowed purposes.

          The third kinds are the biological weapons, these are organisms or toxins that can kill or disable people, the agriculture and the crops. They use three groups of biological agents that serve them as weapons are: the bacterias, the virus and the toxins; one example of the biological weapons is the caps. In United States, in the 2001, elaborated caps spores in form of a white powder and sent these in form of mail for the government's people and the media, causing deaths with the purpose of cause panic in the country; other of these kind of weapon are the pock and the bubonic pest.

          As a conclusion the weapons of mass destruction are the result of chemical substances, nuclear power and biological microorganisms, all of this with the capacity of affect and kill big quantities of people in few minutes or hours. It is necessary to foment the peace among people and to avoid the use of these harmful weapons which destroy the lives of people, their economies and their homes. We need laws that restrict the use of these weapons and we need to use all these technology to help people in the future.