POL208Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Stuxnet, Nuclear Proliferation
23 Jun 2016
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Nuclear proliferation (first two sagan arguments for why countries want nuclear weapons is in the last lecture) Vested interests scientists, bureaucrats, outside gov"t, lobbyists, businesses, people who would benefit from the production and gain. Competition between service branches (army vs. navy vs. air force) O each believed that if they were in charge of nuclear weapons, their programs wouldn"t get cut as much (since war was over) O ex india launching nuclear weapon to show the world (specifically. Then pakistan was under pressure to do the same after. Inefficient not stopping spread of nuclear weapons. O many states have refused to sign up and have built nuclear weapons. O south africa refused, built weapons, but is now a part of it. O north korea was a member of the npt, managed to create a weapon, then removed themselves from the treaty.
