PSC 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Treaty On The Non-Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense, Nuclear Proliferation
13 Nov 2017
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1938: otto han, lise mietner, and fritz straussman bombard uranium with neutrons and prove nuclear fission is possible: german scientist fear they were developing a nuclear weapon. Us and british program to build a nuclear weapon before the germans. The ussr had spies in the manhattan project. Enrichment: fissile isotopes must be separated from non-fissile isotopes, weapons grade uranium is 90% fissile, plutonium can also be used. Deterrence: tates (cid:449)o(cid:374)"t atta(cid:272)k ea(cid:272)h othe(cid:396) if the (cid:272)o(cid:374)se(cid:395)ue(cid:374)(cid:272)es out(cid:449)eigh the benefits, nuclear weapons the strongest form of deterrence, nato used threat of nuclear weapons to deter soviet invasion of. Western europe: the presence of one nuclear weapon might be enough to deter attack. Counterforce: target nuclear and military assets. Countervalue: target industrial or social assets (cities, especially) Peace through preparedness: falling behind in military capabilities puts states at risk, so when one state builds arms the other should too.
