Before cold war started, people just knew about nuclear weapons when they refer to weapons of mass destruction (WMD). After this war, people could link nuclear and chemical dangers with WMD. Nowadays people associate nuclear, chemical, and biological dangers with these words since the anthrax attacks in 2001 (Weapons of mass destruction, Wikipedia).
Weapons of mass destruction are increasing since II world war when USA used two nuclear weapons against Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, but the greatest proliferation of WMD, which “can kill and bring significant harm to a large numbers of humans (and other life forms) and/or cause great damage to man-made structures (e.g. buildings), natural structures (e.g. mountains), or the biosphere in general” (Weapons of mass destruction, Wikipedia), was not until 1990’s because some states and terrorist groups developed several WMD as David P. Fidler, who works in American Society of International Law, wrote. Countries suggest increase more WMD to confront terrorist weapons, so “this development suggests that the need for international law in connection with the WMD threat may be higher now than in previous historical period” (David P. Fidler). Unless this happen, the world will fight without control, and most of people can die or countries, where we live, can be destroyed.
Work Cited
David P. Fidler. American Society of International Law. “Weapons of Mass Destruction and International Law”. February, 2003. Taken the 09/11/10 from http://www.asil.org/insigh97.cfm.
Wikipedia. “Weapon of mass destruction”. Taken the 09/11/10 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_of_mass_destruction.
Weapons of mass destruction are increasing since II world war when USA used two nuclear weapons against Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, but the greatest proliferation of WMD, which “can kill and bring significant harm to a large numbers of humans (and other life forms) and/or cause great damage to man-made structures (e.g. buildings), natural structures (e.g. mountains), or the biosphere in general” (Weapons of mass destruction, Wikipedia), was not until 1990’s because some states and terrorist groups developed several WMD as David P. Fidler, who works in American Society of International Law, wrote. Countries suggest increase more WMD to confront terrorist weapons, so “this development suggests that the need for international law in connection with the WMD threat may be higher now than in previous historical period” (David P. Fidler). Unless this happen, the world will fight without control, and most of people can die or countries, where we live, can be destroyed.
Work Cited
David P. Fidler. American Society of International Law. “Weapons of Mass Destruction and International Law”. February, 2003. Taken the 09/11/10 from http://www.asil.org/insigh97.cfm.
Wikipedia. “Weapon of mass destruction”. Taken the 09/11/10 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_of_mass_destruction.
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