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Essay / Nuclear War - 543
Nuclear weapons should be destroyed because the World Court has banned their use. If they were abolished, the entire world would be protected for future generations, and if they were used, their effects would be catastrophic. Nuclear weapons are a mixture of several types of weapons; fission weapons and fusion weapons. When used, an extremely radiant blast comes from the location of the explosion. Additionally, each bomb costs around twenty million dollars. The World Court has entered into various agreements and treaties prohibiting any use of nuclear weapons. There are many different treaties, but these are by far the most important. The first is the Outer Space Treaty – on the principles governing the activities of States in the exploration and use of the outer Moon and other things in space. Seabed Treaty- treaty on the prohibition of the use and placement of weapons of mass destruction on the seabed, ocean floor and in the subsoil. The Moon Agreement is almost identical to the space treaty, but it concerns the Moon, the launching of missiles, and the use of missiles on and off the Moon. There...