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6. Why is Ballistic missile defence a problem?
- Russia and China will have no second strike advantage
- because it raises the cost of creating nuclear weapons for others
- it means people are overshadowed by the US
- people won't be able to hit the US
7. what is CWC?
- 1993- Cheetah Wave convention
- 1993- Cheese wheel convention
- 1993- Chemical Weapons convention (prohibits use of chemical weapons)
- 1993- Chinese women convention
8. what are WMD?
- Biological weapons
- Chemical weapons
- all of the above
- Nuclear weapons
9. What happened in North Korea?
- started testing weapons in 2006
- all of the above
- tensions still remain high
- bagan nuclear programme in the 80s and pulled out of Non proliferation treaty in 2003
- US tried to intervene using cyber attacks
- US tried to intervene many times
10. What helped keep the peace during the Cold war?
- Mutual respect
- US supremacy
- MAD (mutually assured destruction)
- USSR supremacy
11. Where have Nuclear bombs been dropped?
- Moscow and Bejing
- Pyongyang and Kabul
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- Kyoto and Tokyo
12. Where are they tested?
- Mexico
- Los Alamos
- Nicuragua
- Hawaii
13. what's BWC?
- 1972- Biological Whale convention
- 1972-Biological weapons convention (the ban of biological weapons)
- 1972- Blessed whale convention
- 1972- Baby whale convention
14. Argue the US doesn't need NW
- there would be a need or the massive military
- the US would still be the most powerful country in the world
- all of the above
- would benefit the US because they can coerce people with giant military
15. What is the main way the US stop the use of NW?
- coercion
- deterrence- but this is dwindling as it's an unreliable threat
- sanction
- diplomacy
16. what are the challenges to Global zero?
- tacit nuclear capability problem
- All of the above
- they don't want to get rid of them
- the verification and trust problem
- unable to uninvent them- science is always there
- who goes first? Trust issues
17. What is the Iran nuclear deal?
- Obama set up a deal in which they would sanction Iran in return for nuclear weapons
- Obama set up a deal in which Iran wold stop pursuing nuclear weapons if the US lifted sanction on them
- Obama set up a deal in which the us would give them a nuclear reactor
- Obama set up a deal in which Iran would get money in return for no nuclear weapons
18. How many nuclear weapons does the US have?
- around 7,500 but deploys 1550 nuclear weapons
- around 40,000 but deploys around 20,000
- around 10,000 but deploys 5,000`
- around 5,000 but deploys 1000
19. what was the impact of 9/11 on NW?
- all of the above
- fear of terrorists acquiring NW
- Rogue states could supply information to terrorists
- Osama Bin Laden says it would use them to protect Muslims
20. How likely do people feel the use of WMD are?
- More so because more people have them
- Less so now there is no big threat to the US
- More so now than during the cold war due to rogue sates and lack of MAD
- less so because the US is the most powerful country in the world