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In early 2019, more than 90% of world's 13,865 were owned by Russia and the United States.After the and the in the United States, an increased fear of nonconventional weapons and took hold in many countries. The fear reached a crescendo with the 2002 and the of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq that became the primary justification for the; however, American forces found none in Iraq.

They found old stockpiles of chemical munitions including and, but all were considered to be unusable because of corrosion or degradation. Iraq, however, declared a chemical weapons stockpile in 2009 which U.N. Personnel had secured after the 1991 Gulf War.

The stockpile contained mainly chemical precursors, but some munitions remained usable.Because of its prolific use and (worldwide) public profile during this period, the voted 'weapons of mass destruction' (and its abbreviation, 'WMD') the in 2002, and in 2003 added WMD to its list of terms banished for ' Mis-use, Over-use and General Uselessness' (and 'as a card that trumps all forms of aggression').In its against the main suspect of the bombing of 15 April 2013, the refers to a improvised as a 'weapon of mass destruction.' Definitions of the term United States Strategic definition The most widely used definition of 'weapons of mass destruction' is that of, or (NBC) although there is no or customary that contains an authoritative definition. Instead, international law has been used with respect to the specific categories of weapons within WMD, and not to WMD as a whole. Protest in Amsterdam against the deployment of missiles in Europe, 1981The significance of the words separable and divisible part of the weapon is that missiles such as the and the are considered weapons of mass destruction, while aircraft capable of carrying bombloads are not. In 2004, the United Kingdom's recognized the 'considerable and long-standing academic debate about the proper interpretation of the phrase 'weapons of mass destruction '. 1945–2002The only country to have used a nuclear weapon in war is the, which on the Japanese cities of and during World War II.There are eight countries that have declared they possess nuclear weapons and are known to have tested a nuclear weapon, only five of which are members of the NPT. The eight are, the, and the.is considered by most analysts to have nuclear weapons numbering in the low hundreds as well, but maintains an official policy of nuclear ambiguity, neither denying nor confirming its nuclear status.

developed a small nuclear arsenal in the 1980s but disassembled them in the early 1990s, making it the only country to have fully given up an independently developed nuclear weapons arsenal., and inherited stockpiles of nuclear arms following the break-up of the, but relinquished them to the Russian Federation. Countries where nuclear weapons are deployed through agreements include Belgium, Italy, the,. Chemical weapons. An atomic-bomb blueprintFear of WMD, or of threats diminished by the possession of WMD, has long been used to catalyze public support for various WMD policies. They include mobilization of pro- and anti-WMD campaigners alike, and generation of popular political support. The term WMD may be used as a powerful or to generate a. It is also used ambiguously, particularly by not distinguishing among the different types of WMD.A television commercial called, promoting Democrat 's 1964, invoked the fear of a nuclear war and was an element in Johnson's subsequent election.

Later, United States' President George W. Bush used the threat of potential as justification for the. Broad reference to Iraqi WMD in general was seen as an element of President Bush's arguments. The claim that Iraq possessed Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) was a major factor that led to the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Over 500 munitions containing mustard agent and sarin were discovered throughout Iraq since 2003; they were made in the 1980s and are no longer usable as originally intended due to corrosion.The defines a weapon of mass destruction as: 'a weapon that can cause widespread destruction or kill large numbers of people, especially a nuclear, chemical, or biological weapon.' In other words, it does not have to be nuclear, biological or chemical (NBC). For example, the terrorist for the was charged under law 18 U.S.C.

2332A for using a weapon of mass destruction and that was a. In other words, it was a weapon that caused large-scale death and destruction, without being an NBC weapon.Media coverage In 2004, the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM) released a report examining the media's coverage of WMD issues during three separate periods: by India and Pakistan in May 1998; the U.S. Announcement of evidence of a in October 2002; and revelations about in May 2003. The CISSM report argues that poor coverage resulted less from political than from tired journalistic conventions. Protest march in Oxford, 1980In order to increase awareness of all kinds of WMD, in 2004 the nuclear physicist and winner inspired the creation of The WMD Awareness Programme to provide trustworthy and up to date information on WMD worldwide.In 1998 's released their third report on U.S.

Perceptions – including the general public, politicians and scientists – of nuclear weapons since the breakup of the. Risks of nuclear conflict, proliferation, and terrorism were seen as substantial.

While maintenance of the U.S. Nuclear arsenal was considered above average in importance, there was widespread support for a reduction in the stockpile, and very little support for developing and testing new nuclear weapons. Also in 1998, but after the UNM survey was conducted, nuclear weapons became an issue in India's election of March, in relation to political tensions with neighboring. Prior to the election the (BJP) announced it would 'declare India a nuclear weapon state' after coming to power. BJP won the elections, and on 14 May, three days after India tested nuclear weapons for the second time, a public opinion poll reported that a majority of Indians favored the country's nuclear build-up. On 15 April 2004, the (PIPA) reported that U.S.

Citizens showed high levels of concern regarding WMD, and that preventing the should be 'a very important U.S. Foreign policy goal', accomplished through multilateral arms control rather than the use of military threats. A majority also believed the United States should be more forthcoming with its biological research and its commitment of nuclear arms reduction. A Russian opinion poll conducted on 5 August 2005 indicated half the population believes new nuclear powers have the right to possess nuclear weapons. 39% believes the Russian stockpile should be reduced, though not fully eliminated. In popular culture.

2007 ISO danger symbol.The international radioactivity symbol (also known as ) first appeared in 1946, at the Radiation Laboratory. At the time, it was rendered as, and was set on a blue background.It is drawn with a central circle of radius R, the blades having an internal radius of 1.5 R and an external radius of 5 R, and separated from each other by 60°. It is meant to represent a radiating atom.The found that the trefoil radiation symbol is unintuitive and can be variously interpreted by those uneducated in its meaning; therefore, its role as a hazard warning was compromised as it did not clearly indicate 'danger' to many non-Westerners and children who encountered it. As a result of research, a new radiation hazard symbol was developed in 2007 to be placed near the most dangerous parts of radiation sources featuring a skull, someone running away, and using a red rather than yellow background.The red background is intended to convey urgent danger, and the sign is intended to be used on equipment where very strong radiation fields can be encountered if the device is dismantled or otherwise tampered with. The intended use of the sign is not in a place where the normal user will see it, but in a place where it will be seen by someone who has started to dismantle a radiation-emitting device or equipment. The aim of the sign is to warn people such as scrap metal workers to stop work and leave the area. Biological weaponry/hazard symbol.

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Weapons of Mass Destruction: The no-nonsense guide to nuclear, chemical and biological weapons today (Hachette UK, 2011)Further reading. O'Neil, Cathy (6 September 2016). Weapons of Math Destruction: how big data increases inequality and treathens democracy (First ed.). New York, USA: Crown Publishing Group.Definition and origin.

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