Nuclear+Proliferation

Nuclear Proliferation
 * Essential Questions: **


 * **Who determines who gets to have WMD’s and who doesn't get to have them?**
 * **Nuclear deterrents: Do the ends justify the means?**
 * **Is it possible to un-invent any object deemed too dangerous to exist?**
 * **Is the UN too weak? Too powerful?**
 * **What options are available to non-aligned countries to defend themselves from superpowers? **

**Nuclear Proliferation Article Questions **

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12pgTAfRvLBlMumaGMd9Hh2N70TPUWbI4VsRapRwkEWw/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_EQlCzSQwwvxwQ7xJZc1zECD2X7zko_Y89IF9-6kWQ8/edit?usp=sharing
 * Choices Notes**

Nuke Map City- Boston, MA Weapons- "Castle Bravo"- largest US Bomb Tested (15)Mt Radiation Radius = 2.25 miles, without medical treatment 50-90% mortality rate Fireball Radius= 2.31 miles Air Blast Radius(20 psi) = 3.33 miles (fatalities close to almost 100%) Air Blast Radius (5psi) =7.78 miles (most residential buildings collapse, widespread injuries and fatalities) Thermal Radiation Radius(3rd degree burns) = 21.1 miles (3rd degree burns spread through ayers of skin, often painless sicne they kill the pain nerves, most likely 100% will recieve the 3rd degree burns Estimated fatalities= 1,181,370 Estimated Injuries= 738,960 North it goes up towards Andover and south it reaches about Brockton.
 * Opener 1/28/14**

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ZvnnTd02TSeM17BS5YJ_-rvZtKPdV_aknmLWLLppeg/edit?usp=sharing
 * Nuclear Proliferation Terms**