GVPT 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: International Atomic Energy Agency, Biological Weapons Convention, Anti-Ballistic Missile
30 Oct 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Heat can potentially create a self-sustaining firestorm in a city. Radiation creates radiation sickness, which at high doses kills people in a few days and at low doses creates long-term health problems, especially cancers. Nuclear weapons also create an electromagnetic pulse (emp) that can disrupt and destroy electronic equipment. Cruise (cid:373)issiles (cid:862)(cid:272)ruise(cid:863) the surfa(cid:272)e flyi(cid:374)g lo(cid:449) (cid:449)hile the (cid:271)allisti(cid:272) missile reach highs of typically 50 miles: make sure you understand the major arms control initiatives over the past thirty years. Pay particular attention to the abm, npt, and ctbt treaties. It was adopted by the united nations general assembly on 10 september 1996, but has not entered into force, as eight specific states have not ratified the treaty. In 2010, the u. s. and russian presidents signed a new nuclear arms control treaty. Over seven years it will cut strategic nuclear warheads by almost one-third, from 2,200 to.
