Monopoly on nuclear weapons / day

Due to the so -called Caribbean rocket crisis in October 1962, the world was on the threshold of the Nuclear War for almost two weeks. BBC History Magazine Recalls that the USSR tried to place armed missiles in a friendly cube with a nuclear wettes that could make a quick and ruthless impact on the US territory. For Washington, such a step was, of course, unacceptable, and the compromise was only reached at the last moment, when many already seemed to have a military conflict between the two superpowers, with nuclear weapons.

It was at that time that globally influential leaders began to be aware that nuclear weapons were not only a means to prevent wars between the great powers (guaranteed mutual destruction does not seem attractive to anyone), but also a blackmailing tool if it enters the unpredictable regimen. The fewer players, the easier than something to agree on – this principle was guided by the superpowers, and in the mid -1960s, the UN under the auspices of the UN on the creation of a so -called nuclear club. All about history Emphasizes that these have not been particularly difficult conversations, as all five countries with nuclear weapons were interested in preserving their monopoly. A certain hitch for the agreement was caused by the fact that the US had not yet officially recognized the People's Republic of China, whose leader Mao Dzedun controlled the nuclear arsenal of the country.

However, this disagreement managed to overcome, and on July 1, 1968 the agreement was signed. In order to take effect, it was necessary to ratify at least three nuclear countries (the US, the USSR and the United Kingdom immediately) and the other 40 countries that joined the Treaty, actually promising not to try to get to nuclear weapons. On March 5, 1970, the contract entered into force.

Awareness

The first nuclear weapons were in the US, which has remained the only country that has used them in real war, recalls History.com. In August 1945, two nuclear bombs were dropped to Japanese cities Nagasaki and Hiroshima to force the Japanese Empire to capitulate as soon as possible and recognize the defeat of World War II. In 1949, the first nuclear trial was carried out by the USSR, which had been encouraged by the American nuclear project documentation. Three years later, the United Kingdom became a nuclear country (in this case, the Americans voluntarily shared some secrets), in 1960, the first nuclear weapons trials were carried out by France, and in 1964, China had also developed their atomic bombs.