This paper tries to answer the question on whether acquisition of nuclear capabilities will serve interest Greek state. The issue is approached by exploration strategic constraints in correlation with properties weapons and indexing examination most important incentives disincentives that influence a state’s decision develop capabilities. Then, case analyzed through theoretical framework was pr...

A method for producing synthetic debris similar to the melt glass produced by nuclear surface testing is demonstrated. Melt glass from the first nuclear weapon test (commonly referred to as trinitite) is used as the benchmark for this study. These surrogates can be used to simulate a variety of scenarios and will serve as a tool for developing and validating forensic analysis methods.

United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) July 7, 2017. The is a legal instrument that highlights humanitarian aspect nuclear disarmament and provides an alternative to approach Non-Proliferation (NPT). Because this sought eliminate weapons, nuclear-weapon states (NWS) whose security based deterrence, criticized it for weakening NPT. Howe...

Nuclear weapons were virtually unknown to the world before Aug 6, 1945, when the first atomic bomb was used against Japan in Hiroshima and the second 3 days later in Nagasaki. The 70th anniversary of this event is marked in the Lancet Series From Hiroshima and Nagasaki to Fukushima. 2, 3 The legacy of the atomic bomb extended far beyond Japan with atomic weapons testing programmes conducted wor...

Nuclear deterrence is central to international relations theory and practice. Most people assume that countries must possess nuclear weapons in order to reap deterrence benefits from their nuclear programs. This article shows, however, that latent nuclear powers – nonnuclear states that possess the capacity to make weapons – can deter aggression, despite their lack of assembled warheads. Latent...

The use and testing of nuclear weapons caused transnational catastrophic humanitarian environmental consequences. Legacies more than 2,000 detonations in the territories 15 states persist today, with serious implications for human rights sustainable development. There is an inadequate global policy architecture addressing consequences weapons. However, Treaty on Prohibition Nuclear Weapons (TPN...

After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, many scholars, journalists, and public officials expressed fear about the security of nuclear facilities in the United States. Terrorists could attack military bases, weapons in transit, or nuclear weapons production and dismantlement plants in order to steal a weapon or its components. Terrorists might a...

The future of genetics, like that of any other technology, offers great promise but also great peril. Nuclear technology has provided nuclear medicine, nuclear energy, and nuclear weapons. Genetic technology offers the promise of a diverse array of good, questionable, and bad technological applications. Christians, therefore, must help shape the ethical foundations of this technology and its fu...