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Nuclear Weapons and Their Effect on the Environment

            The need to be ready for war with nuclear weapons and peacekeeping with no weapons are both different ethical environmental issues that are closely associated with each other. They are hard to balance because of their contradicting characteristics. It is nuclear weapons and threatening hostilities with protection, or no weapons with no security, but peace. It is often very hard to distinguish the accurate approach. .
             Billions of dollars in assembly and operating new experimental facilities at United States nuclear weapons labs were planned by the Department of Energy (DOE) (Zerriffi, Hisham, and Arjun Makhijani). This program is named SBSS, which stands for Science Based Stockpile Stewardship. The SBSS program is a "basic need" to accomplish national security policies which command a "safe and reliable stockpile with further nuclear testing and aggressive pursuit of enhanced experimental capabilities" (Zerriffi, Hisham, and Arjun Makhijani). In this proposal, the Department of Defense entails the DOE to preserve the ability to construct and attest new weapons (Zerriffi, Hisham, and Arjun Makhijani). .
             Several individuals within the Pentagon strongly believe that testing of nuclear weapons will become more crucial as the size of the United States arsenal is reduced ("President Bush Considers Resumption of Nuclear Weapons Testing"). The Bush Administration is currently making an allowance for an advanced plan to continue nuclear weapons testing. It aims to devise and construct new nuclear weapons that include low-yield weapons used for "bunker .
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             busting" and further nuclear warfare settings ("President Bush Considers Resumption of Nuclear Weapons Testing").
             "Combat readiness" involves nuclear weapons testing and is one of the most essential government operations vital to the security of our nation ("Government and Military"). To guarantee that operation goals are met, the correct apparatus has to be handy and working for recruits when needed in order to minimize combat-related threats ("Government and Military").


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