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by | 20-12-2013 14:35 recommendations 0

While the world is trying to prevent Iran from developing a single nuclear weapon, it fails to give proper attention, needed to eliminate the 17,000 existing nuclear weapons.

Yes, today there are more than 17,000 nuclear warheads.

There's an interesting table I'd like to share to give you guys a basic idea about the nuclear weapon distribution across the world –

Country	First Test	Most Recent Test	Total Tests	Warheads
United States	1945	1992	1054	7650
Russia	1949	1990	715	8420
United Kingdom	1952	1991	45	225
France	1960	1996	210	300
China	1964	1996	45	240
India	1974	1998	6	80-100
Pakistan	1998	1998	6	90-110
North Korea	2006	2013	3	Fewer than 10
Israel	No Confirmed Test	No Confirmed Test	No Confirmed Test	80
Iran	No Confirmed Test	No Confirmed Test	No Confirmed Test	0

Now, a nuclear war which is small and limited, say between South Asian countries India and Pakistan would put more than 2 billion people?s lives at risk. The local effects would be devastating. More than 20 million people would be dead in a week from the explosions, firestorms and immediate radiation effects. But the global consequences would be far worse.

The firestorms caused by this war would loft 5 million tons of soot high into the atmosphere, blocking out sunlight and dropping temperatures across the planet. This climate disruption would cause a sharp, worldwide decline in food production. There would be a 12% decline in U.S. corn production and a 15% decline in Chinese rice production, both lasting for a full decade. A staggering 31% decline in Chinese winter wheat production would also last for 10 years. The resulting global famine would put at risk 870 million people in the developing world who are already malnourished today, and 300 million people living in countries dependent on food imports. In addition, the huge shortfalls in Chinese food production would threaten another 1.3 billion people within China. At the very least there would be a decade of social and economic chaos in the largest country in the world, home to the world's second largest and most dynamic economy and a large nuclear arsenal of its own.

So I say, join Global Zero and fight to eliminate the nukes.
#Demand Zero

Yuvraj :)