The Nuclear Arms Race In order to maintain peace and stability in the world, there must be a balance of power between countries. The Nuclear Arms Race was started because there wasn't a balance of power after World War II. The U.S. was the only country at that time which possessed nuclear weapons. Russia, fearing a United States domination of world power, developed a nuclear bomb of its own. Thus started the Arms Race, …showed first 75 words of 1458 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1458 total…So many treaties have been passed but it still seems that the likes of a nuclear war is still satiable. The United States has the most known nuclear tests having a record of 1,030 tests. The closest country next to us is Russia with 715 tests. As you can clearly see it will take a lot more than treaties to negotiate. Let’s just hope this will all end before that ozone layer breaks down on us!!!!