Ever since the first nuclear weapon was built in 1945, nuclear war has been a threat. The two major nuclear powers in the world today are the Soviet Union and the United States. If a war ever broke out between the two, which involved the use of nuclear weapons, the whole world would suffer from the effects. In this report I am going to prove that nuclear weapons are a threat to all of us.         A …showed first 75 words of 866 total…

…showed last 75 words of 866 total…over after the explosion. When these neutrons come in contact with living cells they damage or even destroy them. A person exposed to large amounts of radiation will usually die.         Some scientists believe that the debris and smoke from the fires after a nuclear war would cause a worldwide cooling of the planet, which is known as a nuclear winter. For this reason, the nations at war would not be the only ones to suffer.