Science has advanced leaps and bounds in the last 100 years. With the progress came the greatest weapon of mass destruction ever, the atomic bomb. With the development of nuclear weapons, other methods, such as chemical warfare, were also looked at as possible methods of mass destruction. The problem is as more and more nations become capable of making weapons of mass destruction, the more other nations feel they must start producing their own for their own safety. It becomes complex as to say who should produce nuclear weapons and who should not. Should a nation work on a nuclear weapons program to make sure that they are safe? Should poorer countries receive help from the superpowers to make their own weapons of mass destruction to prevent its neighbours attacking? Some believe that it is crucial to make nuclear weapons to protect

a nation that is under the threat of a more powerful country. Others may say that it is important for countries to not waste their money on killing machines and focus on helping its people instead. Experts on the issue, such as Mikhal Gorbachev, have recognised that despite the amou

Another negative position opposing my own is that nations are sovereign and have the right to do whatever they want. If they feel the need to protect themselves a

Weapons of mass destruction would be developed no matter what limitations we set on them, for some nation, at any time may find the need to make such a thing to protect itself. Yet some may take this need to an extreme and over produce weapons such as Russia did. We still need this development to keep the threat of destruction to stop war, keep a balance of power and continue our scientific progress. Humanity is always growing and expanding and with it, so is technology. We cannot stop progress, but we can help stop the devastation that it brings. In the hands of the UN all nations can be safe because it is the general consent of the world, not just some lunatic dictator. We must learn from our former mistakes, but always remember that with advancement come a price. As the author Orson Scott Card said:

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