Nuclear War: World War 3The PastThis essay aims to explore technology in war: particularly nuclear weapons. I will take a look at the past, present and future of this in general, and in my nuclear collage, referencing the film "Equilibrium" and the "Art Nucleare movement", an artistic and literary group founded in 1951 in response to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (especially the works of Voltolino Fontani).First, I would like to take a closer look at the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. To date, this is the only time nuclear weapons have been used in war. Although the war in Europe ended with the surrender of the Nazis in May 1945, the "Pacific War" continued. On July 26, 1945, the United States joined forces with China and the United Kingdom, calling for the surrender of Japanese forces in the "Potsdam Declaration," literally threatening "rapid and utter destruction." Japan refused, and what followed was a terrible disaster. , violent attack against many innocent civilians. On August 6 and 9, two separate bombs were dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One was a “gun-type” uranium bomb and the other was an “implosion” plutonium bomb. In the first four months, 90,000 to 166,000 people were killed in Hiroshima and 60,000 to 80,000 in Nagasaki. More than half of these deaths occurred on the first day, but many subsequently died from radiation sickness. Exposure to plutonium outside the body poses very few health risks, but once ingested, the consequences can be serious. Most plutonium swallowed with food or water passes through the body, but when it is inhaled, the lungs can absorb chemicals into the bloodstream. Once in the bloodstream, plutonium travels throughout the body and to multiple organs. Plutonium is a toxic metal. It...... middle of paper ...... considers five states to be "nuclear weapon states": the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France and China. Four other states are believed to have nuclear weapons (India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel), and not all of them are currently part of the NPT. While there are only 5 states with nuclear weapons, the United States "shares weapons" within the framework of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). Basically, this means that the United States is providing more than 180 nuclear bombs that can be used if needed by Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey. This “arms sharing” is contested by many states, who believe it violates key elements of the treaty. /WMD/Nuclear/NPT.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferation_of_Nuclear_Weapons#United_States-NATO_nuclear_weapons_sharing