How to eliminate the threat of nuclear bombs forever?
According to the US Union Concert of Scientists (ucsusa) website, the only way to completely eliminate the threat associated with nuclear weapons is to completely remove these weapons from the world. A total of 9 countries have nuclear weapons. To reduce the risk of nuclear war, changes in domestic policies in all those countries as well as cooperation and verified agreements between them will be required.
In addition, with the right policies and security measures, steps can be taken towards a world free from nuclear threat. The policy of 'no-first-use' can avert nuclear threat. This would mean that the US or any country can promise that it will not be the first to use nuclear weapons under any circumstances.
However, there is an agreement between the US and Russia, called the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). This is the last agreement to reduce nuclear weapons between the two countries. Recently the Biden administration has extended this agreement for 5 years. This agreement will end in 2026. If this agreement is extended, the nuclear threat can be reduced to a great extent. But, making a new agreement or re-implementing the old one are both difficult tasks. An easy way is that both countries say that they will follow the rules of the agreement even after it ends.
Now talking about china, it wants that such agreements should not be made only between two countries, but with the whole world. china is ready to do two big things with America. First, a complete ban on nuclear testing. Second, a ban on materials for making nuclear weapons. If both these things are done, then both agreements will make America and the world more secure.
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