Nuclear warfare
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| '''Nuclear''', or '''atomic warfare''', is a [[war]] in which [[nuclear weapons]] are used. This has only happened once - the [[atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]] by the [[United States of America]] against the [[Empire of Japan]] near the end of [[World War II]]. Today the term usually refers to confrontations in which opposing sides are both armed with nuclear weapons. | '''Nuclear''', or '''atomic warfare''', is a [[war]] in which [[nuclear weapons]] are used. This has only happened once - the [[atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]] by the [[United States of America]] against the [[Empire of Japan]] near the end of [[World War II]]. Today the term usually refers to confrontations in which opposing sides are both armed with nuclear weapons. | ||
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| * [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]] | * [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]] | ||
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| * [[Deterrence theory]] | * [[Deterrence theory]] | ||
| * [[Doomsday Clock]] | * [[Doomsday Clock]] | ||
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| * [[Weapon of mass destruction]] | * [[Weapon of mass destruction]] | ||
| * [[World War III]] | * [[World War III]] | ||
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Nuclear, or atomic warfare, is a war in which nuclear weapons are used. This has only happened once - the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States of America against the Empire of Japan near the end of World War II. Today the term usually refers to confrontations in which opposing sides are both armed with nuclear weapons.
Nuclear warfare and weapons are staple elements of speculative fiction.
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See also
- Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- No first use
- Nuclear weapon
- Nuclear weapon design
- Nuclear weapons debate
- Nuclear weapons in popular culture
- Nuclear sharing
- Nuclear strategy
- Single Integrated Operational Plan
- Strategic nuclear weapon
- Tactical nuclear weapon
- Deterrence theory
- Doomsday Clock
- Mutual assured destruction
- Nuclear arms race
- Square Leg
- Strategic Defense Initiative
Proliferation:
US specific:
- Nuclear weapons and the United States
- North Korea – United States relations
- Iran – United States relations
- Essentials of Post–Cold War Deterrence
Post nuclear exchange:
General:
- Atomic Age
- Doomsday event
- Weapon of mass destruction
- World War III
- List of nuclear holocaust fiction
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