is it good for mankind to develop more and more materials to make destructive weapons. can anybody justify the

Answer 1

If we have nuclear weapons, other countries would be less tempted to use any they have because we can unleash armageddon on their homeland easily. Just because we have them doesn't mean we have to use them. I write military fiction and don't use the nukes in my books, but keep them because of the deterence factor.

Answer 2

The idea is to develop a weapon that nobody dares to use, or to invite the use of.

It was thought to be dynamite... then the atomic bomb, then the hydrogen bomb. Now there are some other doomsday devices out there.

The results of an all-out war in which these weapons would be deployed would be catastrophic. It'll pretty much make Earth uninhabitable. Probably over half of humanity will be killed quickly. The radiation will likely get the rest directly, or indirectly. Add to the radiation the nuclear winter caused by blockage of the Sun's radiant energy by the clouds of dust that will be blown into the atmosphere.

The problem is that there are some idiots out there who don't care if they are destroyed... who think, "The world will believe the way I say, or I'll destroy everything."

There are others are naive enough to think there's such a thing as a "limited nuclear exchange."

They have forgotten Hiroshima and Nagasaki... and today the bombs are hundreds of times more powerful.

I guess it doesn't make much sense.... but that's the rationale.

Some just want big weapons. These tend to be small nations with dictators with a history of terror and abuse. They are like the guys in the US who want to have powerful automatic weapons... it makes them feel like more manly than they are.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

some people argue that if we spend loads on research and development of bigger and better weapons, then there is a pay off because you can put the new technology into commerical applications and sell it. so, making new weapons is good for science and the economy.

i reckon this is a pretty spurious argument tho.

Answer 5

Yes, it's good to develop them. Military research has really pushed human development since the dawn of time. Without "military research" we'd still be in the stone age.