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BY MARSHAL WHITE

THE NUCLEAR BOMB IS THE MOST ANTIDEMOCRATIC, ANTI-HUMAN, OUTRIGHT EVIL THING
THAT MAN HAS EVER MADE
THIS WORLD OF OURS IS FOUR THOUSAND, SIX
HUNDRED MILLION YEARS OLD. IT COULD END IN AN
AFTERNOON.
- ARUNDHATI ROY (BEST-SELLING AUTHOR)

A BRIEF HISTORY ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS

NUKES: A BRIEF HISTORY

ON 6 AUGUST 1945, THE UNITED STATES DETONATED A

NUCLEAR BOMB OVER HIROSHIMA JAPAN.
TOTAL DEATHS: ~120,000
TOTAL INJURIES: ~78,000

(Yokoro & Kamada, 2000).

NUKES: A BRIEF HISTORY

ON 9 AUGUST 1945, THE UNITED STATES DETONATED A

NUCLEAR WEAPON OVER NAGASAKI, JAPAN.
TOTAL DEATHS: ~74,000
TOTAL INJURIES: ~75,000

(Yokoro & Kamada, 2000).

NUCLEAR WEAPONS TODAY

NUKES TODAY: THE NUMBERS

CURRENTLY, APPROXIMATELY 25,000 NUCLEAR WARHEADS EXIST

ACROSS THE COUNTRIES ALL OVER THE WORLD.

THIS IS THE EQUIVALENT OF 200,000 HIROSHIMA SIZED BOMBS
5,000 OF THESE BOMBS ARE READY TO BE LAUNCHED IN UNDER 30
MINUTES IF THE NEED ARISES.

(Centre for Defence Information)

NUKES TODAY: THE NUMBERS

Strategic

Tactical

USA

7,000

3,300

Russia

6,000

14,000

450

60

France
China
Britain

400

150

185

80

(IPPNW, 2001).

NUKES TODAY: HYPOTHETICAL EFFECTS ON NEW YORK CITY

(IPPNW, 2001).

EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS: PURE DESTRUCTION

EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS: PURE DESTRUCTION

THE FLASH
ALONE BURNS X1000 TIMES BRIGHTER THAN LIGHTNING CAN BLIND
SOMEONE UP TO 80 KM AWAY
SETS ANYTHING WITHIN 14 KM ON FIRE ALL BODY PARTS BURN
WITHIN 10 KM

PRODUCES LETHAL X-RAYS UP TO 3 KM AWAY

(Phillips, 2000).

EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS: PURE DESTRUCTION

THE FIRESTORM
THE FIRE WILL CONSUME ALL THE AVAILABLE OXYGEN
HOT ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY MELT HUMANS
CREATES SELF-SUSTAINING UPDRAFTS = INEXTINGUISHABLE INTENSE
FLAMES

(Phillips, 2000).

EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS: PURE DESTRUCTION

THE BLAST
ANNIHILATES EVERYTHING WITHIN 2 KM
50% OF ALL PEOPLE WITHIN 8 KM WILL BE KILLED INSTANTLY
LANDSCAPE LEVELED WITHIN 14 KM
(Phillips, 2000).
PRODUCES HURRICANE-LEVEL WINDS

EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS: RADIATION POISONING

(Global Research, 2009)

EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS: RADIATION POISONING

RADIATION EXPOSURE WILL CAUSE:

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FAILURE
FATAL INTERNAL BLEEDING
LETHAL INFECTIONS
INTESTINAL DAMAGE
DEATH

Penelope Simons, personal

communication, October 2000).

EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS: RADIATION POISONING

DELAYED EXPOSURE WILL CAUSE:

VARIOUS TYPES OF CANCER
BIRTH MUTATIONS
WIDESPREAD CONTAMINATION

Penelope Simons, personal

communication, October 2000).

EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WAR: NUCLEAR WINTER

EFFECTS OF NUCLEAR WAR: NUCLEAR WINTER

AFTER DETONATION, AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS WILL REFLECT AND ABSORB

THE SUNS RAYS OF LIGHT

THIS WILL CAUSE AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DARKNESS AND FREEZING

TEMPERATURES ON THE EARTHS SURFACE.

ALL PLANT LIFE WILL DIE OFF FIRST. ALL ANIMALS WILL DIE OFF EVENTUALLY
DUE TO STARVATION & FREEZING TEMPERATURES.

(Levy & Sidel, 2000).

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
STRIVE TO EDUCATE YOURSELF, YOUR FRIENDS, AND YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF
NUCLEAR WEAPONS

JOIN A PEACE ORGANIZATION OR CREATE YOUR OWN TO HELP EDUCATE STRANGERS ON THE DANGERS OF
NUCLEAR WEAPONS

ENCOURAGE YOUR SCHOOL TEACHERS TO EDUCATE STUDENTS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF NUCLEAR
WEAPONS AND MILITARISM / GLOBALIZATION

AS LONG AS NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THE FISSILE

MATERIAL FROM WHICH THEY ARE MANUFACTURED
EXIST, NEITHER THE TERRORIST THREAT NOR THE
NUCLEAR AMBITIONS OF THOSE STATES WHO COVET
THEM CAN BE ERADICATED.

- INTERNATIONAL PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WARFARE,

1996