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2. Khasham saleem
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A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission(In nuclear physics and nuclear chemistry, nuclear fission is either a nuclear reaction or a radioactive decay process in which the nucleus of a particle splits into smaller parts (lighter nuclei). The fission process often produces free neutrons and photons (in the form of gamma rays), and releases a very large amount of energy even by the energetic standards of radioactive decay.) or a combination of fission and fusion(In nuclear physics, nuclear fusion is a nuclear reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei collide at a very high speed and join to form a new type of atomic nucleus. During this process, matter is not conserved because some of the mass of the fusing nuclei is converted to photons (energy). Fusion is the process that powers active or "main sequence" stars.).
The first fission ("atomic") bomb test released the same amount of energy as approximately 20,000 tons of TNT. The first thermonuclear ("hydrogen") bomb test released the same amount of energy as approximately 10,000,000 tons of TNT (Trinitrotoluene). (a high explosive formed from toluene by substitution of three hydrogen atoms with nitro groups. It is relatively insensitive to shock and can be conveniently melted.) Nuclear weapons are considered to be the most dangerous thing, what world fears that would eventually destroy everyone. Debate on nuclear weapons emerged as soon as they were developed and after the bombing of two Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki (They are the two Japanese cities that were bombed by the U.S. with the first war use of atomic bombs. This effectively ended World War II.) this debate became more prominent in all over the world.
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