Hiroshima: Dropping the bomb What is your reaction to this? Can this much force be justified?

Nuclear Warfare Learning Objective: To explore the use of nuclear weapons in modern warfare. I can define the terms nuclear warfare and nuclear proliferation I can evaluate the arguments for and against nuclear weapons.

Learning Outcomes To be able to define the term nuclear warfare. To give examples of countries that own nuclear weapons. To evaluate arguments for nuclear warfare. To evaluate arguments against nuclear warfare.

Some Nuclear Bomb factoids...

Nuclear Factoids... The heat generated by a nuclear explosion can reach about 9,000 degrees, which is hotter than the surface of the Sun. The thermal component accounts for about 1/3rd of a nuclear weapons power. It’s hot enough to permanently burn an object’s shadow onto a surface behind it.

Nuclear Factoids... It takes as little as 35 pounds of enriched Uranium, and as little as 9 pounds of enriched Plutonium to construct a nuclear weapon. Luckily, the facilities required to enrich raw Uranium are expensive, and are larger than 5 football fields.5 football fields

If a Nuclear Bomb was dropped on Hedge End...

Keyword Check On your post it note, write down your understanding of these keywords: Nuclear bomb Nuclear warfare

Nuclear Weapons Official Chart Show Look underneath your chair to see if you have a piece of paper. Read it, then stick it up on the board in the correct order. How quickly can you do it?

Nuclear Proliferation This is known as nuclear proliferation – it is the increase of countries which have nuclear weapons.

Keyword Check Now explain your understanding of nuclear proliferation.

Disarmament vs. Deterrent Write down arguments for each, including Christian quotes and examples. Disarmament = the belief that all countries should destroy all of their nuclear weapons. Deterrent = the more countries that have nuclear weapons, the more countries will be put off using them.

The Queen’s Speech Imagine a Nuclear Bomb has been dropped on London. The Queen has been taken to a safe location. What advice/encouragement will she give? Remember she is the head of the Church of England, what Christian teachings might she use? Draft a speech that the Queen is going to give to the nation in the aftermath of this nuclear attack.