Comments by "Seven Proxies" (@sevenproxies4255) on "Why isn’t Hiroshima a Nuclear Wasteland?" video.

  1. I don't quite follow. If a kilogram underwent fission, how come the energy released is only from one gram?
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  2. I don't believe we should get rid of nuclear weapons. The point of having them is to not use them. Countries who have them are largely safe from foreign invasions, because nobody wants to risk triggering a nuclear backlash by invading a country with a nuclear weapons program. Nuclear weapons are terrifying, but they're also one of the few things that can safeguard even a small country with a small military defense force from a hostile takeover. Many smaller countries today face military oppression from foreign powers. Ukraine being a prime example of it right now. Ukraine gave up it's nuclear weapons to Russia as a condition for national independence during the break-up of the USSR. But we can all see how well Russia respected that treaty. Had Ukraine have it's own nukes today, I doubt Russia would've been so eagre to invade.
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