Analysis of Weapons of Mass Destruction: History and Strategic Uses

This report provides an overview of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), including their definition, historical development, and strategic uses. It explores the history of the Cold War and its impact on WMD development. The report examines the limitations of chemical, biological, and radiological weapons, as well as the use of chemical weapons in modern times. It also discusses nuclear weapons and the concept of strategic coercion. The report references various books and journals to support the information provided. The report is a comprehensive analysis of WMDs, covering their historical context, strategic implications, and limitations.

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Table of content
• Introduction
• Defining WMD
• The historical development of WMD
• History of cold war
• Military uses of WMD
• Limitations of chemical biological and radiological weapons
• Uses of chemical weapons in modern time
• Nuclear weapons
• Strategic coercion
• References

Defining WMD
This is define as the range of weapons that is significant for causing
massive destruction or kill many human and affecting environment or
various other things.

The historical development
of WMD
There is only one record of WMD attack by Taliban. Different
types of weapons of mass destruction are -
• Biological weapons of mass destruction
• Chemical weapons of mass destruction
• Nuclear weapons of mass destruction

History of cold war
The cold war was consider as the ongoing political rivalry between
United states and Soviet Union as well as their respective allies which
has been develop after World war II. The cold war was waged mainly
on political, economical as well as propaganda fronts and it was lasted
until 1991.

The historical development
of WMD
There is only one record of WMD attack by Taliban. Different
types of weapons of mass destruction are -
• Biological weapons of mass destruction
• Chemical weapons of mass destruction
• Nuclear weapons of mass destruction

Military uses of WMD
The weapons of mass destruction were significant in order to desire of
military strategies as it will help in accomplishing decisive military
victories. WMD in military has been used as tool of disruption to
enemy defence or war fighting capacity which will lead to defeat
decisive.

Limitations of chemical
biological and radiological
weapons
There are various limitations of chemical biological and radiological
weapons when it is not significant used. Biological weapons are hard
to use and hard to control significantly.

Uses of chemical weapons in
modern time
In modern time the chemical weapons has been used as through the
development of chemical munitions such as artillery shells, mortar
projectiles, aerial bombs, spray tanks and land mines. Chemical
weapons were deployed on a large scale in almost all theatres in the
first and second world wars. This type of weapons are used for leaving
behind a legacy of old as well as abandoned chemical weapons that is
still a problem for many countries.

Nuclear weapons
This is consider as one of the most dangerous and harmful weapon
which lead to have major impact on life and environment. Nuclear
blast or explosion will lead to create major air blast effects which is
similar that is developed by conventional explosives. It will lead to
create shock wave which directly injure human by rupturing eardrums
or lungs.

Strategic coercion
In deterrence it consist to make sure and clear that coercer is considers
undesirable and waiting to act adversary. On the other hand,
compellence includes initiating an action which is significant for stop
as well as become harmless. This will only responds to target and does
not provide any harm to others.

References
Books and Journals
Shamai, P., 2020. What’s in a Name? Deterrence and the Stigmatisation of WMD. In Deterrence (pp. 77-96).
Springer, Cham.
Yang, Z., Kugler, J. and Abdollahian, M., 2018, July. Conditional Deterrence: An Agent-Based Framework of
Escalation Dynamics in an Era of WMD Proliferation. In International Conference on Applied Human
Factors and Ergonomics (pp. 303-312). Springer, Cham.
Talbot, B.J., 2020. Getting Deterrence Right. Journal of Strategic Security, 13(1), pp.26-40.