The Nuclear Holocaust

The end of the WW II saw a rise of a new found power, a Nuclear Bomb. The notorious bombs which were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, namely "Little Boy" & "Fat Man" on Aug. 6th and 9th , 1945 started it all. The death and the destruction caused was not even expected by the one's who delivered the bombs. The Nuclear power saw the bow of the ever defying Japanese who had earlier withstood 6 months of intensive bombing. The impact of the nuclear radiations didn't die out then, aftermath could be seen for the generations.

The bombings did help in preventing the war from further extension, but later what followed wasn't predicted by anyone. The end of the World War II and the defeat of the Axis Powers. However, it started a new era of arms race amongst the countries thriving to be the super powers.

A mass scale R&D followed the post war era, numerous countries trying to get their hands on the ultimate weapon of mass destruction, none aware that what consequences await them if the fury of these weapons is unleashed. The major competition raked between the United States Of America and the former U.S.S.R, with both accumulating mass stocks of Nuclear Weapons and Biological weapons.

Today, the nuclear weapons are not confined to just few countries but a number of countries have acquired the technology to make such destructive weapons which can bring forth the total extinction of the very planet. The nuclear technology saw the invention of thermonuclear devices to which were highly destructive.

Over the years, the number of weapons that countries have developed and accumulated results in a potential threat of a nuclear destruction at the slightest provocation. In fact, the possession of such weapons by the third world nations can also result in the theft of technology by the various terrorist organizations active and awaiting for a chance to strike a mighty blow to the world peace.

The result of this haste to achieve nuclear weapon possession has resulted in a situation, when the whole world awaits this nuclear time bomb to explode and destroy the very existence of the mankind. The slightest aggression can provoke a devastation on a mass scale.

The saddest part of this whole epic is, the existence of nuclear power is the cause for the mock peace that exists between the nations.

Let's not all be fools to keep ourselves in the shelter of a shadow which can wipe out everything that exists. There is so much to the world then just war and hatred, let's give something for the harmony of our existence.

The silence that follows a war is more haunting than peace that precedes a war.