#nuclear weapon

The most dangerous thing Iraq could have ever had was a nuclear weapon. The nuclear weapon Iraq was trying to build was not deliverable by bomb or ballistic missile. It was a large, bulky device that they hoped to bury and set off to let the world know they had a nuclear weapon. They never achieved that. ↗

— Scott Ritter

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In 1947 I defended my thesis on nuclear physics, and in 1948 I was included in a group of research scientists whose task was to develop nuclear weapons. ↗

— Andrei Sakharov

#develop #group #i #included #nuclear

It is the earnest hope of our people that the world may see the day when all nuclear weapons are abolished. ↗

— Eisaku Sato

#earnest #hope #may #nuclear #nuclear weapons

The world has been gradually reducing its nuclear arsenals. Testing must stop so that progress on the destruction of nuclear weapons may begin. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#been #begin #destruction #gradually #may

And it raises a fundamental question: How long can we move the world in one direction while we move in another direction, and do we want to backslide into an era that we finally emerged from where we had a nuclear weapon for every tactical mission? ↗

— John Spratt

#direction #emerged #era #every #finally

The greatest threat facing humanity is a radical Islamist regime meeting up with nuclear weapons. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

#greatest #greatest threat #humanity #meeting #nuclear