nuclear warfare
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Nuclear warfare is conflict in which nuclear weapons are used to attack an opponent and cause destruction. It matters because nuclear weapons can inflict massive damage, making the possibility of nuclear warfare a significant concern for global security.
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The mushroom cloud over Hiroshima following the detonation of the Little Boy nuclear bomb on 6 August 1945. The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki remain the first and only wartime uses of nuclear weapons in history.
Nuclear warfare, also known as atomic warfare, is a military conflict or prepared political strategy that deploys nuclear weaponry. Nuclear weapons are weapons of mass destruction; in contrast to conventional warfare, nuclear warfare can produce significantly more destruction in a much shorter time and can have a long-lasting radiological result. A large nuclear exchange would kill hundreds of millions of people. It would have long-term effects, from the fallout released, and could also lead to secondary effects, such as nuclear winter, nuclear famine, and societal collapse. A global nuclear war with current national stockpiles may lead to various devastating scenarios, including human extinction.