Essays on Armament

The concept of security is ambiguous. Typically, security involves the protection from external military threats or risks to the state from another state, as well as protection against internal military threats from non-state actors. In recent decades the traditional concept of security downlos other concepts that have expanded the nature of possible threats (joined military threats the threat of terrorism, organized crime and diseases, combined with economic, political, social, and environmental risks), respectively, revised the list of threats, in particular for security at the global, national and individual levels. A broader concept of security requires a comprehensive approach to ...

The F-16 Fighting Falcon Lockheed Martin, the first multirole fighter of the US Air Force, is the most useful fighter jet in the world with more than two thousand units in service with the United States Air Force and two thousand operative aircraft in more than twenty-five countries. Entering service in 1978 became the first fighter purposely built to withstand twists 9-gravity force. The last of the 2,231 F-16s, the Air Force of the United States, was delivered in the first quarter of 2005, while the first dual-seat version, called F-16D, was approved by the United States of ...

Introduction

There has been a cold war between the United States and Cuba since the island was under the rule of Spaniards. Cuba lies only ninety miles of the coast of Florida, and this proximity has lent a viewpoint of many American decision-makers. This proximity to the United States also meant that their harbors were of strategic importance. Cuba's harbors could be used by enemies to threaten the US, and conversely, the US could use the harbors as its first line of the defense against its enemies. This island was factored into the United States economic system, and its economy ...

Introduction

There has been a cold war between the United States and Cuba since the island was under the rule of Spaniards. In the 1960s, all the US businesses in Cuba were nationalized without any compensation and the US government broke the diplomatic relations with Havana and imposed a trade embargo in response to the Castro's reforms. The Spaniards did not have good relations with the US government and left Cuba with the fear that it might be attacked by the US (Husain 24). The American trade embargo was later made permanent in response to the shooting down of US ...

In the light of the documentary ‘Why we fight’ it is revealed that although the world learned a lot from the destruction and death following World War II, there still cannot be an end to the notion of war and attack, and the world is still in the shadow of possible war. This is indicated by the amount of military and armament in the world that is possessed by various countries, in particular, America. Ever since the Second World War ended, the production of arms and weaponry is on the rise. Moreover, in spite of the shift in the ...

International Relations and Security 1. What is your idea or theory of international relations and how does this unit change or complement it?

My international relations theory is realism. I believe that the world lacks a global police. In this regard, the world is anarchic because it lacks a central authority that is bestowed with the responsibility of regulating and monitoring the actions of nation-states. One thing that is worth noting is that nation states did resources to survive (Patrikarakos 149). However, the lack of a global central authority gives nations the option of pursuing resources in the way they deem best. ...

Part One: Analysis of the Military

The military is a key area that deserves to be given substantial attention in terms of the nature of the choices made by the leadership. The military leadership should be robust and should only further courses that promote learning and improvement within the defense entity. Questions as to whether the military entity is a perfect learning organization has been posed to by many critics. Criticism has clouded the operations of the army as to the credibility of their activities and operations in the war fields. Many lives of soldiers and innocent civilians are lost in absurd circumstances. The situation is not ...

Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) (1968) The Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty was entered into signature in 1968 and came into force in the 1970 (Denza, 2005). The purpose of the NPT was solely based on the need to promote the proper use of nuclear energy and to reduce the spread and use of nuclear weapons globally. The need to have a peaceful world, away from the threat of nuclear wars and invasions led to a global call common approach in curbing the spread of nuclear weapons. It was deemed as an amicable solution to prevent the ...

- Introduction & Background The Cold War was a period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union resulted after the end of the World War II in 1945, which left both the United States and the Soviet Union as the World Super Powers. A bipolar international system spurred competition and suspicion between the United States and the Soviet. This suspicion emanated from the fact that both powers fought for the balance of relative power. This means that the progress of one power would negatively severe the power of ...

Abstract

Violence in schools has passed the bullying phase for a long time. The access to weapons of any kind has led to violent gun attacks, ending up in killing innocent students and teachers. While there is no profile of the attackers that use schools for unloading their guns, public opinion requests for gun control policies. The Presidency also considers that gun control is a requirement for protecting the safety of the children and the national security in United States. The recent gun attacks that occur in the United States, which fulminated with the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut, have ...

US Military History

After the war ended in 1918, the period between 1920 and 1930 was characterized by several movements advocating for peace in the USA. There were many conferences held with the objective of disarming the army. There were also congressional hearings on how the nation would maintain peace and how to deal with armament processes. These events had a major impact on the US military.

Most peace movements US during the inter-war period started after the first war. These movements were partly influential in the country joining the League of Nation to foster international peace and prevent war. The political leaders ...

Abstract

The disarmament policy has been unavoidable in many UN Security Council and G20 meetings recently. It has even caused the drafting and signing of many Non-proliferation treaties in the world of late. However, as much as the world security councils and conferences focus on these it of paramount importance to look back into history of what these weapons of mass destruction can do. This write up focus on the pros and cons of the bombings of the two cities of Japan: Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War.

Background information

During the course of the Second World War, On August ...

Abstract

The use of weapons of mass destruction has been a burner issue in most world conferences including the UN annual summits of the Security Council and even in the meeting of the G-8 and G-20 countries. The armament and even the Non- proliferation treaties have been used to cut down the usage and the manufacture of nuclear weapons commonly called the weapons of mass destruction. However, as long as we try to fight the current challenge facing the world security today, we must not forget the past as history may repeat itself. This report seeks to look at the Second ...