INS 3003 EXAM 2 2026 FINAL PAPER
PRACTICE QUESTIONS ANSWERS
ACCURATE A+
◉ why don't we use nuclear weapons (3).
Answer: 1- they're destructive, linear development of weapons, WWII
was turning point (insufficient)
2- they lack battlefield utility (incorrect)
3- they're "wrong" or immoral (not always true)
◉ who has largest nuclear stockpile in the world.
Answer: Russia
-US is #2
◉ Daisy Cutter.
Answer: bomb tech developed since WWII, making bombs more lethal
-MOAB: mother of all bombs
◉ TNW.
Answer: tactical nuclear weapons
-developed by Russia for lower impact and lower yield
-not yet used but allow for battlefield utility
◉ Nuclear Taboo.
,Answer: Nina Tannenwald
-norms have changed and are opposed to using nuclear weapons
-taboo to even threaten use
◉ has nuclear taboo always been the sentiment?.
Answer: No:
-Hiroshima and Nagasaki
80% of American public agreed with use of bombs shortly after war
-Hiroshima was chosen to test nuclear weapon on something not
previously ruined during war
◉ what made the us of nuclear weapons different after Hiroshima and
Nagasaki?.
Answer: -death toll went from 70,000 to 200,000 in five years after
bomb dropped
-atmospheric contamination caused birth defects and cognitive decline
-shadows literally burned into walls of city
◉ 1949 Geneva Convention.
Answer: -forbade intentional attacks against civilians and civilian
infrastructure
-significant in scaling down warfare
◉ nuclear weapons' effect on policy.
,Answer: -Korean War: Truman refused use of atomic bomb to win war
in early 1950s
-NPT efforts to control unconventional weapons
◉ Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT.
Answer: -1968
-limit # of countries w nuclear weapons and control possession and
spread of offensive nuclear technology
P5 states: US, Britain, France, Russia, China all recognized as nuclear
weapons states (NWS)
◉ states not part of NPT but in possession of nuclear weapons.
Answer: India, Pakistan, Israel, NoKo
◉ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Answer: an independent intergovernmental organization that reports to
the UN and UNSC concerning the peaceful use of atomic energy,
nuclear proliferation, and nuclear safeguards
-monitors for compliance
◉ Biological Weapons Treaty (1972) & Chemical Weapons Convention
(1993).
Answer: prevented production, development, and stockpiling of
chemical and biological weapons
-they kill indiscriminately
, ◉ 1925 Geneva Protocols.
Answer: prohibits use in war of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases,
band bacteriological methods of warfare
-didn't prevent the development of these weapons though
◉ disarmament.
Answer: an ideal that no one would have these weapons
◉ nuclear weapons have been used for the purpose of ___.
Answer: deterrence:
-extreme build up of capabilities beginning in Cold War
-stockpile to deter enemies, place in many different locations
-need defensive capabilities to withstand first strike and to strike back
(second strike)
◉ what is the nuclear triad.
Answer: capabilities on land, air, and sea
◉ what event led to arms control.
Answer: the Cuban Missile Crisis, in 1962 days away from using
nuclear weapons due to miscalculations
◉ arms control.
PRACTICE QUESTIONS ANSWERS
ACCURATE A+
◉ why don't we use nuclear weapons (3).
Answer: 1- they're destructive, linear development of weapons, WWII
was turning point (insufficient)
2- they lack battlefield utility (incorrect)
3- they're "wrong" or immoral (not always true)
◉ who has largest nuclear stockpile in the world.
Answer: Russia
-US is #2
◉ Daisy Cutter.
Answer: bomb tech developed since WWII, making bombs more lethal
-MOAB: mother of all bombs
◉ TNW.
Answer: tactical nuclear weapons
-developed by Russia for lower impact and lower yield
-not yet used but allow for battlefield utility
◉ Nuclear Taboo.
,Answer: Nina Tannenwald
-norms have changed and are opposed to using nuclear weapons
-taboo to even threaten use
◉ has nuclear taboo always been the sentiment?.
Answer: No:
-Hiroshima and Nagasaki
80% of American public agreed with use of bombs shortly after war
-Hiroshima was chosen to test nuclear weapon on something not
previously ruined during war
◉ what made the us of nuclear weapons different after Hiroshima and
Nagasaki?.
Answer: -death toll went from 70,000 to 200,000 in five years after
bomb dropped
-atmospheric contamination caused birth defects and cognitive decline
-shadows literally burned into walls of city
◉ 1949 Geneva Convention.
Answer: -forbade intentional attacks against civilians and civilian
infrastructure
-significant in scaling down warfare
◉ nuclear weapons' effect on policy.
,Answer: -Korean War: Truman refused use of atomic bomb to win war
in early 1950s
-NPT efforts to control unconventional weapons
◉ Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT.
Answer: -1968
-limit # of countries w nuclear weapons and control possession and
spread of offensive nuclear technology
P5 states: US, Britain, France, Russia, China all recognized as nuclear
weapons states (NWS)
◉ states not part of NPT but in possession of nuclear weapons.
Answer: India, Pakistan, Israel, NoKo
◉ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Answer: an independent intergovernmental organization that reports to
the UN and UNSC concerning the peaceful use of atomic energy,
nuclear proliferation, and nuclear safeguards
-monitors for compliance
◉ Biological Weapons Treaty (1972) & Chemical Weapons Convention
(1993).
Answer: prevented production, development, and stockpiling of
chemical and biological weapons
-they kill indiscriminately
, ◉ 1925 Geneva Protocols.
Answer: prohibits use in war of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases,
band bacteriological methods of warfare
-didn't prevent the development of these weapons though
◉ disarmament.
Answer: an ideal that no one would have these weapons
◉ nuclear weapons have been used for the purpose of ___.
Answer: deterrence:
-extreme build up of capabilities beginning in Cold War
-stockpile to deter enemies, place in many different locations
-need defensive capabilities to withstand first strike and to strike back
(second strike)
◉ what is the nuclear triad.
Answer: capabilities on land, air, and sea
◉ what event led to arms control.
Answer: the Cuban Missile Crisis, in 1962 days away from using
nuclear weapons due to miscalculations
◉ arms control.
