Nuclear Friction - Are We Moving Towards Nuclear Doomsday?

It was a moment of joy for the North Koreans when they heard the news that North Korea has successfully tested H-bomb on January 6th and thus “guaranteed the eternal future of the nation”. But it was also a shocking and despairing moment for others. Followed by the claim, came the condemnation from most other countries of the world including US, Japan, South Korea, and even China (supposed friend of N. Korea). But it was not unexpected that the North Koreans will do a further nuke test after the three previous ones in 2006, 2009 and 2013. But nobody on this earth, or even in space, thought that they would be able to do an H-bomb test.

It was a second nuclear test only in four years during the rule of Kim Jong Un, the young head of the mafia family that controls North Korea is a sobering reminder of the progress that three generations of Kims have made in expanding their nuclear capability—despite outside efforts to curb it. Few think that North Korea has yet managed to miniaturise its nuclear weapons to fit them onto missiles. But the indications are that its capabilities are growing faster than expected.

It is China which can really do something to restrict the growing nuclear research in North Korea but it is unfortunate that it does next to nothing to stop the flow of nuclear technology between rogue states and North Korea. China is unhappy at the prospect of a nuclear-armed North Korea. Before it is too late China should stop subsidising a vile dynasty and must act against it, of course, peacefully.

We don't have any cure for the natural earthquakes but North Korea is blatantly enjoying shaking the earth. The 5.1 magnitude earthquake may not seem big enough to really shake the earth but it may be dangerous in the future. We may have a defence when a powerful army of a country strikes another country. But we are completely defenceless when an earthquake strikes and it won't just limited to a particular area or country but it strikes without any prejudices.

The people of North Korea may be rejoicing but they have not achieved anything constructive for mankind that deserves an applaud. They have tested a weapon, as per claim, that if unleashed will lead to the killing of millions of people at once. The discovery of nuclear weapons has been a black side of science & technology, because of which humans reached the apex decimating all competition from other species on this earth. And, the same science, if we won't change, would be the reason behind the extinction of human species. It may seem the exaggerating version of some thesis in a Sci-Fi movie but, I fear, this can be true.

In today's era, everything cannot be fair in war because today we have weapons that, if used irresponsibly, can only help in the extinction of human species. Some say that nuclear weapons are for maintaining peace. It may be applied for the superpowers but it is certainly not a tool for peace in a banana republic where army's interest comes before citizen's interest.

During the World War, America dropped the atom bomb on Japan resulting in the loss of life of 129,000 people, mostly civilians, instantly and continue to influence other generations of the survivors left after the attack. This was one of the biggest genocide humanity has ever witnessed. Nothing was left for the Japanese to fight for, hence, they surrendered. The Americans may have won the war but they became a disgrace to humanity. It doesn't matter whether they knew about the consequences of the attack or not.

So, why are we still allow a country to build weapons of mass destruction? Don't we have enough of them? Today North Korea have tested it; tomorrow others will do that and it won't be too late when we see children playing with nuclear weapons (Just like children playing with guns in Syria) and people giving each other "a nuclear threat". It is not a means towards peace a means of threatening and intimidating other countries, especially neighbours. And we certainly cannot attain peace in that way.

*Some points have been taken from The Economist*

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