USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Modern weapons of mass destruction are either nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons-frequently referred to collectively as NBC weapons. See nuclear weapon, chemical warfare, biological warfare. (Read Britannica’s interview with Jimmy Carter on WMD’s and world affairs.)

Detailed explanation-2: -The use of weapons of mass destruction can never be justified because; they are inhumane, have massive negative effects on the environment, and wastes the government’s money. The most important reason against the use of weapons of mass destruction is the simple fact that it is immensely inhumane and barbarous.

Detailed explanation-3: -The eight are China, France, India, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Israel is considered by most analysts to have nuclear weapons numbering in the low hundreds as well, but maintains an official policy of nuclear ambiguity, neither denying nor confirming its nuclear status.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term Weapons of Mass Destruction was first used in the London Times in 1937, according to Robert Whealey, writing on H-Diplo. It was used to describe a Luftwaffe German air force attack on the town of Guernica, Spain.