To cause mass destruction by nuclear purposes on a larger scale, especially during times of war.

The History:

The History of the nuclear bomb goes back to World War II when the United States was at war with Japan. Knowing that the Japanese would not surrender until their whole population had been killed. The president at the time, Franklin D. Roosevelt commissioned a group known as the "Manhattan Project" in August of 1942, including many prominent scientists to develop what would be known forever more as the "A-Bomb". The nuclear bomb was first tested on July 16, 1945 in Alamagordo, New Mexico.

The A-Bomb was responsible for the deaths of many people in the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6th and 9th of 1945.

After the war finished the United States Atomic Energy Commission was not disbanded, instead it continued on to oversee all kinds of nuclear functions and the watching over of all nuclear elements.

1949-The Soviet Union Explodes its first Nuclear Bomb

1952-The Uk follows with its first test in western Australia

April 2, 1954- India's prime minister suggests a stand still in nuclear weapons

1959- Talks begin for a test ban treaty despite protests from scientists

1960- France conducts its first nuclear test in Algeria

1960, February 11- The Eisenhower administration reasserts its want for a nuclear test ban treaty

1962- July 25- Limited Test ban treaty signed by the US, Britain and the Soviet Union.

1964- China explodes its first nuclear bomb in Lop Nor in northern China

1974- India explodes its first nuclear bomb

1998- Pakistan joins the list of nuclear countries after a second testing of a nuclear bomb by India.