In the UK, the current military nuclear weapon system, Trident, is often criticised as being too expensive to maintain and unnecessary in its mission to keep world peace by some politicians and political parties.
More than 200,000 people died of nuclear radiation, shock waves from the blasts and thermal radiation resulting from bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 and of Nagasaki three days later.
While the U.S. says it’s decreased its nuclear arsenal by 85 percent since the height of the Cold War, it has steadfastly opposed all resolutions to fully abolish nuclear weapons.