... of chemical and biological weapons and the increased probability of their use has awakened the ethical debate on this issue. The term weapons of mass destruction attempts to distinguish these NBC weapons from conventional weapons by their capacity to inflict death, injury and physical destruction in the case of nuclear weapons over considerable areas, with the related possibility of causing extensive collateral damage2. "The development and acquisition of NBC weapons gives the option of employing them in strategic roles, with the aim of causing large numbers of deaths and casualties, widespread terror and, in the case of nuclear strikes, extensive physical damage"3. Clearly, the aim of all these weapons is the same even if the effects vary slightly and in assessing their ethical status, they should be regarded in the same manner. Through this essay I will attempt to examine the ethical status of these weapons of mass destruction. There ...

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