In response to the question of “why have nuclear weapons projects around the world become increasingly inefficient and prone to failure since the 1970s”, Jacques Hymans evaluates the common argument and finds it unconvincing. Instead, he develops his own hypothesis to explain the decrease in the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Explain both the common argument and Hymans’ own hypothesis.

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The common argument is that the proliferation of nuclear weapons has decreased because of a lack of ... View the full answer