Topic: 2024-Indiscriminate Weapons
Country: Germany
Delegate Name: Henry Rife
An indiscriminate weapon is a weapon that has effects that can not be controlled or can’t be directly directed at a specific military target. Well known examples of these include things like landmines and booby traps. In late WW2, Germany made a prototype flying bomb named the V1. It was colored in a camouflage colour, and could fly distances of over 250 miles. In WW2, 8600 of these bombs were deployed and shot at London. 2000 crashed, and many were shot down, yet over 2340 landed in London, which led to over 5000 deaths, and 16000 injuries. The V-1 bombs were not always being controlled. They had sensors that would try and correct any imperfections in their flight, but the sensors did not always work.
The most indiscriminate weapon Germany used was the V-2 rocket. This rocket made the V-1 look like a little fly compared to a giant angry bear. Compared to the V-1’s speed of 360 miles per hour, the V-2 could fly at 3500 mph (mach 4.5). This way faster than most modern jets can fly now, and more than 10x faster than most planes back then. The German Military absolutely destroyed London and Antwerp with these rockets. London got struck over 1338 times with this bomb, and Antwerp, over 1600. The V-2 bomb has over 30,000 confirmed kills of citizens and military personnel just in London alone. The V-2 was essentially a terror device back then, a 45 foot long, supersonic, giant black and white rocket.
Germany and other countries recognized the terror the indiscriminate weapons caused in WW2, so now indiscriminate weapons are now considered to be a war crime to use. This is a good thing due to the terror and destruction the weapons have caused in the past. However, just because using indiscriminate weapons is a war crime, doesn’t mean that countries wont secretly use them.
Right now, Germany is against the use of indiscriminate weapons, almost every country is against them. However, Germany does possess indiscriminate weapons, in specific, they are nuclear. The Nuclear Weapons are stored at Buchel Air Base, and in time of war, the weapons would be delivered by Luftwaffe Panavia Tornado planes. But this is only in case of emergency, they do not use indiscriminate weapons in any form of war, unless they are forced to. Germany participates in the NATO nuclear weapons sharing arrangements and trains for delivering United States nuclear weapons, which means that Germany can and will possess nuclear weapons.
Germany in the future wants to ban nuclear weapons completely. Germany is a member of NATO and supports its nuclear deterrence, which aims to prevent nuclear coercion, deter aggression, and preserve peace. Germany also has planned to discuss nuclear weaponry on a European scale.
