T4W7 TS Q02 – Selective High School

Modern nuclear weapons have become far too powerful. To put things into perspective, they are six to ten times more destructive than the first nuclear weapon dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, which killed over 70,000 people. Nuclear weapons need to be banned immediately.

Which one of these statements, if true, most weakens the above argument?

If a modern nuclear weapon was dropped on New York City, it would kill over 600,000 people. Countries with nuclear weapons maintain their arsenal as a prevention technique for other countries from using their nuclear weapons. Using nuclear weapons is inhumane, causing unimaginable pain and torture for many years to come. A country may launch its nuclear weapons if enemy troops invade their land.

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Which one of these statements, if true, most weakens the above argument?