Modern Imperialism
Banned
Instead of dismantling some of the nuclear weapons and dealing with deposing of them they just fire some of them at Mars polar caps to see if it will help terraform it. World leaders just think this is a more productive way to get rid of some of them. It might show terraforming results over 100 years if they do it over the next few decades. They can't get there effectively in person yet for probably the next half century at least so why not and the radiation should die down by the time they do get there. Hopefully by the time they get there the caps will have melted to create water and caused a greenhouse warming effect on the planet. If it doesn't it is still better to send the nukes there then have nuclear waste on earth. Also it could still provide useful scientific research and knowledge. Thoughts?