Non-proliferation

This article raises far too many points for me to condense it appropriately. If you find the time, do read it. You will be glad/sad you did.

A Self-Vindicating Policy
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* war - general
* nuclear

Building new nuclear weapons creates the threats they are supposed to avert.

By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 24th January 2006.

In nuclear politics, every action is justified by the response it provokes. The US explains its missile defence programme by claiming that other states are developing new weapons systems, which one day it might need to shoot down. In response, Russia has activated a new weapons system, the Topol-M, designed to “penetrate US anti-missile defences”

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