Nuclear weapons
Sir,—lf J. F. Gwynne (March 9) had spent more time in countries defended and surrounded by nuclear weaponry, he would feel less “scared and insecure” following the small but positive stand by the New Zealand Government in limiting proliferation of nuclear arms. The fact is that the so-called "nuclear umbrella” has not resulted in increased security for the nations of the world (as publicly admitted by President Reagan), but in a form of superpower impotence. Either side has become free to engage in bully-boy tactics, be they in Afghanistan or South America, secure in the knowledge that the other side is powerless to intervene directly, because of the fear of escalation into nuclear conflict. Those who believe that this country, or any other, can be saved for democracy by nuclear weapons are more than merely naive.—Yours, etc., W. A. DAY. March 10, 1985.
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