In a letter, the lawmakers argued that 'a no-first-use policy would increase protection against a nuclear attack.'
“One overarching concern is that by casting some nuclear weapons as tactical weapons to be used in battle, Russia could break the nearly eight-decade global taboo against using a nuclear weapon against another country.” Yet,added, “even comparatively small tactical nuclear weapons approach the strength of the atomic bomb the United States dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in World War II.
“The time to ban and eliminate nuclear weapons is now. It is the only way to guarantee that the inhabitants of the planet will be safe from this existential threat,” they wrote.This piece was reprinted by Truthout with permission or license. It may not be reproduced in any form without permission or license from the source.
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