The Race Against the Arms Race

Westing, Arthur H.; Paine, Christopher; Adams, Ruth

doi:10.1017/s0376892900020956

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“…also 1981 andWesting et al, 1982), or (3) a paper presented to the Academie de la Paix, in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on 25 March 1982, as a precursor to the present one-see also Polunin (1981), with some additional thoughts. Further details and documentation can be found for instance 91 in the books of Westing (e.g.…”

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The Environmental Imperative of Nuclear Disarmament

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1983

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The world is threatened as never before by an insane buildup of nuclear weapons some five hundred times as strong in their explosive capacity as the latest estimate of all the chemical explosives that have ever been used throughout history. Leaders in major countries probably know the awful consequences of a nuclear war too well to start one, but the world has still to reckon with possible acts of aggression by other nations or flaring-up through technological failure, mechanical or other accident, malfunctioning or faulty feeding of computers, misinformation, neglect of machines or of constructional faults, terrorist or lunatic action, organized banditry, or the outcome of mere ‘acts of God’!

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confidence: 93%