Close Calls: We Were Much Closer to Nuclear Annihilation Than We Ever Knew

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/05/27/close-calls-we-were-much-closer-to-nuclear-annihilation-than-we-ever-knew/
Date Written:  2016-05-26
Publisher:  CounterPunch
Year Published:  2016
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX19470

The proposition that nuclear weapons can be retained in perpetuity and never used -- accidentally or by decision -- defies credibility. This unanimous statement was published by the Canberra Commission in 1996. Among the commission members were internationally known former ministers of defense and of foreign affairs and generals.