Nuclear risk reduction strategy for NATO.

From: Ploughshares Monitor | Date: March 1, 1999 | Copyright information

There is no conventional military threat to NATO or to Eastern Europe. Nevertheless, thousands of nuclear weapons on hair trigger alert remain poised to destroy the industrialized world in an hour. In this article, excerpted from a longer report entitled "A Risk Reduction Strategy for NATO," the British American Security Information Council argues that NATO should adopt a comprehensive nuclear risk reduction strategy.

There are six essential steps that NATO needs to take...

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