“This means that the only function of nuclear weapons, while they exist, is to deter a nuclear attack.”
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Long before the terrifying potential of the arms race was recognized, there was a widespread instinctive abhorrence of nuclear weapons, and a strong desire to get rid of them.
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This is the reality of nuclear weapons: they may trigger a world war; a war which, unlike previous ones, destroys all of civilization.
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There is no direct evidence that nuclear weapons prevented a world war. Conversely, it is known that they nearly caused one.
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