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Ex-chiefs: scrap UK nuclear missile program

Ex-chiefs: scrap UK nuclear missile programBy DAVID STRINGER – 17 Jan 09 LONDON (AP) — Three retired senior military chiefs made an unlikely appeal Friday for Britain to scrap its 20 billion-pound ($30 billion) nuclear missile program, claiming it is unnecessary and no longer independent of the United States……………………”Nuclear weapons have shown themselves to be completely useless as a deterrent to the threats and scale of violence we currently face or are likely to face, particularly international terrorism,” the men wrote in their letter………………………….

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament said that Bramall, Ramsbotham and Beach had brought into question the government’s entire justification for replacing the nuclear fleet.

“This statement debunks the myth that nuclear weapons are necessary for our security. These generals are no pacifists — they are purely practical about Britain’s needs and have concluded that we are better off without them,” the campaign’s director Kate Hudson said.

The Associated Press: Ex-chiefs: scrap UK nuclear missile program

January 17, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | weapons and war