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European push to get rid of tactical nuclear weapons

Get rid of tactical nuclear weapons, Nato leaders told,  guardian.co.uk, 30 Sept 10, A group of European elder statesmen is calling for a rethink of Nato nuclear policy ahead of November’s Lisbon summit “….A group of 34 former European ministers and military officials have published a joint appeal for the tactical arsenal in Europe to be reduced and consolidated in the context of a broad reform of alliance nuclear policy.The group, calling itself the European Leadership Network has gathered some names that still have clout in Nato, including Klaus Naumann, the German former chairman of the NATO military committee and General Bernard Norlain, who was commander of the French tactical air force, as well as Ruud Lubbers, Helmut Schmidt, Hans Dietrich Genscher and Hans van den Broek.

It is part of a broader effort to stop the “nuclear zero” movement from losing its momentum altogether following Barack Obama’s cautious Nuclear Posture Review and his long ongoing battle to get the Senate to ratify the New Start Treaty with Russia. Get rid of tactical nuclear weapons, Nato leaders told | World news | guardian.co.uk

September 30, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | EUROPE, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons