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50 years after Cuban missile crisis: 5 ways US must promote nuclear nonproliferation Christian Science Monitor – Daryl Kimball, October 19, 2012, Fifty years after the Cuban missile crisis brought the world to the brink of a nuclear holocaust, the threats posed by the bomb have changed but still hang over us all.

Today, there are still nearly
20,000 nuclear weapons and nine nuclear-armed states. More countries
have access to the technologies needed to produce nuclear bomb
material and the risk of nuclear terrorism is real.
The massive nuclear arsenals of the United States and Russia – the
most dangerous legacy of the cold war – have been reduced through
successive arms control agreements. However, deployed US and Russian
nuclear forces still exceed 1,500 strategic warheads each – far more
than necessary to deter nuclear attack.
To remain effective, the nuclear nonproliferation system must be
updated, new commitments must be implemented, and progress on
disarmament must be accelerated. If US-led talks with Iran and North
Korea fail to persuade them to curb sensitive nuclear-fuel-cycle
activities and meet their nonproliferation obligations, the risk of
arms races and conflicts will grow.
Doing nothing is not an option. No matter who occupies the White House
following the 2012 election, that president must pursue a nuclear
nonproliferation and disarmament “stimulus plan.” It should include
the following elements……. …..http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2012/1019/50-years-after-Cuban-missile-crisis-5-ways-US-must-promote-nuclear-nonproliferation/End-cold-war-thinking

October 20, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized