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Campaign to get rid of nukes as urgent as ever

By Derby Telegraph  |  Posted: November 22, 2012

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SYLVIA RILEY'S Soapbox article ("Honour the dead by doing our utmost to prevent war", November 12) is admirable.

I believe that the majority of the people of this country want an end to the involvement in Afghanistan as soon as possible.

I have recently watched TV documentaries about the Cuban missile crisis in the time of Kennedy and Khrushchev. The world was on the very brink of a nuclear war.

There are enough nuclear weapons to blow up our world many times over. The campaign to get rid of nuclear weapons is as urgent as ever.

Saros Kavina


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  • Why_nicknames  |  November 23 2012, 3:24PM

    The reason for so much knife crime is there are too many thick, testosterone-laden young men wandering around in gangs who think everybody should show them 'respect'.

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  • KrysSkrytek  |  November 23 2012, 9:30AM

    Would you also argue the reason we have so little knife crime (not) is because of people who walk round with knives?

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  • Why_nicknames  |  November 23 2012, 8:14AM

    Pray tell Mr Kavina, how do you plan to un-invent these thermonuclear devices? We will always possess the ability to build them. What we have to prevent is this knowledge and technology falling into the hands of terrorists or fanatical governments. At present, there are eight or nine countries with a nuclear strike capability (USA, UK, France, China, Russia, India, Pakistan and North Korea - not sure about Israel). The first five of these are 'nuclear weapon states' under the terms of the Non-Proliferation Treaty; it's just the other three we have to watch. However, I am sure they are fully aware of the consequences of using their nuclear arsenal. We may have come close to World War III over the Cuba Missile crisis but those concerned saw sense in time. The fact is the nuclear deterrent has kept us free from another global war for the past 67 years.

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