Unilateral Disarnment
...d of the possible retaliation. Even if he missed one nuclear missile, the possible retaliation would still be massive. Deterrence also prevents a nuclear attack. Another reason against the statement is that it would be nice to think others would follow our example, but it doesn’t take human nature into account. We are bound by treaties we have made with other countries to do our fair share and we are part of NATO, and should not act on our own. Finally if we disarm, we run the risk of knowledge about nuclear weapons spreading to other countries that want them. This would make disarming terribly dangerous. However I can see why people would want the UK to embark on a policy of multilateral disarmament because if a nuclear war broke out, millions of people – perhaps the whole population of the planet – would die. The balance of nature would be destroyed, perhaps forever. Any war in which nuclear weapons were used could easily become an all-out war. Christians would say that it would be undoing God’s work in creating the world and humankind. Nuclear weapons are so evil that we must disarm. It is evil even to possess them. Also nuclear weapons do not defend you against a nuclear...