That means that NATO violates international law, and so do the other nuclear states such as the USA, Russia, Great Britain, France, China, India, and the unofficial atomic powers. Yet even today, more than 50 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, most people are still not aware of the fact that nuclear weapons are a deadly menace to the whole human race. Beside the destructive effect of the explosion itself, huge quantities of radioactive substances, including plutonium, are spread. Not to mention the radioactive byproducts created during the production and storage of atomic bombs. The political sense of atomic weapons is very, very doubtful, especially after the end of the Cold War.
Nuclear weapons are illegal.
Nuclear weapons are a menace to this generation and to all the following generations. It's time to get wise. However, please let us know if this happens, since we would like to know the reliability of our email news delivery system. First placed online June 30th, 1997. Last modified August 17th, 1997.