I Saw Science As Being In Harmony

If The Militarily Most Powerful And Least Threatened States Need Nuclear Weapons For Their Security, How Can One Deny Such Security To Countries That Are Truly Insecure? The Present Nuclear Policy Is A Recipe For Proliferation. It Is A Policy For Disaster.

We Are Told That The Possession Of Nuclear Weapons - In Some Cases Even The Testing Of These Weapons - Is Essential For National Security. But This Argument Can Be Made By Other Countries As Well.

When The Start 2 Treaty Has Been Implemented - And Remember It Has Not Yet Been Ratified - We Will Be Left With Some 15,000 Nuclear Warheads, Active And In Reserve. Fifteen Thousand Weapons With An Average Yield Of 20 Hiroshima Bombs.

The Chief Task Was To Stop The Arms Race Before It Brought Utter Disaster. However, After The Collapse Of Communism And The Disintegration Of The Soviet Union, Any Rationale For Having Nuclear Weapons Disappeared.

At A Time When Science Plays Such A Powerful Role In The Life Of Society, When The Destiny Of The Whole Of Mankind May Hinge On The Results Of Scientific Research, It Is Incumbent On All Scientists To Be Fully Conscious Of That Role, And Conduct Themselves Accordingly.