I'm Against Fashionable Thinking.

To The Extent That These Advanced Weapons Or Their Components Are Treated As Articles Of Commerce, Perhaps For Peaceful Uses As In The Plowshare Program, Their Cost Would Be Well Within The Resources Available To Many Large Private Organizations.

Deterrence Itself Is Not A Preeminent Value; The Primary Values Are Safety And Morality.

As For Total Disarmament, There Are Almost 50,000 Nuclear Weapons In The World Today; Even If They Were Banned, Not All Would Be Destroyed.

For If Enough People Were Really Convinced That Growth Should Be Halted, And If They Acted On That Conviction, Then Billions Of Others Might Be Deprived Of Any Realistic Hope Of Gaining The Opportunities Now Enjoyed By The More Fortunate.

New Developments In Weapon Systems During The 1950s And Early 1960s Created A Situation That Was Most Dangerous, And Even Conducive To Accidental War.