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ANNEX ZI
Present Justifications and Replies They Evoke from Opponents
1.
We test to retain superiority.
What good is superiority when both sides already have
miclsar weapans to destroy each other and the world, and can make
without further tests.
2.
progress.
Past tests brought great progress.
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We must test for more
Toward what end? More destruction? There 1s enough potential
for destruction already.
3.
We test to retain laboratories and scientists.
All nuciear weapons are indiscriminate and immoral.
test and development should stop.
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We test to develop discriminating weapons.
This assumes military interest in discrimination rather |
maximum. destruction from nuclear weapons. There is no indication
this is so, and the military show little interest in clean weapons.
5.
We test to devalop defensive weapons.
What are they?
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Any weapon is defensive lf so used.
Nuclear tests do little harm to mankind.
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They should continue
that we may avoid nuclear war.
Scientists disagree regarding the danger of tests. And h aw
do tests avoid nuclear war?
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