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N-bomb would bring war nearer

Socialist Challenge No. 184, 12 February 1981 · p. 5 of the scan · 360 words

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WIICIC belongs.' It is not common sense that will stop war. It is not appeals to reason and God that will avert the nuclear What will stop war is the advance of the col onial revolution. Vietnam made Angola and possible and stopped America's warmongers in their tracks. The extension of these revorunons, particularly Borders (over 20) 15, each post free Cheques/postal orders to: Hackney Socialist Education Group THE Reagan regime's suggestion that it may well go ahead with the neutron more than a threatening gesture. If NATO forces in West Europe were armed with the N-bomb it would greatly chances of nuclear war.

The weapon , or neutron bomb, would be a shell fired by an 8-inch artillery cannon. The nuclear ingredients are mixed in such a way that and relatively less blast and heat By exploding forces, the neutron bomb can be used to kill soldiers without causing the amount of blast damage associated with nuclear weapons.

Theoretically this type of bomb could be used to kill civilians in an enemy city, but it is mainly designed for use against tanks -crews without completely bomb project is certain manutactured increase the One oblones radiation nuclear explosion. However N-bomb there radiation pean war.

above enemy offset by the normally superiority.

-N-bomb 'field killing their destroying the surrounding area.

This would enable forces using the N-bomb to advance fairly rapidly into the area attacked. It is not yet that an N-bomb could be ••U• kill civilians in a city without damaging • after all, to produce the radiation there still has to be a the deployment of artillery shells would pro bably lead to their early use against Soviet tanks in the event of a EuroThe Warsaw Pact countries have an enormous numerical superiority personne and tanks. only partly West's technological The temptation to rol back the Soviet tanks by use of the would be very great Despite the fact that it is a 'battleweapon, the nuclear barrier would have been crossed by its use. Nuclear war would have begun Socialist Challenge 12 February 1981 Page 5

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