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NUKES DO DETER
Patrick Porter (ZERO SENSE, MAY) makes a cogent case for the retention of nuclear weapons. He might, of course, have mentioned South Africa, which developed its own nuclear arsenal (with help from Israel and Taiwan) only to successfully dismantle it when the Apartheid regime expired. South Africa is now a signatory to the Treaty on the Prohibition of