Why the Neutron Bomb is so Dangerous

The neutron bomb is being developed as a warhead for the tactical Lance missile or to sit atop an artillery shell and will eventually be deployed in western Europe — if we let it.

Its danger lies in that the size of its explosion lowers the threshold of an all out nuclear conrrontation. Also, its lack of some of the adverse side-effects of normal niclear weapons makes its use more inviting in event of a confrontation situation. But the danger of limited nuclear warfare escalating to all out nuclear warfare remains the same.

The sheer hypocrisy of weapon — supposedly to defend a people-orientated political system — which aims at destroying human life without attacking captial assets deserves all the opposition it can get. But the real danger of the neutron bomb is as outlined above — the lowering of the threshold for a nuclear conflagration.

On this August 5 there will be a march against the continued existence of nuclear weaponry and for a Zone of Peace in the Pacific Ocean. It needs your support.

The neutron bomb is still being developed. It is only one such development by the superpowers as part of their war preparations. Their madness threatens our environment, we must make them stop.