Afghanistan Quote by Lloyd Cutler

Nuclear weapons continue to occupy a unique place in global security affairs. No other weapons, in my opinion, anyway, match their potential for prompt…

— C. Robert Kehler

As we learned during the Cold War, the presence of massive nuclear arsenals does not stop great powers from worrying about conventional force balances…

— John Mearsheimer

If we hadn't had nuclear weapons, we would have had to have a much larger conventional army.

— John Mearsheimer

The nuclear arms race has no military purpose. Wars cannot be fought with nuclear weapons. Their existence only adds to our perils.

— Lord Mountbatten

With proper tactics, nuclear war need not be as destructive as it appears.

— Henry A. Kissinger

It doesn't seem to be that huge a commitment that would create, you know, some kind of really powerful constituency. But the history has…

— John Burroughs

Especially in the case of India and Pakistan, it's very clear that significant parts of the elites in both countries view having nuclear weapons…

— John Burroughs

The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.

— Abu Bakar Bashir

American strategic [nuclear] forces do not exist solely for the purpose of deterring a Soviet nuclear threat or attack against the U.S. itself. Instead,…

— Colin S. Gray

Long before the terrifying potential of the arms race was recognized, there was a widespread instinctive abhorrence of nuclear weapons, and a strong desire…

— Joseph Rotblat

The aggressor too should know that the preemptive use of nuclear weapons would not insure victory. With modern detection systems and the combat readiness…

— Dmitriy Ustinov

Any incident could instantly blow up. Both sides [USA and Russia] are modernizing and increasing their military systems, including nuclear systems.

— Noam Chomsky