Today 12,000 nuclear weapons still threaten our survival, even though the majority of people in the world and their governments support an international ban on their development and use. Nuclear rhetoric around the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East has showed us how these weapons can make a dangerous situation even riskier. The possibility of nuclear war is the greatest for many decades.
Britain is now the third biggest spender on nuclear weapons in the world – overtaking Russia. It wants to buy nuclear-capable fighter jets and is increasing its existing nuclear arsenal to 260 warheads. Each of these bombs is eight times the power of the one dropped on Hiroshima.
We should not be spending billions of pounds on weapons of mass destruction when investment is urgently needed in our NHS, education system and green jobs. Let’s demand the government priorities People not Nukes! And we certainly shouldn’t be hosting US nuclear weapons, a move that puts Britain on the nuclear front line in a NATO/Russia war.
The more people that get involved in CND’s campaign for a world without nuclear weapons, the louder our voice. So what can you do today?
Go along to a commemorative event
CND groups across the country organise events to mark the anniversaries of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Why not attend your local one to pay your respects, and meet other like-minded people who want a world without these weapons of mass destruction? Click here for further details.
Join CND
CND is a movement that campaigns for a world without nuclear weapons, so that we’ll never see another Hiroshima or Nagasaki again. Join us today to be a part of this work.
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As we commemorate the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, let’s remember what a nuclear bomb can do and pledge to work together to make sure no one else ever suffers the same pain and devastation.
