Claims of nuclear weapons' ability to prevent war are exaggerated

Two acknowledged and respected experts, both colleagues and friends, have responded ('Deterrence is not a fantasy', Shyam Saran and Sheel Kant Sharma, IE, October 3), constructively and gently, to my piece on nuclear weapons ('Nuclear weapons, costs and myths', C. Gharekhan, IE, August 27). I offer some comments only on those points that I had written about.

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