Nuclear tests

Nuclear tests

In his letter to The Jakarta Post, July 22, 1995, the French
ambassador mentions his country's determination to stage
"environmentally safe" nuclear tests. He then goes on to reaffirm
the French intention to sign the proposed nuclear test ban
treaty.

If his first statement is correct, why bother with a complex,
difficult to enforce, test ban treaty? Surely the answer is to
train other nuclear nations in the use of the environmentally
safe French method, then let them all bang away to their heart's
content forever?

CHRIS HEAD

Bandung, West Java