As the INF treaty between USA and Russia is abandoned , we remember what happened in the Japanese cities hit by the first atom bombs on 6 and 9 August 1945. We also remind our new prime minister of his international obligations, and call on him to abandon the current Trident system – and to sign the new UN treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons.
The INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) treaty opened the process of dismantling inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in Russia and the USA , and ultimately the removal of US nuclear cruise missiles from Greenham Common and other sites in europe.