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| | The role and future of nuclear weapons |
 | | The first result of the reappraisal came in 1962, when Defence Secretary, McNamara, announced that "principal military objectives in the event of a nuclear war stemming from a major attack on the alliance should be the destruction of the enemy's military forces, not of his civilian population". |
 | | Former Defence Secretary, Les Aspin, indeed argued that the only remaining nuclear threat to the United States, except for the loss of control over former Soviet nuclear assets, is a handful of nuclear-armed rogue states bent on aggression or terrorism. |
 | | In September 1992, the then French Defence Minister, Pierre Joxe, was more forthcoming on the conditions of such co-operation when he stated: "Agreement among Europeans on a single doctrine, and the establishment of an appropriate political structure, seem to me to be essential preconditions for the development of a European nuclear deterrent. |
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