Hans Blix with Jon Snow
Ninth Joseph Rotblat lecture at the Hay Festival
26th May 2013
Dr. Hans Blix, the former UN Chief Weapons Inspector who led the inspections in Iraq in 2002-03, gave the ninth Joseph Rotblat lecture at Hay Literary Festival.
He said of Britain’s Trident system:
“Today the UK is contemplating a new generation of Trident nuclear submarines. Washington is not pushing for this costly procurement. Is it required to protect UK independence? Or pride? Japan and Germany seem respected even without nuclear weapons. I would vote for a place for the UK in the Guinness Book of Records, if it dropped the plan.”