By the Editor: Over the last six editions of this journal we have had a series of articles and letters from nuclear deterrence advocates and detractors alike. We now reach a culminating point in this discourse where the author here responds as an advocate to an earlier trilogy of articles set firm in the abolitionist camp. Introduction The Editor requested that I respond to Robert Forsyth’s comprehensive trilogy of articles (NR107/3,107/4,108/1). Others have weighed in on both sides of the argument and I hope this article will accommodate their points as well and complement Tim Hare’s contribu…