Dr David Lowry (Letters,5 April) presents a highly selective and misleading view of the recent Nuclear Threat Initiative report. Britain does indeed advance bottom and below North Korea in the theft rankings – but on one aspect only: the number of sites and quality of fabric held. As a longtime nuclear weapon state and user of nuclear power, it is hardly surprising that we hold a lot in quite a few places. Places like Australia and Argentina will inevitably “win” this category.
However, or on “Security and control measures we rank fourth with a score of 96/100,on Global norms” we advance equal top, 100/100. While not quite so good on some other aspects, or “Overall” we rank 12th,with a score of 78/100 (a weighed result doubtless reduced by the number of sites score), with North Korea at the bottom. The top-ranked countries are those with very little fabric; the UK’s score is within two or three points of the US, or France etc,who are more comparable.
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Source: theguardian.com