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14. Help nuclear weapons out of the world

Church opposition to nuclear weapons The Cold War reaches a distressing apex with the emergence of threats involving all-destructive neutron bombs. In the Netherlands, a fervent debate ensued over whether nuclear weapons should be stationed within its borders. Such a move carried the risk of provoking a nuclear attack from the Eastern bloc, in turn hindering the process of democratisation in Eastern Europe.