Letter: In Brief

Sir: The fact that more Serbian military hardware has survived in Kosovo than Nato believed is not a criticism of the alliance. On the contrary, it validates the strategy of concentrating on destroying the nerve-centres of the state, making all the Yugolslav army's guns, tanks and so on powerless to prevent Nato attaining its diplomatic objective - to end Serb rule in Kosovo. Those of us who thought the job required ground troops have been proved wrong. Air Marshal Harris must be grinning in his grave.

Dr LESLIE PALMIER

Bath