Senators Warned of Terrorist Attack on U.S. by July – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in February 2nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Terrorism, Al-Qaeda, American Soil, High Priority, Intelligence Official, Lawmakers, Nytimes, Scale Attack, Senators, Six Months, Terrorist Attack

America’s top intelligence official told lawmakers on Tuesday that Al Qaeda and its affiliates had made it a high priority to attempt a large-scale attack on American soil within the next six months.
Senators Warned of Terrorist Attack on U.S. by July – NYTimes.com

Iranian Uranium Sufficient for Bomb, Israeli General Says

Posted by Matt in December 8th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, Bomb, Global Security Newswire, Head Intelligence, Iran, Israeli General, Israeli Intelligence, Jerusalem Post, Lawmakers, Military Intelligence, Nuclear Bombs, Quot, Refinement, Stockpile, Uranium, Yossi

Iran has a stockpile of low-enriched uranium that with continued refinement could fuel roughly “one-and-a-half nuclear bombs,” the head of research for Israeli military intelligence told lawmakers in Jerusalem yesterday (see GSN, Dec. 7).
Iran has amassed nearly 4,000 pounds of low-enriched uranium, the Jerusalem Post quoted Maj. Gen. Yossi Baidatz as saying.
NTI: Global Security Newswire [...]

Why the US Weapons Industry Has Lost Brazil and LatAm to China and Europe

Posted by Matt in September 9th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Americas, Brazil, Brazil, Brazzil, China News, Europe News, Fighter Jets, India, Latam, Latin American Countries, Latin-America, Lawmakers, LOST, Military Hardware, Political Restrictions, Proclivity, Recent History, Russia, weapons, Western Europe

The news that Brazil is planning to buy French fighter jets confirms a trend across Latin America that is based in recent history and the proclivity of US lawmakers to put political restrictions on what customers can and cannot do with their purchases.
This had convinced many Latin American countries that it is more reliable and [...]

Pakistan exchanged Nuclear technology for North Korean long range missiles: US

Posted by Matt in June 2nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Missiles, Nuclear, Pakistan, centrifuges, Communist Party, Congressional Report, Heu, Hwang Jang Yop, Jang, Lawmakers, Missile Technology, North-Korea, Nuclear Scientist, Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan, Party Secretary, Range Missile, Range Missiles, Uranium Enrichment

North Korea received designs for uranium enrichment centrifuges from Pakistan’s disgraced nuclear scientist A Q Khan in return for its long-range missiles, a Congressional report has told US lawmakers.
“Hwang Jang-yop, a Communist Party secretary who defected in 1997, has stated that North Korea and Pakistan agreed in the summer of 1996 to trade North Korean [...]

‘China assisting Pakistan’s plutonium nuke programme’

Posted by Matt in June 1st, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Nuclear, Pakistan, 1990s, China, Congressional Report, Congressional Research Service, Congressional Research Service Crs, Lawmakers, Nuclear Weapons, Nuke, Pakistan, plutonium, Warheads

China is providing assistance to Pakistan in developing its plutonium-based nuclear weapons programme, a Congressional report has
told US lawmakers.
Besides the conventional uranium-based nuclear weapons, said Pakistan has also pursued plutonium-based warheads since the 1990s and continues to produce plutonium for weapons, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) said in latest its report on the country’s [...]

Russia focuses on upgrading its nuclear arsenals

Posted by Matt in February 25th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Russia, Air Components, Deputy Prime Minister, Deterrent Forces, House Of Parliament, India, Lawmakers, Military Industrial Complex, Moscow Times, News Articles, Nuclear Arsenals, Nuclear Deterrent, Parliament, Priority, Reuters, Ria Novosti Russia, Russia, Russian Nuclear Forces, Russian Parliament, Sergei Ivanov, Strategic Nuclear Forces, Voice Of America

Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said that upgrading ground, sea and air components of the nation’s strategic forces is costly but necessary.
“It’s expensive, it’s very expensive, but there is no other way,” Ivanov told lawmakers in the lower house of parliament. “We will develop and modernize our strategic deterrent forces.”
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Russia to Develop Strategic Nuclear [...]

Panel Cites ‘Tipping Point’ On Nuclear Proliferation

Posted by Matt in December 29th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Iran, Koreas, Nuclear, Atomic Weapon, Cascade, Congressional Commission, Interim Report, Iran, Lawmakers, Lead, North-Korea, Nuclear Arsenals, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Tipping Point, Posture, terrorists, Tipping Point, United States

The development of nuclear arsenals by both Iran and North Korea could lead to “a cascade of proliferation,” making it more probable that terrorists could get their hands on an atomic weapon, a congressionally chartered commission warned yesterday.
“It appears that we are at a ‘tipping point’ in proliferation,” the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture [...]

Iraq, perceived hypocrisy fuel record anti-Americanism

Posted by Matt in June 11th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Anti-Americanism, Anger, Anti-Americanism, Democratic Values, Disagreements, Fear, hypocrisy, Lawmakers, Military Action, War In Iraq

Anti-Americanism is at record levels thanks to US policies such as the war in Iraq, and Washington’s perceived hypocrisy in abiding by its own democratic values, US lawmakers said Wednesday.
The committee also says unilateralism, particularly in military action, has led to “anger and a fear of attack that are transforming disagreements with US policy into [...]