Moscow’s ‘nuclear doctrine’ under fire

Posted by Matt in March 18th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Russia, Amp, Canada, Conventional Military Forces, moscow, Nuclear Doctrine, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear Weapons, Obama, Reliance, Russia

While Obama is reducing our reliance on nuclear weapons, Russia is doing the opposite. It’s conventional military forces are starting to crumble, so it is being forcing to rely on its nuclear forces.
FT.com / US & Canada – Moscow’s ‘nuclear doctrine’ under fire

Back to the USSR? | guardian.co.uk

Posted by Matt in February 23rd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Favorites, Russia, Attack On America, Borders, China Shop, Global Functions, Guardian Co Uk, Guardian Uk, infrastructure, Irina, Main Enemy, Missile Defense Systems, NATO, Norms, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear War, Obama, Real World, Russia, Russian Federation, Soviet Days, Ussr

Why would Russia want to launch a nuclear preemptive attack on America? Russia has been kind enough to explain why it might attack America – it feels threatened by NATO and the U.S.
Now if one is oblivious to the world, then you would go on encircling Russia while at the same time reducing your nuclear [...]

Russia responds to U.S. missile plans for Poland | Reuters

Posted by Matt in January 21st, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, American Administration, Baltic Fleet, Clue, Current Administration, Encroachment, First Thought, Hostile Nation, Military Balance, Missile Plans, Nato Nations, Navy Official, News Agency, Nuclear Forces, Obama, Patriot Missiles, Poland, Reuters, Ria, Russian State, State News, Western Borders

This should be a clue that we’re dealing with an aggressively hostile nation. Russia is not a country that you want to play nice with. It only understands force.
Upon hearing Russia’s response my first thought was to strengthen our nuclear forces, but that is hopeless given the current administration, and an even worse congress.
Russia [...]

Pakistani nuclear forces, 2009 | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Posted by Matt in October 7th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Pakistan, Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists, Fissile Materials, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear Missiles, Nuclear Weapon, Pakistan, Weapon Capabilities, weapons

Pakistan is enhancing its nuclear weapon capabilities across the board by developing and deploying new nuclear-capable missiles and expanding its capacity to produce fissile materials for use in weapons.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Collection

Nuclear Weapons – More At Stake than Just ‘Reduction’ (Part One of Two)

Posted by Matt in September 30th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, arsenal, Ballistic Missiles, China, Cruise Missile, Family Security, Fleets, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear Weapons, Russia Russia, Security Matters, Stake, Submarine, submarines, Warhead, Warheads

Reports are that one-third of our 450 land-based missiles may be eliminated under some plans being considered. Given that our submarine and bomber bases number only four, and submarines at sea also number four, we are essentially making it dramatically easier for an enemy to strike at America’s nuclear forces in a crisis. Remember, today [...]

New Air Force Intelligence Report Available

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

Published in China, Nuclear, Russia, Air And Space, Air Force Intelligence, Blog, China, Cruise Missile Threat, Cruise-Missiles, Intelligence Report, Military Powers, Nasic, New Developments, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear Weapon States, Powers Report, Space Intelligence Center, Web Rumors

The Air Force Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) has published an update to its Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat. The document, which I obtained from NASIC, is sobering reading.
The latest update continues the previoususer-friendly format and describes a number of important assessments and new developments in ballistic and cruise missiles of many of the world’s major [...]

The Perilous Future of U.S. Strategic Forces

Posted by Matt in May 3rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, U.S., Ahead, Big Trouble, Cold-War, Collapse Of The Soviet Union, Consequences, Curious Position, Decades, Decline, Doubts, Drastic Reductions, Encapsulated, Exhaustion, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Icbm, International Politics, Military Power, minuteman, Missions, New Nuclear Warhead, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear Infrastructure, Peacekeeper, Retirements, United States

This is a stunning report about the state of our nuclear forces. The United States is in big trouble as our nuclear forces are literally falling apart due to old age.
From the article:
Today, the United States finds itself in a curious position in international politics. While its conventional military power remains unparalleled, its once-formidable strategic [...]

Global Trends 2025: Future is nuclear war and famine – US intelligence

Posted by Matt in November 25th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Israel, Nuclear, Syria, War, Birth Rates, Chemical Missile, climate change, Famine, Global Trends, Israeli Cities, Missile Attack, Nice Day, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear War, Nuclear Wars, Nuclear Weapons, Preemptive Nuclear Strike, Rogue States, Russia Russia, Scarce Resources, Terrorist Groups, Unstable World, Us Intelligence Community, War In The Middle East

Over the next 10 to 15 years we will probably see one or more nuclear wars according to the US intelligence community.
I project an excellent chance for nuclear war in the Middle East between Israel and its neighbors during Obama’s term in office. This is based on a chemical missile attack by Syria on Israeli [...]

Gates’ reference to Russia’s nuclear capabilities alarming

Posted by Matt in June 17th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Military, Russia, Bombers, Colonel, Concealment, Cruise-Missiles, Defense Contracts, Design Bureaus, Deterrence, Gates, General Leonid Ivashov, Missile Systems, Nuclear Capabilities, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear Triad, Nuclear Weapons, Promising Projects, Russia, Russian Academy, Strikes, submarines, Topol

Colonel General Leonid Ivashov, president of the Russian Academy of Geopolitical Problems, commenting on Russia’s triad of strategic nuclear weapons, including ground-based missiles, submarines and bombers said, “We are really worried by what is happening. The mobile Topol-M missile systems are vulnerable to conventional strikes; their mobility is no longer a guarantee of concealment or [...]

Russian nuclear forces, 2008

Posted by Matt in May 28th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, Air Defenses, arsenal, Arsenal World, Dismantlement, Exercises, Icbm, Launches, Missile Test, moscow, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear Warheads, Nuclear Weapon, Nuclear Weapons, Operational Stockpile, Posture, Resurgence, Russia, Russian Nuclear Forces, Security Posture, Ss, Topol

Russia reduced its total nuclear weapon stockpile by about 1,000 warheads during the last year; however, it still has the largest arsenal in the world. As of early 2008, we estimate that Russia has approximately 5,200 nuclear warheads in its operational stockpile and 8,800 in reserve or awaiting dismantlement, for a total of 14,000 nuclear [...]