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China’s submarine fleet projects Beijing’s power

Posted by Matt in September 26th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in China, Military, , , , , , , , , , , ,

China’s submarine fleet is now one of the world’s largest with nearly 85 vessels. More than that, old and unreliable boats mostly acquired from the old Soviet Union are being rapidly replaced by modern submarines armed with highly sophisticated anti-ship missiles and radar-dodging cruise missiles able to attack land targets.
Beijing is even building at least [...]

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Report: Russia may arm Baltic fleet with nuclear warheads

Posted by Matt in August 18th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Russia, , , , , , , , , , , , ,

New Russian threat comes in response to war in Caucasus, US-Poland deal for missile defense shield in Europe. According to Sunday Times, nuclear warheads could be supplied to submarines, cruisers and fighter bombers of Russia’s Baltic fleet based between Poland and Lithuania
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Cold War 2.0 heating up on multiple fronts

Posted by Matt in July 10th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in China, New Cold War, Russia, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Cold war pitted two superpowers with nuclear warheads trained on each other — from submarines, from silos, from mobile launchers. One false move and the world was a fireball.
Ah, those were the days.
In the 21st century, however, outer space and nukes are the domains of many nations, led by a variety [...]

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Iran Aims Shahab-3B Missiles at Dimona

Posted by Matt in June 29th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Iran, Israel, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Shahab-3B can be armed with a variety of different types of explosives, including conventional high explosives and submunitions as well as chemical, biological, radiological dispersion and, potentially, nuclear warheads. The missile, an “enhanced” version of the Shahab rocket, is believed to have been produced in ranges of approximately 1,300-1,500 km and 2,000 km, according [...]

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Analysis: Germany wants U.S. nukes out

Posted by Matt in June 27th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Nuclear, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Officials from a German government party and the opposition demand that Germany should be freed from some 20 or so remaining U.S. nuclear warheads stored in military bases in the country.
The discussion was launched after an internal U.S. Air Force report found security and safety standards at most nuclear weapons storage sites in Europe fall [...]

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Iran to get ICBMs before missile shield deployed

Posted by Matt in June 24th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in general, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Meanwhile experts believe Iran will be able to produce inter-continental ballistic missiles capable of reaching Europe, and possibly America, by 2015. Some intelligence reports suggest Iran will have obtained the amount of uranium needed for a nuclear weapon much sooner.
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Connecting the Dots
The articles below show Iran developing the technology to enrich uranium, build a [...]

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Does Iran have blueprints for a miniature nuclear warhead?

Posted by Matt in June 17th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Iran, Koreas, Nuclear, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

“U.S. officials are downplaying reports in the New York Times and Washington Post that Pakistan’s A.Q. Khan may have given Iran–and other nations–blueprints for a miniature nuclear warhead first developed for his country’s program.”
Oh really! The same network that provided Iran and North Korea with the technology to enrich uranium has plans for a miniturized [...]

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One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War

Posted by Matt in June 6th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Nuclear, War, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The nuclear strike codes were kept inside a black vinyl briefcase known as “the Football.” The Football enabled the President to order the obliteration of thousands of targets in the Soviet Union, China, and Eastern Europe. Within seconds of the authentication of a presidential order, missiles would lift off from silos on the plains of [...]

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Inspectors Discover Iran’s Nuclear Weapon Instruction Book

Posted by Matt in June 2nd, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Iran, Nuclear, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

UN inspectors were shocked by the recent discovery of an Iranian document describing the process for making the potential core of a nuclear weapon.
Tehran called the allegations of pursuing bomb-making “baseless” and claimed that the intelligence was fabricated. However, the 15-page document appears to be the recipe for the process of machining uranium metal into [...]

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Iran Achieves a Four-Front Missile Command, Breakthrough on Nuclear Missile Warheads

Posted by Matt in May 31st, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Iran, Missiles, Syria, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

There are two significant developments going on at the same time concerning Iran. Iran is now in command of missiles stationed in Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and Iran. Next, Iran has achieved a breakthrough in missile design in order to accommodate nuclear warheads.
From the article:
Military experts comment that Tehran’s centralized control of four hostile missile fronts [...]

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Russian nuclear forces, 2008

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

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 [...]

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US intelligence notices less activity in Russian nuclear submarines

Posted by Matt in May 5th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Military, Russia, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) has registered the reduction of combat duties of Russian submarines, while the duties of nuclear submarines became more frequent in such countries as the USA, the UK and France.
Today about 20 percent of Russian ballistic missiles (624 warheads in all) have naval deployment. By 2015 their number may increase [...]

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The Unthinkable Consequences of an Iran-Israel Nuclear Exchange

Posted by Matt in April 22nd, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Iran, Israel, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Anthony Cordesman, a strategist at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, has estimated the consequences if Tehran gets the bomb and a nuclear exchange with Israel ensues. He expects, writes Martin Walker of United Press International,
some 16 million to 28 million Iranians dead within 21 days, and between 200,000 and 800,000 Israelis dead [...]

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Mystery Material Messes With Nuke Refurbishing

Posted by Matt in April 8th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in Nuclear, , , , , , , , , , ,

The effort to refurbish elderly W76 nuclear warheads is being held up by difficulties in manufacturing a substance codenamed “fogbank.” A year ago, the nuclear weapons industry was proposing new warhead design for the navy’s sea-launched Trident D5 ballistic missiles. This would involve replacing 3,000 W76 warheads that currently equip 336 missiles. This project would [...]

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China’s nuclear warhead stockpile rising

Posted by Matt in April 4th, 2008 | no comment 
Published in China, Nuclear, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

China’s stockpile of nuclear warheads has increased sharply, with more DF-31A and JL-2 long-range strategic ballistic missiles entering service, giving it preliminary capability to engage in three-dimensional nuclear strikes upon opponent targets.
The changes in the Chinese nuclear capability started in 1995, before which the People’s Liberation Army Second Artillery Force was often teased as “a [...]

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The Unthinkable Consequences of an Iran-Israel Nuclear Exchange

Posted by Matt in November 26th, 2007 | 1 comment 
Published in Iran, Israel, Nuclear, War, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

November 21, 2007
Anthony Cordesman, a strategist at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, has estimated the consequences if Tehran gets the bomb and a nuclear exchange with Israel ensues. He expects, writes Martin Walker of United Press International,
some 16 million to 28 million Iranians dead within 21 days, and between 200,000 and 800,000 [...]

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