It is a grim, almost unthinkable scenario: a 10-kiloton nuclear weapon, smuggled into the United States, is detonated in a major U.S. city, perhaps even the Bay Area.
Top federal officials and medical experts gathered in Washington on Thursday to consider this nightmare vision. Their conclusion: Cities and states are frightfully ill-prepared for dealing with an [...]
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Preparing for the unthinkable - nuclear attack
Posted by Matt in June 27th, 2008 | 1 comment
Published in Nuclear, Terrorism, Aftermath, Conclusion, Counter Measures, Federal Officials, Lawrence Livermore National, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore National Laboratory, Medical Experts, Nightmare Vision, Nuclear Attack, Nuclear Bomb, Nuclear Terrorism, Nuclear Weapon, Response Plans, Roles And Responsibilities, Uncertainty, United States
Iran to get ICBMs before missile shield deployed
Posted by Matt in June 24th, 2008 | no comment
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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 [...]
USAF Report: “Most” Nuclear Weapon Sites In Europe Do Not Meet US Security Requirements
Posted by Matt in June 19th, 2008 | no comment
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An internal U.S. Air Force investigation has determined that “most sites” currently used for deploying nuclear weapons in Europe do not meet Department of Defense security requirements.
A summary of the investigation report was released by the Pentagon in February 2008 but omitted the details. Now a partially declassified version of the full report, recently obtained [...]
Does Iran have blueprints for a miniature nuclear warhead?
Posted by Matt in June 17th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Iran, Koreas, Nuclear, 10 Years, Blueprints, China, Europe, Iran, Little Trouble, Logic, Missile Technology, Missiles, New York Times, North-Korea, Nuclear Warhead, Nuclear Warheads, Nuclear Weapon, Pakistan, solid-fuel, South-Korea, Time North, Uranium, Washington Post
“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 [...]
Nuclear ring reportedly had advanced weapon design
Posted by Matt in June 15th, 2008 | no comment
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An international smuggling ring may have secretly shared blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon with Iran, North Korea and other rogue countries, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
The now-defunct ring led by Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan is previously known to have sold bomb-related parts to Libya, Iran and North Korea. A draft report by former [...]
Inspectors Discover Iran’s Nuclear Weapon Instruction Book
Posted by Matt in June 2nd, 2008 | no comment
Published in Iran, Nuclear, Allegations, Bomb, Cnn, Discover, Discovery, Exposed, Hemispheres, Intelligence, Iran Nuclear, Iran Nuclear Weapon, Nuclear Warheads, Nuclear Weapon, Page Document, Radical Islam, tehran, Uranium Metal
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 [...]
Bhutto Dealt Nuclear Secrets to North Korea, Book Says
Posted by Matt in May 31st, 2008 | no comment
Published in Missiles, Nuclear, Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, Bhutto, Critical Data, Documentary, Great Game, Journalist, Missile Deal, North-Korea, Nuclear Secrets, Nuclear Weapon, Pakistani Prime Minister, Politician, pyongyang, Uranium Enrichment, Video Game
Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, on a state visit to North Korea in 1993, smuggled in critical data on uranium enrichment — a route to making a nuclear weapon — to help facilitate a missile deal with Pyongyang, according to a new book by a journalist who knew the slain politician well.
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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 [...]
It’s nuclear power, not oil, that worries the Middle East
Posted by Matt in May 22nd, 2008 | no comment
Published in Middle East, Nuclear, Arabs, arsenal, Dhahran, Existence, Iran, Line Of Fire, Marine Base, Middle East, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapon, Nuclear Weapons, Oil Reserves, Revolutionary Guards, riyadh, Saudi-Arabia, Saudis, tehran
The West might be alarmed at the prospect of the mullahs arming themselves with nuclear weapons, but it is the Arabs who are first in their direct line of fire.
Relations between Tehran and the Saudis have been strained ever since Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were implicated in the 1996 bombing of the US Marine base in [...]
Iran: Greetings From the ‘Great Satan’
Posted by Matt in May 16th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Iran, West, Great Satan, Greetings, Iran, Israel, Israel Map, Knees, Map, Moniker, Nuclear Weapon, Satan, Scum, Signs Of The Apocalypse
Well, it’s time to embrace our “inner Great Satan” live up to the moniker, and kick these thugs where it hurts. If not, they will soon destroy one of our cities with a nuclear weapon. They have already announced their intentions to wipe the “little Satan”, Israel, off the map. They have [...]
The North Korea Challenge
Posted by Matt in May 15th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Koreas, Nuclear, Aei, Bush Administration, Danielle Pletka, Diplomatic Recognition, Dollar Bills, Foreign Aid, hezbollah, Hundreds Of Thousands, International Peace, Kim Jong Il, Libya, North-Korea, Nuclear Ambitions, Nuclear Program, Nuclear Weapon, Proliferation, Reactor, sanctions, Sophisticated Missiles, Time Transactions
In these two articles, AEI’s Danielle Pletka and John R. Bolton bring us up to date and discuss the larger implications of developments since Kim Jong Il pledged to give up his nuclear ambitions in exchange for diplomatic recognition and foreign aid. Pletka reminds readers that since North Korea signed the 1994 accord, it has [...]
Russian Nuclear Missile Submarine Patrols Decrease Again
Posted by Matt in April 28th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Military, Russia, Ballistic Missiles, Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists, Cold-War, Decline, Deterrence, Nuclear Missile Submarine, Nuclear Notebook, Nuclear Weapon, Posture, Russia, Russian Nuclear Missile, Russian Patrol, Ssbn, Submarine Patrols, submarines, Three Times
The number of deterrence patrols conducted by Russia’s 11 nuclear-powered ballistic missiles submarines (SSBNs) decreased to only three in 2007 from five in 2006, according to our latest Nuclear Notebook published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
In comparison, U.S. SSBNs conducted 54 patrols in 2007, more than three times as many as all the [...]
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