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

Is elite opinion in the West is turning against China?

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

Published in China, West, American Elite, arsenal, Censorship, Conflicts, Copenhagen, Critique, Daniel Blumenthal, Economic Commentators, Elites, global warming, Google, Negotiations, North-Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Political Business, Reflexive, Renminbi, Robert Samuelson, Shadow Government, Washington Post

Back in February, Robert Samuelson, one of America’s top economic commentators, began his Washington Post column with a critique of China:

It’s become apparent from recent events that America’s political, business and scholarly elites have fundamentally misjudged China. Conflicts with China have multiplied. Consider: the undervalued renminbi and its effect on trade; the breakdown of [...]

Japan: Hosting U.S. nukes a crisis option | The Japan Times Online

Posted by Matt in March 17th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Japan, Nuclear, Foreign Minister, Hosting, Japan Times, Katsuya Okada, Nuclear Weapons

Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada on Wednesday did not rule out the possibility nuclear weapons may be brought into Japan by U.S. forces in a future crisis, while reiterating that the government still adheres to the nation’s three nonnuclear principles.
In-country nukes a crisis option: Okada | The Japan Times Online

Peddling Peril: How the Secret Nuclear Trade Arms America’s Enemies

Posted by Matt in March 16th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Proliferation, Black Markets, David Albright, Export Regulations, German Company, Government Cooperation, Hopeful Story, House Arrest, Illicit Trade, Industry Watchdog, Iran Pakistan, MI6, North-Korea, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Scientist, Nuclear Trade, Nuclear Weapons, Proliferation Problem, Prosecutions, Traffickers, Uranium Enrichment Facilities

With the revelation of Iran’s secret uranium enrichment facilities, North Korea’s brazen testing of missiles and nuclear weapons, and nuclear-endowed Pakistan’s descent into instability, the urgency of the nuclear proliferation problem has never been greater. Based on his extensive experience in tracking the illicit nuclear trade as one of the world’s foremost proliferation experts, in [...]

The Harvard Law Record – Noam Chomsky: Iran pursuing nuclear weapons out of fear

Posted by Matt in March 11th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, general, Communism, Conclusion, Countries, Fear, Harvard Law Record, Iran Nuclear, Israel, Marxism, National Safety, Noam Chomsky, Nuclear Weapons, Posture, United States, Way Of Thinking

This is typical Leftist thinking. Troublemaker countries like Iran are truly victims. Who is the victimizer? Countries that are successful and powerful like America and Israel.
This is a sick and dangerous way of thinking that literally says bad is good and good is bad. This thinking is just as dangerous as Marxism/Communism.
His conclusion is [...]

NTI: Global Security Newswire – Russia Drills for Nuclear War

Posted by Matt in March 10th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, War, Conventional Conflict, Global Security Newswire, Military Doctrine, Military Personnel, Missile Forces, Novosti, Nti, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Spokesman, Strategic Missile, Vadim, War Russia

Russia’s strategic missile forces today launched a three-day drill expected to simulate the use of nuclear weapons, RIA Novosti reported (see GSN, Sept. 9, 2009).
Russian military personnel would follow procedures in the nation’s recently adopted military doctrine for dealing with nuclear and conventional conflict, said strategic missile forces spokesman Col. Vadim Koval (see GSN, Feb. [...]

Iran: The Diminishing Difficulty of Enriching Uranium – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in March 8th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, Acquisition, Antiaircraft Guns, Barbed Wire, Desert, Enriching Uranium, Enrichment Of Uranium, Iran, Jitters, Nuclear Weapons, Nytimes, Path

In the Iranian desert, at a sprawling industrial site ringed by barbed wire and antiaircraft guns, a shift in the enrichment of uranium is producing global jitters because it could shorten Iran’s path to the acquisition of nuclear weapons.
The Diminishing Difficulty of Enriching Uranium – NYTimes.com

Obama must decide degree to which U.S. swears off nuclear weapons – washingtonpost.com

Posted by Matt in March 7th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, arsenal, Bold Pledge, Deterrence, Military Officials, Nuclear Weapons, Sole Purpose

Does he substantially advance his bold pledge to seek a world free of nuclear weapons by declaring that the “sole purpose” of the U.S. arsenal is to deter other nations from using them? Or does he embrace a more modest option, supported by some senior military officials, that deterrence is the “primary purpose”?
Obama must [...]

China Says U.S. ‘Entirely’ to Blame for Strained Ties (Update1) – BusinessWeek

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

Published in China, Beijing China, Businessweek, Chinese Comments, Current, Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Hostile Country, Nuclear Weapons, Qin, Respect, Ties

I view Chinese comments like this to mean that we should get more hostile with China. And why exactly are we trading with a hostile country like China with nuclear weapons pointed at us?
“The responsibility for the current difficulties in China- U.S. relations goes completely to the U.S. side,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Qin Gang [...]

US plans ‘dramatic reductions’ in nuclear weapons | BBC News

Posted by Matt in March 1st, 2010 | 1 comment

Published in Favorites, Nuclear, Bbc, Bbc News, Budget, Dramatic Reductions, Investments, News Review, Nuclear Weapons, Stockpile, Storage

The review “will point to dramatic reductions in the stockpile, while maintaining a strong and reliable deterrent through the investments that have been made in the budget,” the official said.
Officials say thousands of nuclear weapons could be cut, in many cases by retiring weapons that are now kept in storage.

BBC News – US plans [...]