Is Russia adopting nuke 1st strike policy?

Posted by Matt in February 26th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, Aggression, Anatoly, Colonel, Deputy Chief, Dmitry Medvedev, G2 Bulletin, General Staff, Joseph Farah, Military Doctrine, New Doctrine, Nuclear Weapons, Nuke, Policy Security, Russia, Russian President, Security Experts

Security experts believe Russia has adopted a secret policy for the possible use of first-strike nuclear weapons to deter “conventional aggression,” according to a report from Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed into law a new Russian military doctrine, and while publicizing it, Deputy Chief of the General Staff Colonel-General Anatoly Nogovitsyn [...]

Israel warns Greece: Turkey will soon become nuke power | News from Armenia – NEWS.am

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

Published in Proliferation, Armenia News, Bomb, Greece Turkey, Iran, Israel, Nuclear Power, Nuke, Power News, Regional Processes, Saudi-Arabia, Turkey News, weapons

According to him, if Iran designs A-bomb, it will provoke arms race in the region enabling Turkey to become a nuclear power.
“Not only Turkey but Saudi Arabia too will be willing to have their nuke weapons. I believe Greece is unindifferent to regional processes,” Netanyahu stated.
Israel warns Greece: Turkey will soon become nuke power | [...]

Australia, Japan Seek 90% Nuke Warhead Reduction

Posted by Matt in December 15th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Australia, Japan Report, Non Proliferation, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Stockpile, Nuke, Russia, United States, Warhead, Warheads

A joint Australia-Japan report on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation recommends a 90 per cent reduction in world’s nuclear stockpile by 2025, and asks the United States and Russia to reduce their combined nuclear stockpile from 22,000 warheads to 500 each.
Australia, Japan Seek 90% Nuke Warhead Reduction

China Builds Underground ‘Great Wall’ Against Nuke Attack

Posted by Matt in December 13th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Artillery Division, China People, China Wall, Chinese Army, Chosun Ilbo English, Dongfeng, Hong Kong, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, Korea, Liberation Army, Missile Squadron, News China, Northern China, Nuclear Weapons, Nuke, Strategic Missile, Ta Kung Pao, Underground Tunnel

The Chinese Army is believed to have built an underground “Great Wall” that stretches for more than 5,000 km in the Hebei region of northern China. Citing the People’s Liberation Army’s official newsletter, the Ta Kung Pao daily of Hong Kong on Saturday said China’s strategic missile squadron, the Second Artillery Division, built a massive [...]

The Looming US-Israel Split – The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

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

Published in Israel, Alliances, Andrew Sullivan, Choices, Consequence, Containment, Daily Dish, David Ignatius, Diplomatic War, Harvard, Iran, Junta, Latency, Negotiations, Nuclear Bombs, Nuclear Weapon, Nuke, Obvious Conclusion, sanctions, Vital Interests, War Game

That’s the likeliest consequence of the current awful choices the West has with respect to Iran’s nuclear weapon capacity. In a diplomatic war-game at Harvard, various experienced officials tried to game out future negotiations, sanctions and alliances. Iran’s revolutionary guard junta, which now runs almost all the country’s key institutions, wins every time. Broad sanctions [...]

Iran Studied Advanced Nuke Trigger, IAEA Findings Suggest

Posted by Matt in November 6th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Atomic Energy Agency, Diplomat, Dozens, Elements, Explosives, Global Security Newswire, International Atomic Energy, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran Nuclear, London Guardian, Missiles, Nov 5, Nuclear Bomb, Nuclear Capabilities, Nuclear Warheads, Nuke, Oct 5

A continuing U.N. analysis of Iran’s nuclear capabilities suggests the Middle Eastern state might have tested explosive elements of a “two-point implosion” technology that could be used in producing smaller nuclear warheads, the London Guardian reported yesterday (see GSN, Nov. 5).
The design, which uses explosives to simultaneously compress two ends of a football-shaped fissile “pit,” [...]

Ex-US diplomat: Russia balks at zero nuke talks

Posted by Matt in October 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Arsenals, Battlefield, Diplomat, Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Nuclear Powers, Nuclear Stockpiles, Nuke, Russia, Start 1, Storage, Tactical Nuclear Weapons, Warheads

The first step under the Global Zero plan would reduce those arsenals to 1,000 warheads each by 2018, and to just 500 warheads each by 2021. At the same time, the world’s other nuclear powers would freeze their nuclear stockpiles until 2018, followed by proportional reductions until 2021.
Global Zero’s cuts would be even deeper than [...]

Iranian lawmaker rejects nuke deal to ship uranium – Yahoo! News

Posted by Matt in October 22nd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Austrian Capital, Capital Vienna, Draft Plan, Lawmaker, Mohammad Reza, News Agency, News Iran, Nuke, Parliament, Parliament Speaker, Proposal, tehran, Uranium, Yahoo, Yahoo News

Iran’s deputy parliament speaker on Thursday dismissed an internationally backed draft plan to have Tehran ship its uranium abroad for enrichment, the official IRNA news agency reported.
The remarks by Mohammad Reza Bahonar were the first reaction in Tehran on the proposal, presented Wednesday after three days of talks between Iran and world powers in the [...]

Russia: We’ll Nuke ‘Aggressors’ First | Danger Room | Wired.com

Posted by Matt in October 14th, 2009 | 1 comment

Published in Russia, Admission, Arms Reduction, Bloc, Danger Room, Exercises, Iran, kremlin, Military Activities, Moscow Russia, NATO, Nuclear Weapons, Nuke, Obama, Reduction Treaty, Swipe, United States

The United States and Russia may prepping to negotiate a new strategic arms reduction treaty after President Obama declared a “reset” in relations between Moscow and Russia. But Patrushev, apparently, didn’t get the memo. In the interview, he takes a swipe at the United States and NATO, saying that the alliance “continues to press for [...]

Gates Hints at More Secret Nuke Sites in Iran | Danger Room | Wired.com

Posted by Matt in October 6th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Bob Gates, Cnn, Danger Room, George Washington, George Washington University, Hillary Clinton, Iran, iranians, Nuclear Program, Nuke, Secretary Of Defense, Secretary Of State, Sounds, United States, University Forum

Does Bob Gates know about more secret Iranian nuclear sites? It certainly sounds like it.
Speaking alongside Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last night at a CNN/George Washington University forum, Gates addressed a wide variety of topics, the Secretary of Defense dropped what seemed to be a big hint that the United States knows much more [...]