We spent two years visiting off-the-beaten track nuclear sites for our new book, A Nuclear Vacation: Travels in the World of Atomic Weaponry. But we’re often asked: Why didn’t you visit the former plutonium productions plants at Hanford? What about the Bangor nuclear submarine base? Will you be diving the atomic wrecks in Bikini Atoll?
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Nuclear Vacationing: Next Year in North Korea?
Posted by Matt in June 13th, 2008 | no comment
Published in Nuclear, Beaten Track, Bikini Atoll, Budget, Hanford, Iran, North-Korea, Nuclear Submarine Base, Plants, Sequel, Truth, Weaponry, Wish List, Wrecks
China-specific Agni-III to be tested today
Posted by Matt in May 7th, 2008 | no comment
Published in India, Missiles, Agni Iii Missile, Array, Ballistic Missile, Ballistic Missiles, China, Countdown, Icbms, India, India China, India India, India Times, Inter Continental, Launch, Msn India, Nuclear Submarines, Orissa, Range Missiles, Strategic Advantage, Technicalities, Test Range, Time Rival, Tv India, Value Targets, Weaponry, Wheeler Island
The countdown for the launch of Agni-III, designed to hit high-value targets deep inside China with a strike range of 3,500-km, has begun at the integrated test range on Wheeler Island off the coast of Orissa.
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Technicalities apart, India needs an operational Agni-III missile as soon as possible since China already has a wide array of [...]
CIA chief says China’s rapid military buildup troubling
Posted by Matt in April 30th, 2008 | no comment
Published in China, Military, beijing, Capabilities, China, Cia, Cia Chief, Michael Hayden, Military Force, Military Modernization, Rapid Military Buildup, Remarkable Speed, Risk, Scope, Weaponry
CIA chief Michael Hayden charged Wednesday that China was beefing up its military with “remarkable speed and scope,” calling the buildup “troubling.”
The Chinese, he said, had fully absorbed the lessons of both Gulf wars, developing and integrating advanced weaponry into a modern military force.
Hayden said while Beijing’s new capabilities could pose a risk to US [...]
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