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Israel was ready in 1980 to use nuclear bomb

UK cable in 1980 said Israel ready to use bomb, Former Ambassador Robinson told Foreign Office ‘if Israelis are to be destroyed, they will go down fighting this time’, Reuters 12.30.10,   Israel News A  British ambassador to Israel warned as early as 1980 that Israel would detonate a nuclear bomb in case of a new war with the Arabs, according to previously secret state documents released on Thursday.  “If they (Israelis) are to be destroyed, they will go down fighting this time. They will be ready to use their atomic weapon,” ambassador John Robinson wrote in a cable to the Foreign Office on May 4, 1980.

Israel has never confirmed or denied having atom bombs under a policy of ambiguity to deter numerically superior foes. UK cable in 1980 said Israel ready to use bomb – Israel News, Ynetnews

December 30, 2010 Posted by | history, Israel, weapons and war | Leave a comment

Secret radiation experiments on human patients in USA

More on Human Experimentation Paul Langley’s Nuclear History Blog, 28 Dec 10, Atomic Energy Commission Radiation Experiments. In December, 1993, Secretary of Energy Hazel O’Leary made a disturbing announcement: since the 1940′s, the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission had been sponsoring a series of tests on the effects of radiation on the human body.

American citizens who had checked into hospitals for a variety of ailments had been secretly injected with varying amounts of plutonium and other radioactive materials without their knowledge. Most patients thought it was “just another injection,” but the secret studies left enough radioactive material in the patients’ bodies to readily induce cancer………More on Human Experimentation « Paul Langley’s Nuclear History Blog

December 28, 2010 Posted by | history, Religion and ethics, USA | Leave a comment

UK 1970s plan – Trident nuclear missiles to kill 10 million Russians

Secret files from 70s reveal Trident strike needed ‘to kill 10m Russians’, Whitehall documents written in 1970s and marked ‘personal and top secret’ show logic of British Cold War deterrent  *Rob Edwards * guardian.co.uk, 26 December 2010
The British government opted for the Trident nuclear weapons system because it estimated it could kill up to 10 million Russians and inflict “unacceptable damage” on the former Soviet Union, according to secret Whitehall documents written in the 1970s. Continue reading →

December 27, 2010 Posted by | history, UK, weapons and war | Leave a comment

“Golden Rule” anti nuclear ship to sail again

The “Golden Rule” will Sail Again, THE HUFFINGTON POST, 22 Dec 10, The Golden Rule, the legendary 30-foot ketch that once terrified U.S. government officials, will return to the seas again this coming summer……….. the Golden Rule will resume the long journey it began more than half a century ago. Rebuilt by U.S. military veterans, it will (in the words of the project brochure), “renew Bigelow’s and Veterans for Peace’s mission — to abolish war and promote peaceful diplomacy.”More information about the Golden Rule Project can be obtained on its web site (http://www.heritech.com/goldenrule), by contacting Fredy Champagne at fchampagne@asis.com, or by writing to Veterans for Peace, P.O. Box 5097, Eureka, CA 95502-5097. Lawrence Wittner: The “Golden Rule” will Sail Again

December 22, 2010 Posted by | history | Leave a comment

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) – a reminder of how close we came to WW3

40-year Cold War, during which each side produced enough nuclear weapons to end life, as we know it, on this planet. No other incident during that insane time provided such stark reality to this fact than the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

Close out the nuclear era Bennington Banner 11/11/2010 When the Senate returns in session following the November election break, it is expected to act on the ratification of a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START. The new treaty, signed by President Obama as an agreement subject to Senate ratification, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, on April 8, commits both the Russian Federation and the United States, to reduce their stockpiles of strategic nuclear warheads to 1,550 and restrict delivery vehicles to 800 by the year 2020. Continue reading →

November 12, 2010 Posted by | history, USA | , , , | 1 Comment

America falsified history of nuclear bombs

When informed by the Secretary of War about the plan to drop the atomic bombs, General Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, said the bomb was “no longer mandatory as a measure to save American lives.” After the war he said, “It wasn’t necessary to hit them with that awful thing.”

The Nuclear Gang Rides On, Counter Punch, Saul Landau, 2 Oct 10 “……History classes from grade school up do not often emphasize the fact that the United States ended the war in the Pacific by dropping two nuclear bombs on Japanese cities, which killed several hundred thousand civilians and left disease and destruction in their wakes. Continue reading →

October 2, 2010 Posted by | history, secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | Leave a comment

Nuclear power has always been State financed

It was almost exclusively State-controlled, State-financed and State-operated. Its strategic deployment and costs were ultimately linked to the real business of the atom – nuclear weapons making and state security which, of course, was a State secret.

The Atomic Reality At the time when “Funky Town” was regular disco fodder circa 1977, nuclear power generation was still almost totally and exclusively reserved for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, the USSR and to a smaller extent, China and India. Continue reading →

September 30, 2010 Posted by | 2 WORLD, history | , , , , , | Leave a comment

Nuclear bunker for USA Congress during Cold War

Where Congress Would Have Gone During a Cold War Nuclear Attack – Science and Tech – The Atlantic. Jul 19 2010 “……… The shelter was fully equipped and among its standard bunk-beds, TVs and furniture, which populate the “Graceland of Atomic Tourism,” there are a few very curious items. Among these are a special room meant for holding and calming members of Congress who can’t handle the stress, and an incinerator meant for “pathological waste,” or the Congressmen’s irradiated bodies. A huge 100-foot radio tower installed 4.5 miles away was connected to the bunker so that the congressmen could broadcast emergency messages…..” Read the full story at  Atlas Obscura.

Where Congress Would Have Gone During a Cold War Nuclear Attack – Science and Tech – The Atlantic

July 20, 2010 Posted by | history, USA | , , , , | Leave a comment

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