Oak Ridge Y-12 Indicted for War Crimes
Statement from Transform Plowshares about Y-12 nuclear weapons facility. 29 July 12 Courtesy: disarmnowplowshares.wordpress.com
Oak Ridge Y-12 Indicted for War Crimes“Today, through our nonviolent action, we—Transform Now Plowshares—indict the U.S. government nuclear modernization program,
including the new Uranium Processing Facility planned at Oak Ridge and the dedication of billions of public dollars to the continuation of the Y-12 facility.
WHEREAS, This program is an ongoing criminal endeavor in violation of international treaty law binding on the United States under the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution (Article VI): Continue reading
Opposition to privatisation of UK’s nuclear weapons management
Faslane and Coulport nuclear weapons maintenance to be privatised – Polaris?
For Argyll.com July 28, 2012 “….Privatisation of maintenance of nuclear weapons – no new notion The privatisation of security which produced the inglorious G4S failure, undermined public confidence in the organisation of the ongoing 2012 Olympic Games in London. One would therefore have expected some gesture of consultation with the Scottish government and the Scottish people on any plan to privatise the maintenance of nuclear weapons here. Continue reading
Runaway costs of USA’s unnecessary B61 nuclear bomb project
The escalating cost of the B61 LEP adds to NNSA’s abysmal record of underestimating costs of nuclear weapons programs. It follows enormous budget overruns of the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California,….
the U.S. should phase out its remaining non-strategic nuclear weapons, delay and redesign the B61 LEP, and focus its resources on maintaining the strategic nuclear weapons and
conventional forces that are actually needed
B61-12: NNSA’s Gold-Plated Nuclear Bomb Project, FAS Strategic Security Blog, . By Hans M. Kristensen, 26 July 12 Escalating cost estimates for the B61 Life- Extension Program threaten to make the new B61-12 bomb the most expensive ever.
The disclosure during yesterday’s Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing that the cost of the B61 Life Extension Program (LEP) is significantly greater that even the most recent cost overruns calls into question the ability of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to manage the program and should call into question the B61 LEP itself. Continue reading
Nuclear power and nuclear weapons proliferation
The report, Nuclear Famine: A Billion People at Risk − Global Impacts of Limited Nuclear War on Agriculture, Food Supplies, and Human Nutritio, is available here. Videos are posted on youtube − search ‘nuclear famine’.
Nuclear power & nuclear weapons – two sides of the same coin, July 24, 2012 Green Left, By Jim Green “……. The report on the catastrophic potential of nuclear warfare has important implications for the ongoing debate over nuclear power. Apologists for the nuclear industry trot out any number of furphies in their efforts to distance nuclear power from WMD proliferation, but the facts are in. There is a long history of ostensibly peaceful nuclear programs providing political cover and technical support for nuclear weapons programs − and an expansion of nuclear power can only exacerbate the problem.
Of the 10 nations to have produced nuclear weapons: Continue reading
USA safer with fewer nuclear weapons say experts, and defense chief
Leading experts and military officials agree that the United States would be more secure with fewer nuclear weapons. A new report chaired by Gen. James Cartwright, former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, argues that the U.S. could reduce its arsenal to 900 total nuclear weapons.
Defense Hawk Says Cut the Nuclear Arsenal HUFFINGTON POST, Benjamin LoehrkeSenior Policy Analyst, Ploughshares Fund. 24 July 12 A leading defense hawk took to the floor of the House of Representatives to argue that greater security in the 21st century means spending less on nuclear weapons. This could signal a turning point as leaders in Congress see the strategic and fiscal realities behind why the U.S. should reduce its nuclear arsenal.
Rep. Norman Dicks (D-WA) is a steadfast supporter of national defense. He is the Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Committee and has served on the Subcommittee on Defense for 34 years. He speaks forcefully — both in style and substance. Last week, he stood on the House floor to oppose a proposal on nuclear weapons. Continue reading
Global famine would result from even a “limited” nuclear war
Nuclear power & nuclear weapons – two sides of the same coin, July 24, 2012 Green Left, By Jim Green A nuclear war using as few as 100 weapons would disrupt the global climate and agricultural production so severely that the lives of more than a billion people would be at risk, according to research findings released in April by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and its Australian affiliate, the Medical Association for Prevention of War. Continue reading
Nuclear Suppliers Group countries making more nuclear weapons
VIEW : Nuclear nexus in the NSG — Daily Times, Momina Ashier, 25 July Shannon Kile, Senior Researcher of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) lately stated, “In spite of the world’s revived interest in disarmament efforts, none of the nuclear weapon-possessing states shows more than a rhetorical willingness to give up their nuclear arsenals just yet.
While the overall number of nuclear warheads may be decreasing, the long-term modernisation programmes underway in these states suggest that nuclear weapons are
still a currency of international status and power.” Continue reading
USA declassifying some nuclear weapons-related information
Some Nuclear Weapons-Related Info to be Declassified Secrecy News July 23rd, 2012 by Steven Aftergood Certain types of classified information pertaining to nuclear weapons are going to be downgraded or declassified, the Department of State indicated in a newly disclosed report. http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/07/dos_nuke.html
Saudi Arabia heading towards nuclear weaponry
VIDEO Saudi Arabia To Purchase Nuclear Inquisitr.com 22 July 12An unintended consequence of Iran’s march towards a nuclear weapon was that the other big boys in the block would feel the need to arm also. Military sources are reporting to Israeli intelligence website Debka that Saudi Arabia has begun its journey on the way to a nuclear weapon’s capability.
The Saudi’s are currently in Beijing negotiating to purchase Chinese nuclear capable ballistic missiles…… Saudi Arabia has been poised for action against Iran since the European Union agreed to an oil embargo against Iran. Iran has promised that in the face of aggression it will hit Saudi and other gulf countries oil shipping routes and even move to close the vital Straights of Hormmuz. The United States has moved the Fifth Fleet into the gulf in order to
protect the shipping routes… http://www.inquisitr.com/282628/saudi-arabia-to-purchase-nuclear-capable-missiles-from-china-video/#F6OJqHwIVkhstRAs.99
USA sparking ‘missile envy’ with expanding missile defence system
The United States is spending about $10 billion a year to develop, test and deploy missile defences, which would include a European shield as part of a layered system. The defences would also include ship-based interceptors that could be deployed in the Middle East and
Asia-Pacific – for instance as a hedge against North Korea – plus ground-based missile interceptors in silos in Alaska and California.
Missile defences, however benign they appear to the side building them, always force others nations to improve and increase their offensive weapons,”
Missile shield may spark China nuclear upgrade-officer http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/07/18/china-usa-nuclear-idINDEE86H0EY20120718 By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA Jul 19, 2012 (Reuters) – China may need to modernise its nuclear arsenal to respond to the destabilising effect of a planned U.S.-backed missile defence system, a senior Chinese military officer said on Wednesday. Continue reading
USA’s AirSea Battle (ASB) plan brings serious risks of nuclear weapons escalation
serious risks to this approach, including the danger of nuclear escalation if AirSea Battle is ever implemented in a shooting war with China.
Three Paths to Nuclear Escalation with China The National Interest, Joshua Rovner | July 19, 2012 The U.S. military has enjoyed extraordinary freedom of maneuver since the end of the Cold War. The fall of the Soviet Union meant that no one else was left to seriously challenge the United States when it decided to act abroad. Today, however, strategists worry that U.S. rivals are developing weapons that will make it difficult or impossible to gain access to contested areas. Dealing with the so-called “anti-access” problem has become a central task for civilian and military planners—and something close to an obsession for the navy.
One popular solution is AirSea Battle (ASB). Continue reading
Nuclear capable missile tested by India
India tests nuclear-capable Agni-I missile South Asian News Agency (SANA) ⋅ July 13, 2012 ⋅ ALASORE, India on Friday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile, with a strike range of 700 km, as part of the Army’s user trial from a test range at Wheeler Island off Odisha coast..
.. The trajectory of the missile, which has an operational strike range of 700 km, was tracked by sophisticated radars and electro-optic telemetry stations located along the sea coast and ships positioned near the impact point in the downrange area.
Weighing 12 tonnes, the 15-metre-long Agni-I, which can carry payloads up to 1000 kg, has already been inducted into the Indian Army. http://www.sananews.net/english/india-tests-nuclear-capable-agni-i-missile/
USA has done 1030 nuclear bomb tests – it’s time to stop
Rid world of nuclear tests Observer and Eccentric, Fern Katz, 9 July, “….July 16 marks the 67th anniversary of the first nuclear test explosion in New Mexico, commonly known as “Trinity.” In the years that followed, the United States conducted 1,030 nuclear test explosions — more than any other country in the world.
Radioactive fallout from nuclear testing has negatively impacted health all across America and the globe. A National Cancer Institute study showed that every county in the lower 48 states received some amount of fallout from nuclear tests.
With the negative effects that come from nuclear test explosions, how can our nation’s leaders think that holding open the option of ever conducting these tests again is a good idea? Continue reading
United States, Russia, China, France, UK refusing to sign ASEAN Weapons Free Zone treaty
Nuclear states shun ASEAN treaty Supalak Ganjanakhundee, The Nation, Phnom Penh July 9, 2012 Powers won’t sign weapon-free accord this week Nuclear weapons states will not sign the protocol of the Southeast Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone treaty (SEANWFZ) at this week’s Asean meeting as many of them still have reservations, Foreign Minister Surapong Towichukchaikul said yesterday.
Nuclear powers including the United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom were supposed to sign the protocol when their representatives attended the Asean ministerial meeting in Cambodia this week. However, many of them voiced reservations to the group at
short notice over their rights and sovereignties in zones defined as “nuclearweapons free”. Continue reading
Opposition in UK Labour Party to Trident nuclear submarine programme
Labour AM Mark Drakeford opposes Trident fleet in Wales BBC News Wales, 4 July 12, First Minister Carwyn Jones has been rebuked by a Labour backbencher after suggesting the UK’s nuclear submarine fleet would be welcome in Wales.
Cardiff West AM Mark Drakeford said he was “utterly opposed” to the siting of nuclear missiles in Wales.
It comes after Mr Jones raised the prospect of the Trident weapons system leaving its Scottish base and coming to Milford Haven….
.. Mark Drakeford was proud to align himself with the thousands of people “within my own party and beyond” who called for an immediate decommissioning of the Trident nuclear programme…. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-18707465
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