USA prepared to act on any nuclear proliferation activities by North Korea
Obama: US will act vs NKorea nuke proliferation Google News, (AP) –17 Nov 11 CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — President Barack Obama said Thursday that the United States will act firmly against any nuclear proliferation activities by North Korea. Continue reading
Rising risk of nuclear conflicts, says Russian military chief
Nikolai Makarov, Russia Military Chief, Sees Rising Risk Of Nuclear Conflicts Huffington Post, 17 Nov 11 MOSCOW — Russia is facing a heightened risk of being drawn into conflicts at its borders that have the potential of turning nuclear, the nation’s top military officer said Thursday.
Gen. Nikolai Makarov, chief of the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, cautioned over NATO’s expansion eastward and warned that the risks of Russia being pulled into local conflicts have “risen sharply.” Makarov added, according to Russian news agencies, that “under certain conditions local and regional conflicts may develop into a full-scale war involving nuclear weapons.”
A steady decline in Russia’s conventional forces has prompted the Kremlin to rely increasingly on its nuclear deterrent. The nation’s military doctrine says it may use nuclear weapons to counter a nuclear attack on Russia or an ally, or a large-scale conventional attack that threatens Russia’s existence.
Russia sees NATO’s expansion to include former Soviet republics and ex-members of the Soviet bloc in eastern and central Europe as a key threat to Russia’s security…. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/17/nikolai-makarov-russia-nuclear-conflict_n_1100100.html
Long range nuclear missile test fired by India
India fires its longest-range missile, capable of going deep into China, China Post, 16 Nov 11, BHUBANESHWAR, India–India on Tuesday successfully test fired one of its longest-range missiles capable of carrying a one-ton nuclear warhead deep inside China, officials said….. the nuclear-capable, two-stage missile which is powered by solid fuel was fired beyond the Bay of Bengal into the Indian Ocean. Agni means fire in Sanskrit.
“Agni-IV has a maximum range of 3,500 kilometers (2,170 miles) but this time the launch parameter was 3,000 kilometers,” the official spokesman said….. Defense ministry sources said military scientists were also giving the final shape to the 5,000-km range Agni-V, scheduled to be test-fired for the first time early next year.
India has also said it may develop an intercontinental ballistic missile….. India is among the world’s top 10 military spenders. It plans to splurge US$50 billion by 2015 to upgrade its military. It has fought three wars with rival Pakistan since their independence in 1947 and a brief but bloody border conflict with China in 1962. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asia/india/2011/11/16/323102/India-fires.htm
USA to increase its military presence in Australia
Obama looks to counter China’s influence with Australian naval base, National Post, Peter Goodspeed: Nov 15, 2011 When Barack Obama arrives in Australia Wednesday he will announce plans to establish a permanent U.S. military presence in a move designed to reassert U.S. interest in the region and counter China’s growing influence in Asia.
In a move that is more symbolic than substantial, the U.S. President will outline plans to rotate 2,000 U.S. Marines a year through a naval base in Darwin, Northern Territory. This will be part of a deal that calls for joint training and military manoeuvres as well as allowing Washington to pre-position military supplies in Australia……
the new basing agreement marks a dramatic change in the thrust of U.S. foreign policy.As Washington prepares to withdraw from a decade-old military involvement in the Middle East and Afghanistan and braces for a possible US$500-billion in military spending cuts over the next five years, U.S. policy makers are pivoting to refocus their attention on Asia.
In an essay for Foreign Policy magazine last month, Hillary Clinton, the U.S. Secretary of State, heralded the dawn of “America’s Pacific Century,” insisting it is in Washington’s interest to reassert its influence in Asia.
Nuclear missiles as security for London’s Olympic Games
Philip Hammond: missiles may be part of Olympic defence Defence Secretary makes extraordinary claim after US concerns emerge over anti-terror measures THE INDEPENDENT PAUL PEACHEY 15 NOVEMBER 2011 The Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond, said yesterday that surface-to-air missiles could be in place to protect the 2012 Olympics, as the Government insisted its plans could cope with the country’s biggest security operation for decades. Continue reading
16000 zombie nuclear warheads in USA
the weapons sit “zombified” which means they are off-line but could be returned to active service within hours to six months. There are more than 16,000 zombified warheads in the United States.
Zombie nukes may be in your backyard!, 11/14/2011 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) Nuclear installations pepper America.
See how close nukes are to your home with this interactive map. Continue reading
Russia’s huge and pointless expenditure on nuclear submarines
former Finance MinisterAlexei Kudrinhas repeatedly warned that the huge increase in military spending planned for the next decade is fiscally untenable and must be reconsidered.
This means that Putin must choose between pursuing prudent and efficient military programs or indulge in huge wasteful and useless Cold War-era military buildup programs
Putin’s Nuclear Submarine Boondoggle, Moscow Times, 15 November 2011, ByAlexander Golts There is one contradiction that is a standard component of the Russian military: Although the military funds some programs that meet the country’s security needs, many others have little value at all….
Prime MinisterVladimir Putinlast week pressured leaders from the Defense Ministry and the United Shipbuilding Corporation to sign several major contracts worth 280 billion rubles ($9.2 billion) that will primarily be used to fund the development and construction of a new generation of nuclear submarines.
That total is expected to rise even further next year when the final cost is set in the main contract to build a series of Borei-type nuclear submarines. Continue reading
U.S. army and depleted uranium
Gulf War Syndrome and the Army’s Depleted Uranium Training Videos, Motherboard by DerekMead , Nov 12, 2011 Depleted uranium, a bi-product of enriched uranium that was used in American munitions, was the focus of military preparations before the war. We dug up some old Army videos for “Depleted Uranium General Awareness Training” that shows just how under-prepared soldiers may have been to the hazards of this potentially pretty nasty stuff. Continue reading
To counter China, USA to set up another military base in Australia
U.S. to Build Up Military in Australia, WSJ, By LAURA MECKLER, WASHINGTON, 12 Nov 11—President Barack Obama will announce an accord for a new and permanent U.S. military presence in Australia when he visits next week, a step aimed at countering China’s influence and reasserting U.S. interest in the region, said people familiar with his plans. Continue reading
USA Republican presidential candidate calls for preemptive strike on Iran
Rick Santorum Calls for a ‘Preemptive Strike’ if Iran Is Developing, Nuclear Weapons, ABC News, Nov 10, NEW BOSTON, N.H. – Rick Santorum said the United States should be open to a military strike to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. “A country that is developing a weapon of mass destruction to use it to destroy another country must be stopped in a preemptive strike,” Santorum told a crowd of about 50 people in a rural part of New Hampshire this evening.
This was his second policy speech in a series of three in his “Faith, Family and Freedom” tour…. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/rick-santorum-calls-for-a-preemptive-strike-if-iran-is-developing-nuclear-weapons/
Canadian authorities turned blind eye to depleted uranium affected soldiers
Gulf War vets wounded and angry,CNews By Kris Sims, Parliamentary Bureau, 10 Nov 11 OTTAWA — All of Louise Richard’s hair fell out after she came home from the Gulf War. “Ninety-five percent of the casualties we dealt with were Iraqi prisoners of war,” the former army nurse said. “They were obviously totally contaminated with depleted uranium, they had shrapnel, we operated on them, so here we were — hands in guts and breathing all of these things.”USA doesn’t even know how much it spends on nuclear weapons programs
Cost of Nuclear Weapons Program in Dispute Secrecy News, November 8th, 2011 by Steven Aftergood In the last few weeks, members of Congress have presented radically different estimates of the cost of the U.S. nuclear weapons program. The disparate estimates, which vary by hundreds of billions of dollars, reflect a lack of consensus about how to properly assess the cost of nuclear weapons. Continue reading
Scotland’s opposition to depleted uranium weapons testing
The Labour MP for North Ayrshire and Arran, Katy Clark, said she would be concerned if DU tests resumed. “There remain health concerns about these weapons and we should be concentrating on getting an international ban on their production and use,” she said.
Anger as depleted uranium shells to be test-fired again Depleted uranium shells are blamed for causing radioactive and heavy metal pollution and are used by Challenger tanks, HERALD SCOTLAND EXCLUSIVE BY ROB EDWARDS ENVIRONMENT EDITOR, 6 Nov 2011 HIGHLY controversial depleted uranium shells are set to be test-fired in Scotland again, the Sunday Herald has learned. Continue reading
Republican presidential candidate warns against use of military “drones”
“For every one you kill, you create 10 new ones who hate our guts and want to do us harm,” Mr. Paul said…..
Paul Says Drone Strikes ‘Make More Enemies’, WSJ, 6 Nov 11 By Julian E. Barnes, Presidential candidate Ron Paul said Sunday that the CIA’s drone campaign in Pakistan was making the U.S. less safe. Continue reading
The danger of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons situation
Which sinks the U.S. into the nadir of absurdity. It funds a terrorist-sponsoring state while conducting a massive undeclared war on part of that state’s territory. It wants that state’s assistance to end the Afghanistan war while that state’s soldiers help insurgents wage it. And seeking a world without nuclear weapons while its “Major Non-NATO Ally” drastically increases the probability that terrorists will acquire a the most dangerous weapon of all.
Pakistan Carts Its Nukes Around In Delivery Vans, Wired.com By Spencer Ackerman November 4, 2011 Pakistan is taking nuclear paranoia to a horrifying new low. And it’s making the world a vastly more dangerous place in the process. Continue reading
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