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Realistic fears that North Korea might use nuclear weapons

A diplomatic black hole, guardian.co.uk, 24 May 2010, Having accused North Korea of sinking its warship, Seoul finds its options severely limited “……The threat of annihilation is fairly par for the course for Pyongyang, the equivalent of a demarche from any other government. A year ago, the regime threatened the US with a “fire shower of nuclear retaliation” and an “annihilating blow” in response to any attack, at a time when an American naval vessel was shadowing a North Korean cargo ship suspected of carrying banned goods off the Chinese coast.Just because a threat is used frequently does not mean it can safely be ignored, however. Pyongyang is very unlikely to court its own destruction by launching a nuclear attack, but no responsible government in Seoul can bet on that. There is always the small chance that Kim Jong-il has descended into total madness or a struggle for power in Pyongyang has unleashed a strain of suicidal militarism…… A diplomatic black hole | World news | guardian.co.uk

May 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | North Korea, weapons and war | AUSTRALIA, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | 1 Comment

Documentary evidence of Israel’s nuclear weapons

ISRAEL OFFERED TO SELL NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO SOUTH AFRICA – FIRST HARD EVIDENCE ISRAEL HAS THE BOMB, San Francisco Sentinel, 23 May 2010, By Chris McGreal The London Guardian Secret South African documents reveal that Israel offered to sell nuclear warheads to the apartheid regime, providing the first official documentary evidence of the state’s possession of nuclear weapons. Continue reading →

May 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Israel, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Israel’s Armageddon Scenario – Nuclear Terrorism

The Armageddon Scenario, CBN News, Chris Mitchell, 24 May 2010, Just today, the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies – BESA – published a new report called “The Armageddon Scenario: Israel and the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism.”…. The author of the report is Chuck Freilich, Israel’s former deputy national security advisor. Freilich focuses on the threat of nuclear terrorism and advises that Israel adopt an “… uncompromising deterrent policy such as the ‘retaliate first, no questions asked’ approach ….”You can read the report at www.besacenter.org

The Armageddon Scenario

May 24, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Israel, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Britain’s top scientist calls for nuclear disarmament laboratories

Martin Rees calls on UN to establish nuclear disarmament laboratoriesThe president of the Royal Society, Sir Martin Rees, wants the UN to set up the laboratories to verify that countries are keeping their promises on nuclear disarmament, Ian Sample, science correspondent guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 19 May 2010
Britain’s most senior scientist has called on the United Nations to establish a network of laboratories specialised in detecting and dismantling nuclear weapons. Continue reading →

May 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

U.S. to pre-announce missile tests,(with a loophole clause)

The United States … will provide pre-launch notification of commercial and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) space launches as well as the majority of intercontinental ballistic and submarine-launched ballistic missile launches.

Obama decides to unilaterally announce secret U.S. missile tests, satellite launches Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2010, President Obama has decided to pre-announce to the world once-secret American ballistic missile tests and satellite launches.The Democratic administration’s goal is to show a friendlier face to other countries and to coax Russia to do the same. Continue reading →

May 22, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Pay many $thousands and get a nuclear bomb proof bunker

Luxury nuclear apocalypse bunkers launched, newslite.tv, May 19, 2010 A US firm has started taking reservations from apocalypse scaredy-cats who want to book their place in a luxury nuclear bomb-proof bunker. Continue reading →

May 20, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Tactical nuclear weapons will remain in Europe

A Nuclear Europe | ATTACKERMAN, Spencer Ackerman, 20 May 2010, Looping back to the Obama administration’s Nuclear Posture Review, one of the decisions that document deferred was about the future of tactical nuclear weapons in Europe. The NPR figured that NATO’s forthcoming report on its new Strategic Concept was the right venue for determining if Europe (specifically, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey and Germany) should still host the so-called ‘tacs.’ So as it turns out the Strategic Concept recommendations task force delivered its work to NATO civilian headquarters in Brussels earlier this week. And here’s what the task force said on the subject: As long as nuclear weapons remain a reality in international relations, the alliance should retain a nuclear component to its deterrent strategy — at the minimum level required by the prevailing security environment. Under current security conditions, the retention of some U.S. forward-deployed systems on European soil reinforces the principle of extended nuclear deterrence and collective defence. A Nuclear Europe | ATTACKERMAN

May 20, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | EUROPE, weapons and war | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Nuclear weapons states now building new, advanced, nuclear weapons

the Nuclear Weapon States are developing new advanced technologies for conducting above-ground experiments

Can President Obama Reform the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty? zikkir.com | 18 May 2010, By Hayrettin Kilic“……….. Unfortunately, the vicious cycle of nuclear proliferation is now spreading to developing countries. As a result, five nuclear states (NWS), U.S, Russia, China, France, and Great Britain are refining their nuclear proliferation strategies to fight a nuclear war in the Third World Countries. Continue reading →

May 19, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty badly in need of reform

Can President Obama Reform the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty? zikkir.com | 18 May 2010, By Hayrettin Kilic“..………In order to reform or re-write the NPT, President Obama needs to study the following existing global nuclear weapons inventory very carefully. As of 2010 there are approximately 23.400 nuclear weapons located at 111 different sites in 14 countries. Half of which is trigger ready or deployable in short time. Russia (13.000) and United states (9.400) possess 96 % of these weapons. The other nuclear club members Britain (180), Chine (240), France (300) along with de Facto countries India (80), Israel (100), Pakistan (90) are also added this monumental list. Continue reading →

May 19, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, weapons and war | antinuclear, disarmament, nuclear, nuclear technology, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

India tests nuclear weapons capable ballistic missile

India successfully launches Agni-II ballistic missile, BBC News , 17 May 2010 India has successfully test-fired its intermediate-range ballistic missile, Agni-II, after two similar tests failed last year.

The surface-to-surface missile was launched off an island in Orissa state in eastern India.

With a range of more than 2,000km (1,250 miles), the missile can carry a nuclear payload of 1,000kg.

The Agni missiles are among India’s most sophisticated weapons carriers. BBC News – India successfully launches Agni-II ballistic missile

May 18, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | India, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Warfare by nuclear radiation, rather than bomb ‘blast’

US WAR PLAN:NUCLEAR BOMBS « Shoah, by Bob Nichols, (San Francisco) May 11, 2010 “…………the big thermonuclear weapons from the ever useful B-61 Dial-A-Yield right down to the 155mm atomic cannons that would kill or maim almost everybody on Earth are a convenient diversion from the real Nuclear War American Military Forces are tasked to fight in the Middle East, Central Asia and Asia right now – every day. Continue reading →

May 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | 2 WORLD, depleted uranium | Leave a comment

Mystery of USA’s missing weapons grade uranium

Declassified 1978 report on missing weapons-grade uranium reveals little « New Mexico Independent, By Bryant Furlow 5/14/10 tA 1978 report for Congress on the 1965 disappearance of more than 200 pounds of weapons-grade uranium from a nuclear plant in Apollo, Penn., has been declassified. Continue reading →

May 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

U.S. army always knew about the health danger of depleted uranium

SPOOKYWEATHER: Depleted Uranium Hazard Awareness – US Army Training Video If DU is as harmless as sometimes claimed then what spurred the US Army to make this training video ? This stuff is toxic and must be banned immediately.

VIDEO Depleted Uranium Hazard Awareness, SPOOKYWEATHER, 15 May 2010, – US Army Training Video The training materials were intended to instruct servicemen and women about the use and hazards of depleted uranium munitions. In addition, the training regimen included instructions for soldiers who repair and recover vehicles contaminated by depleted uranium.Throughout 1996, these videos sat on a shelf, while U.S. soldiers continued to use and work with depleted uranium munitions. Continue reading →

May 15, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | depleted uranium, USA | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, uranium | Leave a comment

Israel claims that USA supports its silence on its nuclear weapons

Israel to keep nuclear ‘ambiguity’, Google hosted news, (AFP) – 12 May 2010, JERUSALEM — Israel will keep up its longstanding policy of deliberate ambiguity over its nuclear programme, Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Tuesday, adding that US support for the position remains unchanged. Continue reading →

May 12, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Israel, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment

Nuclear capable missiles tested by Pakistan

Pakistan Tests Nuclear-Capable Missiles, NTI: 10 May 2010, Pakistan on Saturday carried out a successful test launches of two nuclear-capable ballistic missiles, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, March 12).The Ghaznavi missile has a range of 180 miles and the Shaheen 1 missile can travel as far as 400 miles, enabling it to strike New Delhi, the capital of Pakistan’s nuclear-armed rival India. Both missiles can be loaded with conventional and nuclear warheads.

NTI: Global Security Newswire – Pakistan Tests Nuclear-Capable Missiles

May 11, 2010 Posted by Christina Macpherson | Pakistan, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons | Leave a comment