North Korea threatens to call off nuclear disarmament talks
North Korea: Nuclear disarmament is off if military exercises proceed, The Hill, By Bridget Johnson – 03/07/10 North Korea said Sunday that if the U.S. moves forward with a South Korean military exercise, nuclear disarmament is off.” Continue reading
Pentagon mulls use of bunker-busters on Iran’s nuclear sites
Bunker-Busting Hawks, THE HUFFINGTON POST, Craig Crawford:March 7, 2010 So, the Pentagon is looking into what bunker-busting bombs might do to Iran’s underground nuclear sites. Even if it works (a doubtful proposition at best), wouldn’t that just boost Iran’s hardliners to crack down harder on the growing insurgency they face?Signs point to the Obama Administration wanting to prove its toughness, which might fortify Democrats in the coming congressional elections.
Britain’s churches unite against nuclear weapons proliferation
Government advisor backs churches’ campaign against nuclear proliferation | Ekklesia, 5 March 2010, Baroness Shirley Williams is urging government action on the proliferation of nuclear weapons as one of the greatest threats to the survival of humankind. Continue reading
Does UK really need Trident nuclear ‘deterrent’?
Army chiefs question need for Trident nuclear deterrent Guardian UK, by Richard Norton-Taylor, 23 February 2010 1Nuclear missile system is the weapon ‘least likely’ to be used by UK forces in future conflicts, say senior military sources
Army chiefs question need for Trident nuclear deterrent | UK news | guardian.co.uk
Nuclear bomb tests on the moon?
The U.S. and Soviet Union Considered Detonating Nuclear Bombs on the Moon, Disinformation, by Ralph Bernardo February 23, 2010“……..Someone in the US government got the bright idea of nuking the Moon, and in 1958 the Air Force Special Weapons Center spearheaded the project (labeled A119, “A Study of Lunar Research Flights”). Continue reading
USA to Scrap Nuclear-armed Cruise Missiles
Nuclear-Armed Cruise Missiles to be Scrapped, U.S. Says globalsecuritynewswire.o Feb. 22, 2010 A forthcoming U.S. nuclear strategy review is likely to call for elimination of the country’s nuclear-tipped Tomahawk cruise missiles, Japanese officials told Kyodo News today (see GSN, July 31, 2009).Plans to slowly phase out the missiles, unofficially communicated to Tokyo earlier this year, were prompted in part by the expense of caring for the weapons. The United States pulled the missiles from its submarines as the Cold War ended, but the weapons were maintained in case they again became necessary, U.S. nuclear experts said.
NTI: Global Security Newswire – Nuclear-Armed Cruise Missiles to be Scrapped, U.S. Says
NATO States want nuclear arms removed from Europe
Five Nato states to urge removal of US nuclear arms in Europe guardian.co.uk, julian Borger, 22 February 2010 “…..
Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Norway and Luxembourg will make a joint declaration “in the next few weeks”, a Belgian official said, with the intention of influencing a growing debate within Nato over the usefulness of nuclear weapons in alliance strategy………..Official figures are not published, but there are thought to be between 150 and 240 “tactical” nuclear weapons in Europe, in the form of aerial bombs. Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands have 10-20 each, but most are stockpiled at US bases in Italy (70-90) and in Turkey (50-90)………………Nato officials are due to meet in Washington tomorrow, and in Rome next week, to discuss the future role of nuclear weapons in the alliance’s “new strategic concept”, which is due to be decided this year.
Five Nato states to urge removal of US nuclear arms in Europe | World news | guardian.co.uk
Israeli attack imminent, says Ahmadinejad
Ahmadinejad claims Israel will attack within months Caledonian Mercury February 16, 2010 by Andrew McLeod ·Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expecting an Israeli attack in the Middle East in the coming months. Continue reading
The undeclared nuclear weapons’ states
Europe’s Five “Undeclared Nuclear Weapons States” Dissident Voice Are Turkey, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and Italy Nuclear Powers? by Michel Chossudovsky / February 15th, 2010 “....
The “Official” Nuclear Weapons StatesFive countries, the US, UK, France, China and Russia are considered to be “nuclear weapons states” (NWS), “an internationally recognized status conferred by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).” Three other “Non NPT countries” (i.e., non-signatory states of the NPT), including India, Pakistan and North Korea, have recognized possessing nuclear weapons. Continue reading
Iraq veterans should be tested for radiation poisoning
Use blood tests to check Iraq war vets for radiation poisoning cleveland.com By Anthony Weishar February 11, 2010, How long will the media continue to censor reports on radiation and toxins in Iraq? The Radiation and Protection Center in Iraq released a report on Jan. 23 identifying 42 severely contaminated sites and cities.
Many Iraq war veterans have radioactivity in their systems. The Department of Veterans Affairs refuses to use blood tests to check for radiation poisoning. The urine tests work only within 30 days of exposure — about the time soldiers sit in a safe site waiting to go home. The Radiation Center in Baghdad uses blood tests to determine exposure levels in Iraqis.
When are the Pentagon, the president and Congress going to take care of those who served?
Anthony Weishar Fairview Park
Use blood tests to check Iraq war vets for radiation poisoning | Letters Unlimited – cleveland.com
Iran defies West and cranks up uranium work
Iran defies West and cranks up uranium work Sydney Morning Herald February 10, 2010
The US has begun circulating ideas for possible sanctions among its closest allies on the UN Security Council and is hoping Tehran’s announcement will convince China that its real purpose is to create a weapon, not the civilian use of nuclear energy.Calling Iran’s move provocative, a senior US official said the decision to enrich to 20 per cent, if carried out, would suggest that Iran’s ”intentions are not as they stated”………….
Nuclear weapons in Europe – hindering global security?
Europe’s Nuclear Deterrent Debated Voice of America 8 Feb 2010 Jennifer Glasse | London Germany’s new coalition government is calling for U.S. nuclear missiles to be removed from Europe. A London research organization says Germany’s announcement has reopened the global debate about whether nuclear weapons help or hinder global security……
The U.S. administration will make its nuclear policy clear with a paper known as the Nuclear Posture Review expected to be reported to the U.S. Congress this month. In the meantime, the German government has called for the removal of U.S. tactical weapons on its soil and from Europe altogether.
U.S. – Russia Agreeing to Reduce Nuclear Weapons
U.S., Russia Close In on Arms Nuclear Arms Treaty – WSJ.com Jonathan Weisman FEBRUARY 2, 2010 WASHINGTON — U.S. and Russian arms-control negotiators have reached an “agreement in principle” on the first nuclear arms reduction treaty in nearly two decades, administration and arms control officials said Tuesday.
The deal would bring down deployed nuclear warheads and sharply limit the number of missiles and bombers that can deliver them………….
The deal would bring the ceiling for deployed nuclear weapons from the 2,200 agreed to in 1991 down to between 1,500 and 1,675, but nuclear delivery systems would fall more sharply, to between 700 and 800 a side.
Obama boosts nuke weapons funding, while talking disarmament
“The plan described in this budget is not about maintaining a reliable nuclear stockpile. It is a multi-billion dollar ‘radioactive pork’ construction plan
Administration Budget Plan Contradicts Obama Pledge to Reduce Nuclear Weapons Threat Billions to be spent on new nuclear weapons production facilities WASHINGTON – Common Dreams.org February 1 – The Administration’s budget, released today, contradicts President Obama’s pledge to reduce the nuclear weapons threat by working toward their elimination, according to a national network of groups in communities downwind and downstream from U.S. nuclear sites. Continue reading
European countries want U.S and Russian nuclear arsenals removed from their borders
Sweden, Poland urge sharp cuts in tactical nukes The Washington Post The Associated Press
February 1, 2010 STOCKHOLM — The foreign ministers of Sweden and Poland on Monday urged the U.S. and Russia to sharply reduce their arsenals of tactical nuclear weapons, and said Moscow should withdraw such arms from areas bordering the European Union. Continue reading
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