A near-disaster at a federal nuclear weapons laboratory takes a hidden toll on America's arsenal
Repeated safety lapses hobble Los Alamos National Laboratory’s work on the cores of U.S. nuclear warheads
Roundtable with points of view from Kate Hudson, Aaron Voldman, historian Lawrence S. Wittner (coeditor of the forthcoming book Peace Action: Past, Present, and Future), and others. Focus is on RRW.
Roundtable with points of view from Kate Hudson, Aaron Voldman, historian Lawrence S. Wittner (coeditor of the forthcoming book Peace Action: Past, Present, and Future), and others. Focus is on RRW.
by Ken Butigan | September 27, 2012 : "... we are in the midst of the next phase of the movement for nuclear disarmament, where a series of campaigns across the U.S. are pumping life into the seven-decade struggle..."
In its latest review of long-term nuclear triad costs, the Congressional Budget Office estimated in May -- before the new missile’s cost figures were released -- that if carried out, the Pentagon and Energy Department’s nuclear forces plans would cost a total of $634 billion through 2030.
Andrew Mack "... in the case of Kissinger and his collaborators, there is also a coldly "realist" calculation: that in a nuclear-free world, the United States would be the world's pre-eminent military power - one no longer be vulnerable to annihilation
Det er ventet at kl. 15.00 norsk tid vil den amerikanske presidenten Barack Obama gå på talerstolen i Berlin og snakke om kutt i atomvåpen. Det melder nyhetsbyrået Reuters onsdag morgen.
By Fu Xiaoqiang Source:Global Times Published: 2016-6-16
"As long as all NSG members reach a consensus over how a non-NPT member could join the NSG, and India promises to comply with stipulations over the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons while sticking to its policy of independence and self-reliance, China could support New Delhi’s path toward the club."
“The real differentiator here is the acquisition strategy, with a lot of competition -- a lot of ‘fly before you buy’ -- built in,” CSIS' Tom Karako says. “The relatively longer NGI development timeline for homeland ballistic missile defense can be mitigated by near-term improvements” in ground missile defense.
Author/speaker: Gary Wills (2010)
The publisher abt itself: "The Carnegie Council is the world’s leading voice promoting ethical leadership on issues of war, peace and global social justice. Its mission is to be the voice for ethics in international policy."
WSJ Nov 4, 2022: A U.S. flag officer talks candidly about the fading U.S. deterrent. “This Ukraine crisis that we’re in right now, this is just the warmup,” said Navy Adm. Charles Richard, the commander of US Strategic Command. “The big one is coming. And it isn’t going to be very long before we’re going to get tested in ways that we haven’t been tested [in] a long time.”