*Editor’s Note ( Ralph Turchian0) – Requested Repost from 2013 Karl Smallwood November 29, 2013 Today I found out that during the height of the Cold War, the US military put such an emphasis on a rapid response to an… Read More ›
Nuclear weapon
Classified Nuclear Weapon Drawings Missing at Labs
April 2, 2014 Steven Aftergood Classified design drawings used in the manufacture of nuclear weapons have not been properly and reliably maintained by nuclear weapons labs managed by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the Department of Energy Inspector… Read More ›
North Korea may conduct nuclear test of ‘new type’
March 30, 11:51 UTC+4 TOKYO “It is not ruled out that a nuclear test of new type will be conducted to build up our defence potential,” KCNA reported EPA/YONHAP TOKYO, March 30, /ITAR-TASS/. North Korea may conduct a nuclear test of… Read More ›
US intelligence agencies incapable of detecting nuke threats – report
© Photo: Flickr.com/benben/cc-by-nc-sa 3.0 American intelligence and security agencies are not currently capable of detecting when foreign nations are building nuclear weapons or ramping up their existing programs, according to a newly released Pentagon report that faults a range… Read More ›
N.Korea ‘making progress’ on ballistic missile that could strike US
05 Nov 2013 Seoul (AFP) North Korea is making progress on an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of delivering a first-generation nuclear warhead to the continental United States, a leading US think-tank said Tuesday. The closely followed 38 North website of the… Read More ›
Eric Schlosser on US nuclear weapons: ‘People are getting sloppy’
Q&A: Author of Command and Control discusses recent incidents involving those responsible for the US nuclear arsenal Ed Pilkington in New York theguardian.com, Friday 25 October 2013 11.35 EDT American author Eric Schlosser. Photograph: REX/FoxSearch/Everett For… Read More ›
NASA call for calm on asteroid that could destroy Earth in 2032
AN ASTEROID with power 50 times greater than the world’s most powerful nuclear bomb could be heading for Earth in 2032, astronomers say. By Tom Rawle/Published 18th October 2013 DANGER: The asteroid is expected to come close to hitting Earth… Read More ›
Current Nuclear Weapon Stockpile and Warhead Estimates:
Current Nuclear Weapon Stockpile and Warhead Estimates: http://bos.sagepub.com/content/69/5/75.full
South Korea calls for development of nuclear weapons
US ambassador responds that it would be a “huge mistake.” A South Korean protester sprays on a North Korean national flag during a rally a day after North Korea announced they conducted a third nuclear test on Feb. 13,… Read More ›
Face the facts: Russian nuclear warheads power American homes
Posted on October 29, 2012By Raisa CamargoEconomy and Finance For nearly 20 years, the United States has been using weapons-grade uranium from dismantled Russian nuclear warheads to fuel domestic nuclear power plants. (Face the facts) For nearly 20… Read More ›
Japan will not join initiative put before U.N. to make nuclear weapons illegal
Friday, Oct. 19, 2012 Kyodo Japan will not join an initiative led by 16 countries at the United Nations to make atomic weapons illegal, out of concern it would affect Tokyo’s security arrangement under the U.S. nuclear umbrella, government sources… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 