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Gates bid to restart RRW
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- Published on Wednesday, 26 August 2009 11:34
Elaine Grossman has reported that US Defence Secretary Robert Gates attempted to revive the Reliable Replacement Warhead project at a meeting in June. Her sources said that the move was supported by Hilary Clinton, General Cartwright (Joint Chief of Staff) and others but was blocked by Vice President Jo Biden (pictured). The issue of modernising the US nuclear arsenal is unlikely to go away.
Clinton lost nuclear biscuit
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- Published on Thursday, 21 October 2010 10:53
President Clinton lost the "biscuit" containing the code for launching nuclear armageddon and it was several months before it was discovered, ABC News revealed. One version of the story is that the biscuit went missing on the day the story about his affair with Monica Lewinsky first surfaced.
US patrols near Cold War tempo
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- Published on Monday, 16 March 2009 15:48
The US Navy is continuing to keep nuclear-armed submarines on patrol at a tempo similar to that maintained during the Cold War. This has been revealed in a new report from Hans Kristensen of the Federation of American Scientists.
Papers released under the Freedom of Information Act show that in 2008 the US Trident fleet conducted 31 nuclear deterrent patrols. The 1,000 patrol by a Trident submarine was completed on 11 February 2009.
Obama on nuclear weapons
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- Published on Wednesday, 21 January 2009 10:13
In his inauguration speech on 20 January President Barack Obama said:
"With old friends and former foes, we'll work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat"
Scottish CND Chair Alan Mackinnon has written two articles on the impact the new administration could have on nuclear disarmament.
Letter From America
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- Published on Tuesday, 24 February 2009 15:48
In our very first Letter from America 2 years ago we asserted that petrol in the US was “heading toward $4 a US gallon” – a price that was reached in the UK about 10 years ago, and triple what prices were in the US just 6 years ago.
Call to Obama to commit to global disarmamnet
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- Published on Saturday, 03 January 2009 22:08
Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein has called on Barack Obama to take the lead and commit himself to working for the global
elimination of nuclear weapons.
Commission on US strategic posture
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- Published on Tuesday, 16 December 2008 14:36
The interim report from a new commission into US nuclear weapons policy, chaired by former Defence Secretary William Perry, was published on 15 December Overall the report is mixed and cautious. It reaffirms the importance of Russia in determining the size of US nuclear forces, although it states that there is no nuclear threat from Russia or China. It advocates bilateral negotiations with Russia. Ratification of the CTBT could be considered if there were assurances from the nuclear laboratories. Nuclear terrorism is seen as a growing threat, particularly if the dangers of proliferation are not tackled.
A paper was sent to the Commission on the relationship between US and British nuclear weapons programmes.US Empire or Multi-Polar World
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- Published on Monday, 02 February 2009 14:28
“We’re an empire now and
when we act, we create our own
reality and while you’re studying
that reality – judiciously, as
you will – we’ll act again, creating
other new realities, which
you will study too, and that’s
how things will sort out,” said a
cheer leader for the Project for
a New American Century.
US Czech Missile Deal
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- Published on Tuesday, 08 July 2008 14:35
" MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russia's Foreign Ministry Tuesday threatened a "military-technological" response if the United States deploys a missile defense system in former Soviet-bloc nations near Russia's borders. "
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/08/missile.defense/
" The Czech Republic is withdrawing from U.S. missile defense plans out of frustration at its diminished role, the Czech defense minister told The Associated Press Wednesday. The Bush administration first proposed stationing 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and an advanced radar in the Czech Republic, saying the system was aimed at blunting future missile threats from Iran. But Russia angrily objected and warned that it would station its own missiles close to Poland if the plan went through. In September 2009, the Obama administration shelved that plan and offered a new, reconfigured phased program with an undefined role for the Czechs. In November 2009, the Czech Republic was offered the possibility of hosting a separate early warning system that would gather and analyze information from satellites to detect missiles aimed at NATO territory. "
US Must Be Able To Threaten A Nuclear Holocaust
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- Published on Tuesday, 11 November 2008 14:26
In a remarkable speech on nuclear policy delivered at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), US Defense Secretary Robert Gates painted a dire portrait of international affairs and argued that Washington should expand the doctrine of pre-emptive war formulated by the Bush administration to include possible nuclear strikes. It is widely rumored that, President Elect Barack Obama will keep Gates as defense secretary. Gates' speech, given in the waning days of the Bush presidency, has the character of a policy declaration of the next US administration.
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