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Mother Jones May/Jun 2002 Michael Scherer |
Building a Better Bomb Meet the Penetrator, one of the 'mini-nukes' the Bush administration wants to develop for conventional wars... |
IEEE Spectrum March 2009 Slakey & Tannenbaum |
What About The Nukes? The U.S. nuclear stockpile is showing its age, but building new warheads isn't the solution. |
National Defense August 2013 Insinna & Parsons |
United States Remains Concerned About Nuclear Weapons The number of nuclear weapons in circulation worldwide has been slowly but steadily declining in recent years because the United States and Russia are scaling back their nuclear arsenals. |
National Defense May 2005 Joe Pappalardo |
Nuclear Programs Receive Money for Upgrades The Energy Department is allocating more money for monitoring and improving the nation's aging supply of nuclear weapons and concurrently is laying a foundation for the construction of new warheads. |
National Defense June 2009 Clark A. Murdock |
A World Free of Nuclear Weapons: How Realistic Is Obama's Vision? Debating the realism of trying to rid the world of nuclear weapons is a pointless exercise. |
Salon.com May 16, 2001 Fiona Morgan |
"A dangerous step backwards" Why has President Bush cut funding to combat nuclear proliferation in Russia, and will Congress be able to bring it back? |
Reason February 2003 Steve Chapman |
Learning to Love the Bomb Is nuclear proliferation inherently dangerous? In The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed, Columbia University political scientist Kenneth Waltz makes an exhaustive case that "the gradual spread of nuclear weapons is more to be welcomed than feared." |
Salon.com July 21, 2000 Fiona Morgan |
Secret costs Scientists say the security crackdown at nuclear weapons labs is the real national security risk. |
Parameters Summer 2004 Justin Bernier |
The Death of Disarmament in Russia? Traditional arms control agreements with Russia, it seems, are as much a part of Cold War history as the Soviet Union itself. |
Salon.com March 13, 2002 Robert Scheer |
When in doubt, nuke 'em The Pentagon's secret plan to fight terror with nuclear weapons shows just how dangerous this administration is... |
IEEE Spectrum May 2009 |
...And More Forum Letters from readers: Errors in "What About the Nukes?"... The Kepler Space Telescope... |
Popular Mechanics February 22, 2008 Adam Pitluk |
3 Things We Learned From the Accidental U.S. Nuke Flyby One might think that the United States' nuclear weapons would be treated with the utmost precision, but last year they mistakenly transported over the mainland. |
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 |
Nuclear Testing Goes Virtual The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration officially dedicated two state-of-the-art supercomputers that should allow the United States' nuclear weapons arsenal to be kept in working order without the need for underground testing. |
Salon.com September 25, 2002 Robert Scheer |
The arrogance of the Bush Doctrine The president's new foreign policy will only anger other countries, and provoke them to take their own "preemptive action." |
IEEE Spectrum July 2007 William Sweet |
Google Earth Pictures Open Windows on China's Nuclear Weaponry Here is an interview with the nuclear weapons specialist at the Federation of American Scientists who believes Google images shed light on China's deployment of its second-generation of nuclear weapons systems. |
National Defense August 2013 Insinna & Parsons |
In a Post-Cold War World, Uncertainty Surrounds Nuclear Triad The world is a very different place than it was in the 1950s, when the United States needed thousands of nuclear warheads and three ways to deliver them on target to keep the Soviet Union at bay. |
National Defense June 2006 Harold Kennedy |
U.S. Steps Up Efforts to Keep WMD Out of Enemy Hands Amid concerns about terrorist attacks against the U.S. and its allies, the U.S. government is increasing its efforts to keep enemies from acquiring and using weapons of mass destruction. Some of these efforts, however, are raising hackles even at home. |
Parameters Autumn 2004 Richard L. Russell |
Iran in Iraq's Shadow: Dealing with Tehran's Nuclear Weapons Bid The Iraq war is the backdrop for the evolving policy debate on Iran. Tehran might be tempted to harness the threat of nuclear weapons for leverage in the political-military struggle against the United States for power and influence in the Persian Gulf. |
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Thomas M. Kane |
Dragon or Dinosaur? Nuclear Weapons in a Modernizing China Analysts of contemporary Chinese foreign policy often dismiss the nuclear arsenal of the People's Republic of China as insignificant in size and passively defensive in purpose. This article argues that Beijing has long-term aspirations to improve its position in world politics, and that nuclear weapons play a fundamental role in its plans. |
National Defense June 2009 Erwin & Magnuson |
7 Deadly Myths About Weapons of Terror Seven noteworthy misconceptions associated with weapons of terror. |
IEEE Spectrum April 2013 Rachel Courtland |
Laser Fusion's Brightest Hope The National Ignition Facility houses the world's most powerful laser. Is it enough to ignite a fusion revolution? |
Salon.com May 2, 2001 Fiona Morgan |
Missile defense goes global Bush seeks to woo Europe while violating our hallmark arms control agreement with Russia. Analysts react to the president's speech... |
Science News June 20, 2009 Elizabeth Quill |
Book Review: The Bomb: A New History By Stephen M. Younger Younger offers a straightforward account of nuclear weapons: how they were developed, how they work and how they forced humankind into constant vulnerability |
Parameters Spring 2007 Louis Rene Beres |
Israel's Uncertain Strategic Future An assessment of current threats to Israel's survival along with recommendations for an end to its policy of nuclear ambiguity. |
National Defense March 2010 Austin Wright |
An X-Ray Machine for Nukes The government is upgrading the X-ray technology that detects flaws in its nuclear weapons stockpile. |
Salon.com August 11, 2000 Fiona Morgan |
Mutually assured dysfunction President Clinton's nuclear missile defense plan will spur a new arms race, a report by top intelligence agencies predicts. |
Wired Nicholas Thompson |
Inside the Apocalyptic Soviet Doomsday Machine The technical name was Perimeter, but some called it Mertvaya Ruka, or Dead Hand. It was built 25 years ago and remained a closely guarded secret. |
IEEE Spectrum July 2007 M. V. Ramana |
More Missiles Than Megawatts India's nuclear choices have favored warheads over civilian reactors, and those choices are taking their toll. Between its burgeoning economy and a population that is projected to eclipse China's by 2050, India has difficult choices to make regarding its energy future. |
Geotimes August 2005 Katie Donnelly |
The State of Nuclear Nonproliferation Several nuclear-related topics not only are important to the nation's security, but also are scientifically interesting. |
Popular Mechanics February 2007 Simon Cooper |
North Korea's Biochemical Threat While its nuclear test spurs outrage, North Korea grows a vast biochemical weapons arsenal in secrecy. We investigate Kim Jong Il's deception, his country's human trials and the terror potential of this rogue nation's deadly harvest. |
IEEE Spectrum May 2009 |
Forum: Our Readers Write Stockpiling nuclear weapons... Patent protection... |
Popular Mechanics February 2, 2010 Erin McCarthy |
Director Lucy Walker Takes on Nuclear Weapons in Countdown to Zero In Countdown to Zero, Walker aims to show the world that nuclear weapons are an even bigger threat now than they were in the Cold War. |
Parameters Autumn 2007 Christopher Hemmer |
Responding to a Nuclear Iran What should American foreign policy be if current efforts to discourage Iran from developing nuclear weapons fail? |
Chemistry World July 28, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
US government uncovers safety failings at nuclear lab Safety failings at the Los Alamos National Laboratory have been described as 'unsatisfactory' by the US government. |
National Defense August 2008 Matthew Rusling |
Oil Is Out; Is Nuclear In? Put yourself in an imaginary time machine and set the dial to around the year 2040. The exorbitant price of oil, now at $500 a barrel, has pushed a good chunk of the globe toward nuclear power. |
Popular Mechanics September 3, 2008 Joe Pappalardo |
U.S. and Russian Nukes Get Sophisticated as Numbers Dwindle Arms control efforts may become a casualty as the Russian invasion of Georgia deepens mistrust between the United States and Russia. |
National Defense February 2005 Harold Kennedy |
Military Officials Warn Al Qaeda Determined To Attack With WMD Most attacks probably would be small-scale, incorporating improvised delivery systems and easily produced chemicals, toxins or radiological substances. |
National Defense March 2015 Stew Magnuson |
Air Force, Navy Take Steps to Restore Nuclear Forces' Reputations A November report on the state of the U.S. military's nuclear weapons delivery programs was the latest in a long list of indignities that have plagued the Air Force and Navy. |
InternetNews June 22, 2006 David Needle |
Supercomputer Breaks Speed Record IBM's BlueGene/L gets bragging rights to another speed record. |
Salon.com September 19, 2002 Robert Scheer |
Iraq: The phantom menace George W. Bush's war plans in the Middle East have more to do with elections than global security. |
National Defense November 2012 Erwin et al. |
Top Five Threats to National Security in the Coming Decade The next wave of national security threats might be more than the technology community can handle. They are complex, multidimensional problems against which no degree of U.S. technical superiority in stealth, fifth-generation air warfare or night-vision is likely to suffice. |
Salon.com September 6, 2001 Arianna Huffington |
The backward Bushies The White House has started a new arms race using old, Cold War logic... |
Salon.com August 2, 2001 Robert Scheer |
Pity the fool George Bush isn't mean, he just ain't too bright... |
IEEE Spectrum October 2006 |
Q&A: Richard L. Garwin, Expert on Nuclear Weapons Richard L. Garwin talks about his views on the presumed North Korean nuclear test of 9 October. Four days later the U.S. government detected radiation, and on Monday 16 October it confirmed that a nuclear test had indeed occurred. |
BusinessWeek November 17, 2003 |
Can The U.N. Beef Up Controls On Nukes? Mohamed Elbaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, wants a stronger regime for containing the spread of nuclear weapons. |
Wired January 2006 Thomas Goetz |
The Battle to Stop Bird Flu The Bird Flu pandemic has hit New Mexico. Inside the Los Alamos weapons lab, massive computer simulations are unleashing disease and tracking its course, 6 billion people at a time. |
Parameters Summer 2005 Harry S. Laver |
Preemption and the Evolution of America's Strategic Defense In practice as much as in policy, America's defense doctrine must include more sophisticated and nuanced diplomatic initiatives and humanitarian programs, efforts designed to reduce the underlying sources of terrorist motivation and recruitment. |
IEEE Spectrum March 2005 DeBlois et al. |
Star-Crossed Should the United States, or any nation for that matter, weaponize space? From orbiting lasers to metal rods that strike from the heavens, the potential to wage war from space raises startling possibilities---and serious problems. |
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 Stan Crock |
Two Ways To Stop The Spread Of Nukes The awful truth is that the world is a more dangerous place now than it was even during the Cold War. But new ideas may yet help to lower the nuclear peril. |
Popular Mechanics January 2007 Noah Shachtman |
Hypersonic Cruise Missile: America's New Global Strike Weapon The mission: Attack anywhere in the world in less than an hour. But is the Pentagon's bold program a critical new weapon for hitting elusive targets, or a good way to set off a nuclear war? |