The case that the United States makes for possession and potential use of nuclear weapons is legalistic to the extreme.
START Stopper
Standing the New START treaty on its head.
Nuclear Weapons Make Rulers of States That Possess Them Hitlers Waiting to Happen
Nations still use Nazi Germany’s nascent nuclear-weapons program as a justification for developing or retaining nuclear weapons. Russ Wellen at the Foreign Policy in Focus blog Focal Points.
Lost in Transition? Nork’s Nuclear Command and Control
It’s not exactly clear who, with Kim Jong-il’s death, exerts command and control over North Korea’s nuclear weapons.
The Year’s End Brings Real Disarmament That You Can Touch and Feel
It may not be much consolation to most Americans, but cuts to our nuclear-weapons program are a silver lining to our economic crisis.
Iran Digs in With Its Uranium Enrichment Facilities
Moving its uranium enrichment facilities underground does not mean that Iran is developing nuclear weapons.
Will Pakistan Counter India’s “Water Bomb” With a Nuclear Bomb?
Pakistan is apprehensive that dams India is building will threaten the flow of the Indus through Pakistan.
New Nuclear Weapons Facility: “Gateway to a Bleak and Hopeless World”
The media has finally discovered the new nuclear pit facility being built — at outrageous cost — at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Is the Success of Israel’s Attack on Osirak a Myth?
Israel’s 1981 attack on Iraq’s Osirak reactor may have actually accelerated Iraq’s nuclear-weapons program, just as an attack on Iran might spur it to develop nuclear weapons.
Chinese Tunnels: And We’re Worried About Iran’s Nuclear Program?
If China’s tunnel system turns out to be for nuclear weapons, it makes Iran’s underground enrichment facilities seem like small change in comparison.