Our colleague John Carlson, the former head of the Australian Safeguards and Nonproliferation Office (ASNO), has joined the list of those burned by the Wikileaks cable dump.
De-alerting and De-legitimization
by | 2011-08-30 | 11 Comments
In the September/October 2010 issue of Foreign Affairs [“Smaller and Safer, A New Plan for Nuclear Postures”] Bruce Blair and his co-authors argue that de-alerting is an important step to prevent nuclear terrorism as well as a tool to de-legitimize nuclear weapons: These [high readiness] postures also perpetuate a mutual reliance on nuclear weapons that …
No Shoot Down
by | 2011-08-29 | 10 Comments
In the comments over my recent post on Libya’s remaining stockpile of Scud B missiles, some commentators asked about press reports that NATO aircraft shot down a Scud B. I can now confirm that did not/not happen.
Araxos, A-Bombs & Alcohol
by | 2011-08-25 | 17 Comments
Kingston Reif at Nukes of Hazard noticed a “quote of the day” from a former Air Force nuclear weapons officer who claimed that US nuclear weapons had been stored at a NATO airbase manned by unmotivated conscripts and an alcoholic commander. Turns out, he was writing about Greece.
