Avatar photoAnd the Winners Are…

My thanks to all who submitted entries in the Best Quips about the Bomb competition. The results are below the jump. Shall we do some variation of this again next year?

Avatar photoRussian Tactical Nuclear Weapons

Just before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved, 14-4, the resolution of advice and consent for the New START treaty in September, Idaho Senator Jim Risch attempted to stop the vote, arguing that he had “shocking information that if true would fundamentally impact the treaty and should prevent the committee from proceeding in any way.” …

Avatar photoMore on NATO Nukes

We have a second cable from Wikileaks on the subject of tactical nuclear weapons in Europe, noting that the Belgian government refused to join an effort by Germany, Netherlands and Italy to ask for the removal of US nuclear weapons their territory — despite the enthusiasm shown by the then-Foreign Minister:

Avatar photoPakistan HEU Repatriation

Jane Perlez, David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt highlight in the New York Times a leaked cable from the US Ambassador in Pakistan in June 2009 stating that Pakistan delayed “a visit by U.S. technical experts to discuss logistical and other issues” as part of a plan to remove US-origin spent fuel from a Pakistani …