In February 2007, Gazeta Wyborcza reported that four sites were under consideration for the US interceptor site in Poland: Zegrze Pomorskie, Debrzno, and Slupsk-Redzikowo. Since then, Redzikowo — a now defunct Polish airbase — has been looking like the place. At least that is what the Polish press claims. Oh, and MDA released this slide, …
Ike, Dubya and Nuclear Forces
by | 2007-08-16 | 13 Comments
On December 31, 2012, when the Moscow Treaty both takes effect and expires, the United States will have the lowest force levels since the Eisenhower Administration, or at least that is what the latest State-Defense-Energy white paper says: In 2001, President Bush directed that the United States reduce the number of operationally deployed strategic nuclear …
KAERI Loses Uranium
by | 2007-08-15 | 4 Comments
I didn’t know the University of California ran KAERI, too: The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) is having a hard time searching for 2.7 kilograms of uranium sent to an incinerator by accident in May. The state-run institute learned of the grave mistake on Aug. 6 and formed a task force to find the …
Ruling Out The Use of Nuclear Weapons
by | 2007-08-13 | 14 Comments
“I would certainly take nuclear weapons off the table.” Hilary Clinton in an interview with Bloomberg Television in April 2006, responding to a question about how the Bush administration should try to dissuade Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. “I don’t believe any president should make blanket statements with the regard to use or nonuse” [of …
