First the official press release: President Bush Approves Significant Reduction in Nuclear Weapons Stockpile President has approved a significant reduction in the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile to take effect by the end of 2007. The President’s decision, made on the recommendation of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman with the…
… or did it? Read Here: — Some items of note: "We cannot rule out that Iran has acquired from abroad—or will acquire in the future—a nuclear weapon or enough fissile material for a weapon." "We assess centrifuge enrichment is how Iran probably could first produce enough fissile material for a weapon, if…
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From the State Department’s website: Following is the text of a joint statement by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: "The United States and Russia reiterate their intention to carry out strategic offensive reductions to the lowest possible level consistent with their national security requirements and alliance commitments." "To this…
Part I Part II So at this point, the Indian view might be summarized as follows: Nuclear weapons have emerged as the new means of ensuring security in the 21st century. They continue to play a cardinal role in the conduct of international relations and policies. The concept of nuclear deterrence has been revitalized by…
(Nuclear Decisions, Part I – scene setters) Following review of the current climate insofar as nuclear weapons policy/strategy was concerned (from the viewpoint of India), discussion turned to the course the nation should take. One of the main points of concern turned on the topic of when a nuclear response was appropriate, particularly…
So here is the situation – you are an emerging regional power with a teeming populace and growing, albeit uneven, economic prowess. On your borders are two nuclear armed nations with whom you have fought (conventionally) within the past 40 years. Aware of your growing need for and dependency on imported energy, you have undertaken to develop and…
There are any number of websites accessible today on nuclear matters – technical, strategy, war fighting. For those of us who started our research/studies some few decades ago, it seems like an embarrassment of riches. We had to do the hard work – parsing reams of Congressional testimony, track down obscure references and deal with…
“In connection with this I would like to recall that in the 1980s the USSR and the United States signed an agreement on destroying a whole range of small- and medium-range missiles but these documents do not have a universal character. Today many other countries have these missiles, including the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,…
Couple of additions today to the Blogroll: Reflections by Kris: Fellow denizen of Lex’s ‘hood and kindred motorhead to boot Tailhook Association – Daily Briefing: Good to see the Organization up and in the ‘sphere and a couple I mentioned in the context of articles the past few weeks dealing with arms control matters: The…
