2010 Nuclear Posture Review

BySteeljawscribe 6 April 2010

Released today:
2010 Nuclear Posture Review Report
More to follow after I’ve had a chance to read/assess and balance vs QDR and BMDR

Air Warfare | Nuclear weapons

Russian Tu-95MS Bombers Set Flight Duration Record
BySteeljawscribe 3 August 20105 August 2010

Perusing the usual pull from a variety of sources, happened across this item: Two Russian Tu-95MS Bear-H strategic bombers have carried out a record-breaking 40-hour patrol over three oceans, an Air Force spokesman said on Thursday, RIA Novosti reported. “The Tu-95MS bombers carried out patrols over the Arctic, the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans and…

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Nuclear weapons

India and Nuclear Deterrence
BySteeljawscribe 11 March 2008

Pursuing disarmament is like chasing butterflies — enjoyable for some retired old men but never-ending and beyond the pale. Bemused commentary from The Dark Prince following Shultz et al’s article on disarmament in the WSJ earlier this year? Nope, a commentary by a strategic analyst from India underscoring India’s justification to seek a…

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Nuclear weapons

Iran’s Long-Range Missile Program: New Launch Facility Revealed
BySteeljawscribe 7 March 20107 March 2010

Last month Iran unveiled a new long-range missile, the Simorgh, as a follow-on to the Safir SLV.Â Putatively identified as a space launch vehicle, it bears strong familial ties to the TD-2 prototype SLV/ICBM launched last April (2009).Â Since then, some analysts have noted that while the airframe has made an appearance sooner than the…

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Nuclear weapons

New START Treaty: Text and Missile Defense
BySteeljawscribe 8 April 2010

The new START Treaty was signed in Prague today and the text for both the Treaty (17 pages) and the Protocols (165 pages) are available. On reading the text of the Treaty (still wading through the Protocols) am finding nothing untoward or diverging from what has been said here and elsewhere these past few days….

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Nuclear weapons

Five Minutes to Midnight
BySteeljawscribe 17 January 2007

A simple clock served as one of the signatory icons of the (first) nuclear age. The “Doomsday Clock” of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists hearkened a reminder of impending destruction. First set at 7 minutes to Midnight when it appeared in 1947, the clock’s minute hand has moved closer to and fallen away from…

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Maritime Strategy | Nuclear weapons

The Next Nuclear Strategy for a New Administration – and Three Questions
BySteeljawscribe 12 March 200817 March 2008

The accelerating spread of nuclear weapons, nuclear know-how and nuclear material has brought us to a nuclear tipping point. We face a very real possibility that the deadliest weapons ever invented could fall into dangerous hands. The steps we are taking now to address these threats are not adequate to the danger. With nuclear…

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