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

Missile Defense | Nuclear weapons | space

The Missiles of Winter (I): International Conventions
BySteeljawscribe 19 February 2009

If news reports coming from South Korea and echoed through the West are to be believed, North Korea is moving towards another attempt at launching a Taepo Dong – 2 IR/ICBM, ostensibly as a space launch vehicle (SLV).Â This would be the third such attempt, with previous attempts in July 2006 and Sept 1998 ending…

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Bulava SLBM Fails…Again
BySteeljawscribe 29 July 200929 July 2009

(via Ria Novosti) Generally speaking, the preferred direction for a ballistic missile, especially a sub-launched one is UP Six launch failures is also not career enhancing – at least its not off to the Gulag in the New Russia …

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Nuclear weapons

Cold Peace? Russia and the INF Treaty
BySteeljawscribe 17 February 2007

â€œIn 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 Peopleâ€™s Republic of Korea,…

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Geopolitics | history lessons | Missile Defense | Nuclear weapons

New START – “YES”
BySteeljawscribe 20 December 2010

On 13 April 2010, the Presidents of the United States and Russia signed the collection of agreements and protocols which aggregated have been popularly called “New START,” following on the heels of the first START treaty, signed by President Bush and Secretary Gorbachev in July 1991, and the Moscow, signed by Presidents George W. Bush…

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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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ÐšÑ€Ð°ÑÐ½Ð°Ñ Ð·Ð²ÐµÐ·Ð´Ð° Ð²Ñ‚Ð¾Ñ€Ð½Ð¸Ðº: Red Star Tuesday
BySteeljawscribe 16 December 2008

Bulava SLBMÂ Update:Â According to press reports, the star-crossed Bulava SLBM will go into serial production “soon” – most probablyÂ after the next test flight.Â There is one more test shot scheduled for sometime later this month (after 21 Dec) after which it is anticipated that the new SLBM will be declared operational.Â Nine tests of the…

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