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Dual success for DARHT test
Physics Today News Picks —
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Physics Today : Los Alamos National Laboratory has conducted its first-ever double-viewpoint hydrodynamic test of a nuclear weapon component mockup at LANLs Dual Axis Radiographic Hydrodynamic Test (DARHT) facility. DARHT has been operational for ten years on one axis, but using a second axis simultaneously is a ...22 hours ago -
START Treaty expires
Russian strategic nuclear forces —
Authority: 481
After a phone call , the presidents released a joint statement , in which they promised to continue the work on the new treaty: Joint Statement by the President of the United States of America and the President of the Russian Federation on the Expiration of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) ...3 days ago -
U.S. and Russia Miss Treaty Deadline
NYT > Theater —
Authority: 902
They pledged that they would generally abide by the old arms treaty while they continue talks.3 days ago -
US-Russian Nuclear Arms Treaty Expires as Talks Continue
American Conservative Daily —
Authority: 505
A Cold War-era nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia expires Friday, but its key provisions are likely to remain in effect while negotiators work out the final details of a replacement treaty.4 days ago -
With Arms Treaty Set to Expire, No Pact in Sight
NYT > Global Home —
Authority: 154
U.S. and Russian negotiators are racing to solve remaining obstacles to a new arms control treaty that would replace a pact that expires Saturday.5 days ago -
Missed START deadline?
Russian strategic nuclear forces —
Authority: 481
I think everybody would agree at this point that the odds that the START follow-on treaty will be signed before START expires on Saturday are not particularly high. Unless, of course, the presidents are willing to dash to Reykjavik or Geneva for a quick signing ceremony on an extremely short notice. I would not ...5 days ago -
Why are we stopping this ? - EXCLUSIVE: U.S. to stop counting new missiles in Russia
The Contemporary Conservative —
Authority: 448
Who cares if its Obama or Bush fault, this is a premature (at best) act to keep peace in the world. From the Washington Times: The United States is about to lose a key arms-control tool from the closing days of the Cold War -- the right to station American observers in Russia to count the long-range missiles leaving ...6 days ago -
Vote Now On Cyber Arms Control
UBIWAR —
Authority: 135
Defense Tech are posing the question: Would an International Cyber Arms Control (ICAC) treaty help halt a cyber war? It’s a badly phrased question. If you’re wanting to halt a ‘cyber war’, that kind of presumes it’s already started, in which case the putative ICAC would already have broken down, no? They ...1 week ago -
Iran defies IAEA with plans for new nuclear enrichment plantsWorld news |The Guardian
Physics Today News Picks —
Authority: 434
The Guardian : Iran has sent a defiant signal to the international community by announcing plans to build 10 uranium enrichment plants days after it was condemned by the UN for concealing activities that are feared may be designed to produce an atomic bomb. Mahmoud Ahmadinejads government said the plants would be the ...1 week ago -
Landmines
Global Issues News Headlines —
Authority: 488
Throughout the 1990s, a coalition of numerous non-governmental organizations, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), campaigned successfully to prohibit the use of landmines. This helped to create the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of ...1 week ago -
Helium shortage slows nuclear bomb detection program
Physics Today News Picks —
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NYTimes.com : The Department of Homeland Security has spent $230 million to develop better technology for detecting smuggled nuclear bombs but has had to stop deploying the new machines because the United States has run out of helium-3. “I have not heard any explanation of why this was not entirely foreseeable,” ...1 week ago -
Kyl’s START Hypocrisy
Wonk Room —
Authority: 745
Senate Republicans exposed their strategy to kill the new START treaty: procrastinate and then blame the other guys. The Cable reports that Senate Republicans, led by Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), are cynically preparing to unleash a wave of attacks that warn of the dangers that will occur when the original START treaty ...1 week ago -
How easy is it to extend START?
Russian strategic nuclear forces —
Authority: 481
I have long supported straight extension of the START Treaty - mostly because it provides the transparency and verification framework that we know will not be replicated in the the follow-on agreement. But we are where we are - I think the chances of START being extended are exactly zero. Sadly, this is because ...2 weeks ago -
Nuclear Warhead Life Extension Actually Works
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
Authority: 707
Last week, the JASON study on the viability of service life extension for the US nuclear arsenal appeared in several places. The conclusions were reassuring; there is no reason to believe that the US nuclear arsenal will degrade in the next several decades, assuming basic maintenance and life-extension procedures ...2 weeks ago -
The missing radionuclides from North Koreas nuclear test
Physics Today News Picks —
Authority: 434
Science : In 2006, when North Korea carried out its first nuclear test, a US plane detected radionuclides—faint wind-borne traces of radioactive elements such as xenon from nuclear explosions—within days, and a Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) monitoring station as far away as ...2 weeks ago -
Washington Demanding Immediate Iranian Response
Shadowed Forest of World Politics —
Authority: 121
Washington is coming perilously close to demanding from Iran the type of rapid, top-down response on the nuclear issue that would be characteristic of a dictatorship.A wiser course might be to welcome the democratic process, profess its patience in waiting for the Iranian political process to function, and try to ...2 weeks ago -
Khan documents confirms Chinese help in nuclear weapon research
Physics Today News Picks —
Authority: 434
washingtonpost.com : In 1982, a Pakistani military C-130 left the western Chinese city of Ürümqi with a highly unusual cargo: enough weapons-grade uranium for two atomic bombs , and a blueprint of how to build one say accounts written by the father of Pakistans nuclear weapons program, Abdul Qadeer Khan . ...2 weeks ago -
The Conventional Arms Control Challenge
Antiwar.com Original —
Authority: 143
Massive ordnance penetrator. Sounds powerful, right? This bomb is also known by its initials: MOP.About a month ago, Congress gave $68 million to the Boeing Corporation to accelerate the purchase and development of 10-12 "massive ordnance penetrators." The Pentagon says that the MOP bombs are the "weapon of ...2 weeks ago -
START bridging agreement
Russian strategic nuclear forces —
Authority: 481
The START bridging agreement will most likely include provisional implementation of the new treaty, rather than extension of the old one. The bridging agreement that is supposed to close the gap between START and the START follow-on treaties created a bit of confusion in the last couple of days. It started from ...3 weeks ago -
Star Wars Lightsaber European Import Flashlight
Most-Gifted-Toys.com —
Authority: 156
Star Wars Lightsaber European Import Flashlight SINGAPORE (Nov. 14) — A major pact within tantalizing reach, President Barack Obama aims to nudge forward an arms-control deal in talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. The 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum brought Obama to [...]3 weeks ago
