The West may not use nuclear weapons on Iran, but attacking its nuclear enrichment facilities will have a similar effect. As you can tell by the title, this 61-page paper, The Ayatollah’s […]
GOP on START: Side dish of lard with that pork, please
Republicans are holding out for even more nuclear funds than the 15% increase to which Obama has already committed. In delaying START ratification, Republicans are sacrificing national security in order to lard their larders with more pork.
Are nuclear weapons really more bang for the buck?
Is it true that a nuclear weapons program is the way for a small state to level the playing field with a larger state in one fell swoop?
Picture Obama authorizing a nuclear attack
Would President Obama respond to a nuclear attack — whether from another country or terrorists — with one of our own? When it comes to against whom to retaliate and how, a nuclear-terror attack presents an almost insoluble dilemma.
Seed of destruction: nuclear 'pits'
The nuclear-weapons industry adopted the word “pit” for the weapon’s core, but this pit serves as a cache for — drum roll, please — a seed of destruction.
The futility of trying to debate our way to disarmament
In the long run, the grassroots types sprouting by the side of the road may have a better chance of implementing disarmament than those steering policy limos down the middle of the road.
'Nuclear weapons are a gift from God'
The Cold War was like two winos who’d dragged themselves from the gutter and stopped drinking. But, hedging their bets on sobriety, they carried around pints of Everclear 190 proof grain alcohol.
Are Obama's disarmament initiatives just a cover for the nuclear-industrial complex?
Looking gift horsemen in the mouth.
U.S.-Indian nuke transactions go from bad to worse
From poisoning disarmament protocols to thwarting development in India to even threatening corporate profits.
Found: a portal to the conservative soul
Connecting with a public that’s either complacent or frightened about nuclear weapons requires hitherto untapped reserves of ingenuity.
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