• Missile Exhibition in Tehran

    Updated: 2011-10-31 16:22:36
    Trick or treat! The About Iran Blog, which is run anonymously, has posted images from a defense exhibition in Tehran.  The images show placards with technical data for the Shahab, Ghadr, Qiam and Seijil missiles. This is definitely a treat. Someone probably needs to play with the data in a model, but it is worth [...]

  • Observations from the Pointy-End

    Updated: 2011-10-31 02:15:43
      An interesting new blog. An operator type, an Iraq and Afghan vet,  quesopaper blogging from AfPakland on situational awareness and much later in the post, on leadership: Running To Contact ….I thought we’d cover danger in Afghanistan again by examining, “When Insurgents attack.” A quick aside…over the years one develops a sense for explosions. Some are “ours”…outgoing mortars, rounds from a gun or [...]

  • Conference on the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit and Next Generation Nuclear Security

    Updated: 2011-10-30 19:52:00
    : Stay Informed Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Home About Us Policy Research Media Contribute Contact Blog Conference on the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit and Next Generation Nuclear Security Click here for the Conference Agenda Privacy Policy Contact Us Site Map 2011 Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Design by Plus Three Powered by ARCOS

  • The Myth of British Counterinsurgency?

    Updated: 2011-10-30 15:56:59
    This SSI monograph by Dr. Andrew Mumford should stir some robust debate in the COIN community: Puncturing the Counterinsurgency Myth: Britain and Irregular Warfare in the Past, Present, and Future Most of Mumford’s points are valid criticisms but I need to quibble with Myth # 1 The British Military is an Effective Learning Institution: MYTH #1: THE BRITISH [...]

  • Fact Sheet: Bipartisan Concern about the Threat Posed by Nuclear Terrorism

    Updated: 2011-10-28 18:44:00
    Republicans and Democrats agree: The threat posed by nuclear terrorism is one of the greatest threats to U.S. national security.

  • NGO Letter in Support of Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) Effort to Reduce Nuclear Weapons Spending

    Updated: 2011-10-28 18:13:00
    Republicans and Democrats agree: The threat posed by nuclear terrorism is one of the greatest threats to U.S. national security.

  • Information on the Nuclear Triad

    Updated: 2011-10-28 17:51:00
    Republicans and Democrats agree: The threat posed by nuclear terrorism is one of the greatest threats to U.S. national security.

  • Patton on Khushab

    Updated: 2011-10-28 16:26:04
    Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller, in a speech at Stanford, praised one of my students, Tamara Patton, for her outstanding work on modeling Pakistan’s Khushab Plutonium Production Complex: I recently learned about some interesting work of a Master’s Candidate at Monterey Institute, Tamara Patton. Patton is focusing her [...]

  • Fact Sheet: Expanding Nuclear Weapons Budget a Bad Investment

    Updated: 2011-10-28 14:52:00
    Republicans and Democrats agree: The threat posed by nuclear terrorism is one of the greatest threats to U.S. national security.

  • Fukushima Nuclear Crisis Update for October 25th – October 27th, 2011

    Updated: 2011-10-28 13:34:00
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  • Request for Information from the Readership

    Updated: 2011-10-27 04:16:05
    Need some help with a project at work.  Looking to assemble a fast-and-dirty reading list for laymen that deals with the following topics: Social intelligence, Emotional self-regulation, Emotion and learning, De-escalation of conflict, Attention, Self-Efficacy Interested in both academic (for reference) and middlebrow (for distribution) titles, particularly those that contain interpersonal strategies and organizational culture angles. Links to journal or magazine [...]

  • Boyd & Beyond 2011 Reading List

    Updated: 2011-10-26 22:55:04
    [by J. Scott Shipman] As promised in the original review, the following books and articles were recommended during the Boyd & Beyond 2011 event. Some of these titles are well-known in Boydian circles, others are new to me. TEMPO Venkatesh Guru Rao [Zen reviewed this book here. Chet [...]

  • Missile Defence – A Game Changer in US-Russian Relations?

    Updated: 2011-10-26 14:18:12
    Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati Missile Defence – A Game Changer in US-Russian Relations Ulrika Grufman Oct 26, 2011 0 On October 12, Michael McFaul , the nominee for US Ambassador to Russia , stated at his confirmation hearing that the negotiations between the U.S . and Russia on missile defence cooperation have stalled . Less than a week later , Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher , although using a more optimistic tone , conveyed a similar . message McFaul mentioned in his opening statement at the hearing that tensions between the US and Russia remain on issues such as Georgia , Syria and human rights . When asked about the

  • [Reposting] Talking the audible talk

    Updated: 2011-10-26 05:17:04
    [ previous version deleted for tech reasons, now reposted — pls comment if you were unable to do so before ] [ by Charles Cameron — importance of suiting language to intended audience, importance of graphics, Tajikistan, Yemen, importance of poetry in conflict and conflict resolution ] . Et voila! Two publications issued this month by the Centers [...]

  • Full Cost Accounting & the B53

    Updated: 2011-10-26 05:17:01
    Workers at PANTEX dismantled the last B53 nuclear gravity bomb, a nine-megaton behemoth affectionately known as the “Crowd Pleaser.” It sheer size and unfathomable explosive power — 600 Hiroshimas! — are so difficult to comprehend that one can’t help think about the Cold War and ask: What the hell were they thinking? That’s not what [...]

  • White House Support for the Senate-Passed Levels for Nuke Modernization and Nonpro?

    Updated: 2011-10-25 20:32:39
    Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati Nukes on a Blog White House : Protect Senate-Passed Levels for Nuclear Weapons Modernization and Nonproliferation Kingston Reif Oct 25, 2011 0 On October 19 the White House sent a memo to Congress outlining its priorities for Fiscal Year FY 2012 appropriations within the constraints imposed by the deal reached over the summer to raise the federal debt limit a.k.a . the Budget Control Act A big hat tip to Josh Rogin and the Stimson Center for posting the letter . The administration threw its support behind the Senate Appropriations Committee-passed allocation for defense , which freezes the Pentagon base budget not including funding for the wars

  • New START Treaty Aggregate Numbers of Strategic Offensive Arms

    Updated: 2011-10-25 16:33:28
    Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati New START Treaty Aggregate Numbers of Strategic Offensive Arms John Isaacs Oct 25, 2011 2 Note : For our analysis of the first New START data exchange , see here Category of Data Deployed ICBMs , Deployed SLBMs , and Deployed Heavy Bombers 822 United States of America 516 Russian Federation Warheads on Deployed ICBMs , on Deployed SLBMs , and Nuclear Warheads Counted for Deployed Heavy Bombers 1,790 United States of America 1,566 Russian Federation Deployed and Non-deployed Launchers of ICBMs , Deployed and Non-deployed Launchers of SLBMs , and Deployed and Non-deployed Heavy Bombers 1,043 United States of America 871 Russian Federation As of

  • Breaking New Political Ground

    Updated: 2011-10-25 05:05:00
    The following is not to be taken as a endorsement of Herman Cain, but the ending to his generally bland and amateurish political commercial is nothing short of astounding in 2011: Sequel Idea: Cain and Arnold fire up two giant Cubans and then just laugh maniacally into the camera; if he does that, I am sending the dude a check. Hat [...]

  • Where we mine academic/industry writing on nukes so you don't have to, #5

    Updated: 2011-10-24 19:29:59
    Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati Where we mine academic industry writing on nukes so you don't have to , 5 Ulrika Grufman Oct 24, 2011 0 By Andrew Carpenter and Ulrika Grufman For more information on this feature , see here And this week†s in the weeds conceptual theoretical articles on nuclear weapons and related issues include… Attacking the Atom : Does Bombing Nuclear Facilities Affect Proliferation Kreps , S . Fuhrman , M . 2011. Attacking the Atom : Does Bombing Nuclear Facilities Affect Proliferation Journal of Strategic Studies April 2011. “The findings indicate that strikes are neither as uniformly fruitless as the sceptics would suggest , nor as productive as

  • A Certain Uncertain Certainty

    Updated: 2011-10-24 15:03:14
    Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati A Certain Uncertain Certainty Duyeon Oct 24, 2011 0 Photo : AP Washington appears to be anticipating some answers from Pyongyang in talks this week in Geneva , but it might have already gotten a response – from the Dear Leader himself . Click Read More' A senior State Department official told reporters on background on October 19 : “They North Korea needed to absorb the message from July They†ve had some time to think about it . I think we†ll see if they come with anything new in Geneva , and that will be a factor in whether we can move forward.” In a rare written interview with the foreign press , North Korean leader Kim Jong-il told

  • A Certain Uncertain Certainty (Preview of U.S.-DPRK Talks)

    Updated: 2011-10-24 10:00:00
    Chief nuclear envoys from the U.S. and North Korea will sit down again for bilateral discussions in Geneva to explore ways to resume the stalled six-party talks. The main sticking point is Pyongyang's uranium enrichment program and differences in opinion on what it takes to jumpstart nuclear negotiations.

  • After you…

    Updated: 2011-10-24 05:37:06
    [ By Charles Cameron — democracy, Tunis, Islamism, Ghannouchi ] . From The Guardian, Tunisians flock to voting stations for first taste of democracy in 50 years, Tunis, 23 October 2011. When An-Nahda’s leader, Rachid Ghannouchi, who recently returned from 22 years exile in London, arrived at his polling station to vote, followed by camera crews, he walked straight to [...]

  • Recommended Reading & Viewing

    Updated: 2011-10-24 04:53:29
    Top Billing! John Fonte (FPRI) - Sovereignty or Submission: Liberal Democracy or Global Governance? Hudson Institute scholar John Fonte critically analyzes how the ideology of “global governance” and R2P erodes American sovereignty as well as liberal democratic norms. Normally, I give the ”top billing” post a generous excerpt, but FPRI copyright mandates posting in it’s entirety, which [...]

  • Without Qaddafi, Without Nukes

    Updated: 2011-10-21 20:12:15
    Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati Nukes on a Blog Without Qaddafi , Without Nukes Patricia Morris Oct 21, 2011 0 Photo of Muammar Qaddafi by James Gordon Muammar Qaddafi has been killed and his forty-two year dictatorship in Libya is . over After seizing power in Libya by a military coup Qaddafi renounced the Libyan constitution and upheld his rule through a combination of force and admiration from his cult-like following . He amassed wealth with Libya†s oil , waged wars with neighboring states and was behind the explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1994 that killed 270 people , including 189 Americans . When Libyans began to call for the ouster of Qaddafi seven months ago and

  • Why Adding Money to Nuclear Weapons from Nonproliferation is a Bad Trade

    Updated: 2011-10-21 14:30:15
    Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati Nukes on a Blog Why Nonproliferation for Weapons is a Bad Trade Kingston Reif Oct 21, 2011 0 As Nick Roth and Ulrika Grufman documented last week , House Strategic Forces Subcommittee Chairman Rep . Michael Turner R-OH recently sent a letter signed by the Republican members of the Subcommittee to Senate appropriators asking that they fully fund the President†s Fiscal Year FY 2012 request for the National Nuclear Security Administration†s NNSA weapons activities account . Turner also sent a letter to the Supercommittee with the same message . Nick and Ulrika have already done a neat and clean job of rebutting many of Turner†s arguments .

  • Adding Money to Weapons from Nonproliferation is a Bad Trade

    Updated: 2011-10-21 09:57:00
    Whatever one thinks about the merits of increased funding for nuclear modernization we should all be able to agree that Congress shouldn’t seek to ameliorate funding shortfalls for nuclear weapons by cutting funding for programs that are our first line of defense against nuclear terrorism, writes Kingston Reif in this new analysis.

  • Supercommittee should put military spending on the table

    Updated: 2011-10-20 18:13:00
    Center's Scoville Fellow Patricia Morris' op-ed entitled, "Supercommittee should put military spending on the table" was originally published in the San Antonio Express on October 20, 2011.

  • More on Iran at the GC

    Updated: 2011-10-20 15:03:50
    The other day, I posted a picture of an Iranian give-away at the IAEA General Conference — a laser-pointer shaped like a centrifuge. Another reader, who also must remain anonymous, sent along this image of the booth. Gosh, that’s a heck of an IR-1 model. You don’t see URENCO with those sorts of displays.  Just [...]

  • Iranian Giveaway at the GC

    Updated: 2011-10-18 17:10:38
    Readers know that I yield to no one in my love of atomic schwag.  A colleague, who sadly must remain anonymous, snapped this picture of a giveaway from the IAEA General Conference held last month. Yes, the Islamic Republic of Iran distributed laser pointers in the shape of a  centrifuge — sort of stubby for [...]

  • An IAEA Conversation with Rafsanjani

    Updated: 2011-10-18 01:22:19
    In February 2004, senior IAEA officials led by then-Director General Mohamed ElBaradei held a one-off meeting in Tehran with former President and parliamentarian Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Based on an assessment of Iran’s nuclear program which the IAEA is currently preparing for the Board of Governors, after that report is completed it might be appropriate at some point for Director General Yukiya Amano [...]

  • Letter Urges Super Committee to Reduce Nuclear Weapons Spending

    Updated: 2011-10-11 19:26:43
    FAS joined 48 organizations in signing a letter to United States Representatives asking them to cosign Representative Markey’s letter to members of the Super Committee. Markey’s letter urges Super Committee members to increase U.S. security by reducing spending on outdated and unaffordable nuclear weapons programs. Additionally, this support letter offers specific suggestions to Congress on [...]

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