[ by Charles Cameron -- a quick glimpse of the Qur'an in a Guardian report from war-torn Syria ] . Noted in passing: . It always interests me to see echoes of the visionary in everyday life, and this comment by a local commander in Aleppo, Syria is interesting both for the curious blend of [...]
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey a film by Peter Jackson The Hobbit:Or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien Last night, I took the kids and my nephew to see The Hobbit. In essence, it was less the classic tale woven by J.R.R. Tolkien than a sequel to The Avengers with a cast of Dwarves. Peter Jackson [...]
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[ by Charles Cameron -- concerning the implications of the phrase "all things visible and invisible" ] . In the upper panel above, you can see a bunch of “guns and ammo” displayed on a table, and in the lower panel, a bunch of “hearts and minds” similarly displayed. Putting that another way, you can [...]
: skip to main skip to sidebar The Nuclear Abolitionist Working towards a nuclear free world Pages Home Video Photo Y-12 Witness Quotable Every day , more and more people are viewing both nuclear tests and nuclear weapons as dangerous relics of the Cold War , long overdue for permanent . retirement United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon , Message on the International Day against Nuclear Tests , 29 August 2011 Monday , December 24, 2012 A Wish for Humanity in the Season of Light Written by The Nuclear Abolitionist in December 2012. With a nod to Clement Moore , the author of the poem Twas the night before Christmas Twas the day before Christmas and all through the morning all the missiles were ready to be launched on . warning In subs and silos and bombers aplenty warriors sat with
[ by Charles Cameron -- on straight shooting, but more about logic than guns ] . . If you tie me down across some railroad tracks (no, that’s not me) and I can feel a train coming and you say you’ll cut me loose if and only if I vote for or against “gun control” [...]
The Department of State’s Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance (which in any just universe would be abbreviated ACVC), in partnership with the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) and the Center for Policy Studies (PIR) in Russia, is launching an essay contest. Here is the formal explanation of the 2012-13 International Arms Control Essay Contest: Innovation Through Open Source [...]: , , . skip to main skip to sidebar The Nuclear Abolitionist Working towards a nuclear free world Pages Home Video Photo Y-12 Witness Quotable Every day , more and more people are viewing both nuclear tests and nuclear weapons as dangerous relics of the Cold War , long overdue for permanent . retirement United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon , Message on the International Day against Nuclear Tests , 29 August 2011 Wednesday , December 19, 2012 Ho , Ho , Ho . Who's Next , Friends With all the hand-wringing about Iran developing nuclear weapons and North Korea developing missiles with which to deliver them and thus vying for membership in the ever so exclusive nuclear club , one has to wonder who will be next . nbsp There have been rumblings from various countries singing the praises
Nukes of Hazard Blog Subscribe to Our Feed Print Email Link Share add to facebook post to twitter add to del.icio.us add to digg add to yahoo related at technorati Nukes on a Blog Final Version of FY 2013 NDAA Imminent Kingston Reif Dec 18, 2012 0 Word on the street is that the conference version of the Fiscal Year FY 2013 National Defense Authorization Act NDAA is slated to be released sometime today . We'll have an in depth look at the final version of the bill not long after its unveiled , but in the meantime , be sure to check out our handy side-by-side chart outlining the differences between the Senate and House versions of the . legislation Nukes on a Blog Congress all tags Final Version of FY 2013 NDAA Imminent 0 Comments Post a Comment Display Threaded Minimal Nested Flat Flat
Igor Sutyagin – yes that Igor Sutyagin — has published a fascinating occasional paper for RUSI entitled, Atomic Accounting: A New Estimate of Russia’s Non-Strategic Nuclear Forces. Apparently, the Russian stockpile may not be quite as large as we believe. How many Russian tactical nuclear weapons (and what kind) is a popular parlor game. Previous efforts at accounting including Arbatov, Arbman [...]
One of the most fascinating results of the Unha-3 trajectory and relatively success is the debris! There is plenty of video of what looks like the first stage fuel tank. (Here is an image of the full rocket for comparison.) There is also some grainy footage of the tank bobbing in the water. This ought to be really useful [...]: skip to main skip to sidebar The Nuclear Abolitionist Working towards a nuclear free world Pages Home Video Photo Y-12 Witness Quotable Every day , more and more people are viewing both nuclear tests and nuclear weapons as dangerous relics of the Cold War , long overdue for permanent . retirement United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon , Message on the International Day against Nuclear Tests , 29 August 2011 Wednesday , December 5, 2012 The Dream of a Nuclear Weapon's Free Middle East , Friends With last week's overwhelming United Nations General Assembly vote to grant non-member observer state status for Palestine the US and Israel were two of nine members voting no still warm , the US and Israel were once again joined at the hip for a number of votes this . week Once again , the