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Only faint hope for a deal with Iran on nukes
For a couple of months things have been looking pretty bleak on the Iranian front.
UN begins nuclear inspection in Iran
In what could prove a turning point in US/Iran relations, UN nuclear inspectors began a mission to investigate rumours of a secret weapons program in Iran, reports The Associated Press.
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Spying on Iran’s nuclear sites
Where are Iran’s nuclear sites? What do they look like? Google Maps, satellite photographs and Al Jazeera allow readers a birds eye view of Tehran’s reactors, uranium mines and power plants.
Ban the bomb: the fight to keep nuclear disarmament on the agenda
The global treaty prohibiting cluster munitions declared that they cause “unacceptable harm,” like the treaty outlawing antipersonnel landmines a decade earlier. Attention must now be turned to banning nuclear arms, writes Tim Wright.
When it comes to bombs in Iran, don’t believe the hype
Recently there has been much hype concerning Iran’s nuclear weaponisation. This speculation might actually feed into Iran’s hands and the notion that it is an international outcast, writes NAJ Taylor.
Remember, Tehran’s nuclear ambiguity was learnt from Israel
Iran is under a greater level of scrutiny for ten years of nuclear weapons development than Israel has been for possessing them for over 40 years, argues NAJ Taylor.
It’s time to readdress disarmament
The probability of international nuclear war has greatly diminished over the last half century but there are still an alarming number of nuclear warheads in existence. A Swedish think tank has called for faster progress in disarmament, writes Geoffrey Barker.
Video of the Day: Every nuclear explosion from 1945-1998
An incredible time-lapse map by Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto, showing every nuclear explosion from 1945-1998. It starts off slowly, but builds and builds until the 1960s when the screen begins flashing with nuclear explosions all over the world.
The US has 4802 more nukes than it needs
The US military needs 311 nuclear weapons to defend itself, calculate Air Force strategists Gary Schaub and James Forsyth. It currently has 5113. No wonder the rest of the world feels so threatened.
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Israel has nukes — it tried to sell them to apartheid South Africa
Busted: Israel has nuclear weapons — and the Guardian has the documents to prove it: it tried to sell them to South Africa in the 1970s.
Is Iran’s nuclear deal a Turkey?
Iran has attempted to defuse some of the international concern over its nuclear program by agreeing to ship its uranium off to Turkey to be enriched. But if you read the details of the deal, it’s all a farce, explains Glenn Kessler: Iran’s nuclear ambitions are as strong as ever.
A Soviet solution to the oil spill: nuke it
Forget your fancy containment domes and underwater pipes, Russian newspaper Komsomoloskaya Pravda has a far simpler solution to cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill: blast it with nukes. That’s how the Soviets would’ve done it.
Crikey Clarifier: Did Obama’s Nuclear Security Summit achieve anything?
A two day talkfest on nuclear security was held in Washington this week. Does that mean we’re all safer from a nuclear attack now? Crikey intern Elizabeth Redman asked international relations expert Professor Richard Tanter.
Could terrorists actually acquire a nuclear weapon?
It’s the West’s big nightmare: terrorists getting their hands on a nuclear weapon. But could it actually happen? Probably not, explain experts, but if they do, the nuke will probably come from Pakistan or North Korea.
Don’t reset the Doomsday Clock just yet
Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev have signed a historic treaty to cut nuclear weapons. But former presidential speechwriter Daniel McGroarty explains how its written to sound a lot more impressive than it actually is. The Doomsday Clock is still ticking.
Joe Biden: Why we’re throwing out most of our nukes (but keeping a few, just in case)
In an op-ed for the LA Times, US VP Joe Biden explains the Obama administration’s new nuclear arms strategy: fewer nukes, but billions more bucks to make sure the ones they keep are as threatening as ever.
Hillary Clinton: One step closer to a nuclear-free world
The new US-Russia nuclear treaty means world is now not only a safer place, it has sent a clear “up yours” to Iran and North Korea, writes US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Why Iran’s nuclear weapons aren’t all bad
With news that Iran is enriching its uranium stockpile, the West has got into a tizz over potential nuclear weapons. But there are benefits to Iran building a nuclear bomb, explains defence analyst Adam B. Lowther.
Bishop: Let’s send India a peace offering — uranium
Deputy Opposition leader Julie Bishop has a novel idea for how Australia can repair its relationship with India over that whole “beating up Indian students” thing: agree to start selling the nuclear state uranium again.
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Iran is “serious about developing a bomb”
Der Spiegel has obtained portions of a secret intelligence dossier currently causing great concern in diplomatic circles that says Iran really is developing a nuclear bomb.
William Hague: Stop Iran’s nuclear weapons while we still can
The Iran government is in trouble and the threat of violence looms further than just its own citizens if their nuclear programme is pursued. Time for sanctions and diplomacy, writes UK shadow foreign secretary William Hague.
leaked Iran has its finger on the nuclear trigger
Secret documents obtained by the Times reveal Iran is working on a “a neutron initiator” — the final key component of a nuclear bomb that triggers an explosion.
Europe’s secret nukes
Europe’s “dirty secret” is that four non-nuclear states — Italy, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands — have nuclear bombs and air forces capable of dropping them, reports TIME. Is it time for this Cold War anachronism to end?
The case for a nuclear Iran
Gasp! Iran could be building “The Bomb”. Yep: just like Pakistan has bombs, Israel has bombs and North Korea has bombs. Does another one really matter? asks Aetius Romulous
