[...] Islamic extremists will require real-time information identifying the precise location of Pakistan's nuclear weapons components. [...] Islamic extremists desiring to steal a Pakistani nuclear weapon must have sufficient intelligence to differentiate between storage sites that house shields and storage sites that house the fissile cores.
Ever since the 1960s, revisionist historians and religious leaders have condemned President Harry S. Truman's use of the atomic bomb to end the war with Japan in August 1945. However, in "The Most Controversial Decision: Truman, the Atomic Bombs, and the Defeat of Japan," the Rev. Wilson D. Miscamble, a history professor at the University of Notre Dame, writes, "There was not an easily available and appropriate option that would have met the serious political and moral objections of many later critics of Truman's decision." Not only does Father Miscamble's research exonerate Truman, but it lays a seedbed for questions about the contemporary use of nuclear weapons where, until now, even the angels have not dared to tread. Anyone dealing with moral issues realizes that context is everythi...
Noting that a state's ability to acquire nuclear weapons hinges on receiving outside help, Georgetown University professor Matthew Kroenig presents a novel supply-side approach to nuclear proliferation and challenges the conventional wisdom that nuclear exports are driven by economic considerations.
The issues have now changed, however, and the mechanisms needed to provide reassurance and to allow for consultation on nuclear matters should be updated and changed as well. [...] a physical down payment of tactical nuclear weapons as the only credible evidence of U.S. commitment seems a concept long since overtaken by the enduring interactions of the transatlantic community.
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Mike Turner spent part of last week in a battle of press releases with fellow Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., over funding of the U.S. nuclear weapons budget. It started when Markey held a press conference and called for $200 billion in cuts to the nuclear weapons budget over the next decade.
A missile launched by either the Soviet Union or the United States might not reach its target for 18 to 30 minutes-enough time to begin a nuclear counterattack.2 In assessing the legality of nuclear weapons use, the UN's International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion in 1996 indicating that a nation might be justified in using nuclear weapons in order to save itself.3 The court's decision seemed to ratify the Cold War doctrine of mutually assured destruction. It could increase its stock of 100 to 200 nuclear weapons, but even with that arsenal it has been unable to deter Iran from building nuclear weapons and supporting terrorism against Israel for over 20 years.\n31 Military intervention would be authorized when state action causes a "large scale loss of life," according to...
VIENNA - The U.N. atomic agency said for the first time Tuesday that Iran is suspected of conducting secret experiments whose sole purpose is the development of nuclear arms, an assessment that draws on 1,000 pages of intelligence and nearly a decade of research. The report by the International Atomic Energy Agency is its most unequivocal yet suggesting that Iran is using the cover of a peaceful nuclear program to produce atomic weaponry. Based on years of trying to probe Tehran's secretive activities, its release will stoke debate on whether it's time to jettison failed diplomatic efforts to end Iran's nuclear defiance and replace them with force.
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