Tag: nukes
This is interesting; I got the impression on Thursday night that Palin had intentionally mispronounced nuclear, presumably as some sort of anti-elitist message to the base. Before the first time she s
This is such an interesting article;I don’t know quite what to think of it. The president of Switzerland stepped to a podium in Bern last May and read a statement confirming rumors that had swir
Jeff Lewis has a good article in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists on minimal vs. robust deterrence. The latter, advocated by folks like Albert Wohlstetter, asserts that nuclear deterrence is a delica
Hans Kristensen highlights some new information that has come to light on plans to use nuclear weapons to defend Quemoy from Chinese invasion in 1958: Some of the veil covering U.S. nuclear war planni
Hans Kristensen has a good post on the inactivity of Russian SSBNs: The number of deterrence patrols conducted by Russia’s 11 nuclear-powered ballistic missiles submarines (SSBNs) decreased to only
Via Armchair Generalist, STRATCOM Chief General Kevin Chilton is asking Congress to make a deal: But as U.S. officials look to the future, Chilton said, “What we need is a modernized nuclear weapon
So, Michael Dobbs at the Washington Post, in his capacity as debate fact-checker, made the argument that Barack Obama’s claim that the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty “fell apart” d
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- The attempted assassination of Salman Rushdie
- Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,175
- Men without dignity
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