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China ready for UN talks on Iran: US
UNITED NATIONS: China is ready for “serious” talks at the United Nations on Iran’s nuclear program, the United States said Wednesday, as it sought support for sanctions against Tehran. “China has agreed to sit down and begin serious negotiations here in New York,” the US ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, said on CNN [...]
Iranian nuclear scientist defects to US: report
WASHINGTON: A leading Iranian nuclear scientist has defected to the United States and is working with the CIA, ABC News reported late Tuesday. Shahram Amiri, a nuclear physicist in his early thirties, disappeared in June 2009 after arriving in Saudi Arabia on a pilgrimage. ABC said that US intelligence agents described the defection as “an [...]
Cadets, faculty research use of ‘ionic liquids’ to neutralize chemical warfare agents
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo: Students and faculty at the Air Force Academy’s Chemistry Research Center are crafting a fast, environmentally friendly method of neutralizing chemical warfare agents using “ionic liquids,” that is, salts that take liquid form between 20 and 100 degrees Celsius. People at the research center have been investigating ionic liquids and [...]
Nuclear Review Nears Completion
WASHINGTON: Several conclusions drawn from a nearly complete review of the nation’s nuclear posture already have been incorporated into the Defense Department’s fiscal 2011 budget request, a senior Pentagon official told Congress yesterday. The 2010 Nuclear Posture Review will be presented to Congress within a month, James N. Miller, principal deputy undersecretary of defense for [...]
Washington to unveil new US nuclear doctrine
Washington: The new U.S. nuclear doctrine will be send for review by the Congress within a month, a senior U.S. defense official said. The document outlines the U.S. policies in the sphere of nuclear deterrent for the next decade and includes an assessment of current and future nuclear threats to the country. “The Nuclear Posture [...]
New Helicopter Design Would Investigate Nuclear Disasters
Blacksburg VA (SPX) Mar 08, 2010 Students at Virginia Tech’s Unmanned Systems Laboratory are perfecting an autonomous helicopter they hope will never be used for its intended purpose. Roughly six feet long and weighing 200 pounds, the re-engineered aircraft is designed to fly into American cities blasted by a nuclear weapon or dirty bomb. The [...]
Obama plans ‘dramatic reductions’ in US nuclear weapons
Washington: President Barack Obama plans “dramatic reductions” in the country’s nuclear arsenal, a senior US official said Monday, but it remains unclear if he will opt for a radical break from past policy. A review of nuclear strategy underway “will point to dramatic reductions in the stockpile, while maintaining a strong and reliable deterrent through [...]
British Cold War nuclear bunker up for sale on eBay
LONDON: A Cold War-era nuclear bunker in Britain has been put up for sale on online auction site eBay, and by Monday bidders had pushed the price up to 19,300 pounds (21,500 euros, 29,000 dollars). “A rare opportunity to acquire a piece of Cold War history,” read the sale advert on the website. “Set in [...]
Iran plans to build two enrichment sites from March
TEHRAN: Iran’s atomic chief said on Monday that Tehran is considering plans to build two new uranium enrichment sites in the next Iranian year which starts in March. “Inshallah (God willing), in the next Iranian year as ordered by the president, we may start the construction of two new enrichment sites,” Ali Akbar Salehi told [...]
