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US student report points to larger China nuclear arsenal
An unconventional project by US university students has concluded that China’s nuclear arsenal could be many times larger than current estimates, drawing the attention of Pentagon analysts. The Washington Post reported Tuesday that Georgetown University students under the instruction of a former Pentagon official have assembled the largest body of public knowledge yet about a [...]
We’ll hit NATO shield in Turkey if threatened: Iran
Iran will target NATO’s missile shield in neighbouring Turkey if it is threatened by military action, the commander of the aerospace division of the Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday. “We are prepared to first target the NATO defence missile shield in Turkey if we are threatened. And then we’ll move on to other targets,” Amir-Ali [...]
Nuclear waste train reaches German terminus
A rail convoy taking radioactive waste from a French reprocessing centre to storage in northern Germany, completed the rail stage of its journey Monday, after days of fierce protests. The train arrived at Dannenberg for unloading at 0404 GMT Monday after leaving nuclear giant Areva’s rail yard at Valognes, northwestern France on Wednesday and negotiating [...]
India eyes Australia uranium assets: report
Energy-hungry India will consider acquiring Australian uranium mining assets if a controversial ban on exports to the nuclear power is lifted, according to a report. Australia has the world’s largest reserves of uranium and senior New Delhi officials said the country could move to buy up assets if a ban on sales is removed, as [...]
Obama challenger Romney says ‘prepare for war’ against Iran
Accusing President Barack Obama of naivete on Iran, Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney promised Thursday that if elected president he would “prepare for war” with the Islamic republic. In a commentary published in the Wall Street Journal, Romney said he would back up US diplomacy “with a very real and very credible military option,” deploying [...]
China says sanctions ‘cannot solve’ Iran issue
China said Thursday sanctions would not “fundamentally solve” the Iranian nuclear issue and urged further dialogue to resolve an ongoing impasse over Tehran’s atomic programme. The comments come after the United States and Europe said they may pursue fresh sanctions to try and stop Iran from getting an atomic bomb, in the wake of a [...]
US ‘confident’ on Pakistan nuclear weapons safety
The United States believes that Pakistan’s nuclear weapons are in safe hands, a State Department spokesman said Wednesday, rebutting a report that Islamabad’s atomic arsenal was vulnerable to theft. Two US publications, The Atlantic and the National Journal, citing unnamed sources, last week said Pakistan had transported nuclear weapons in low-security vans on congested roads [...]
Pakistan rejects report of unsafe nukes
Pakistan on Sunday angrily rejected a report that it had been moving its nuclear weapons in unsafe conditions, saying nobody should underestimate its capability to defend itself. Two US magazines reported Friday that Pakistan has begun moving its nuclear weapons in low-security vans on congested roads to hide them from US spy agencies, making the [...]
Israel’s Peres warns attack on Iran getting ‘closer’
Israeli President Shimon Peres warned on Sunday that an attack on Iran is becoming increasingly likely, days before a report by the UN’s nuclear watchdog on Iran’s nuclear programme is due. “The possibility of a military attack against Iran is now closer to being applied than the application of a diplomatic option,” Peres told the [...]
