18 Jan “Modernizing” the Opportunities for Nuclear War
January 18, 2016 “Modernizing” the Opportunities for Nuclear War by Lawrence Wittner http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/01/18/modernizing-the-opportunities-for-nuclear-war/ A fight now underway over newly-designed U.S. nuclear weapons highlights how far the Obama administration has strayed from its commitment to build a nuclear-free world. The fight, as a recent New York Times article indicates, concerns a...
03 Jan U.S. Developing New, “Usable” Nuclear Weapons under the guise of “Life Extension”
The B61-12 "life extension program" is nothing of the sort. The B61-12 is a completely new nuclear weapon. It has a lower, variable yield (50,000 tons of TNT equivalent down to 300 tons), adjustable electronically through a new "dial-a-yield" system. For comparison, the bomb dropped on...
03 Jan Chinese Defense Ministry Confirms Rail-Mobile ICBM Test
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/chinese-defense-ministry-confirms-rail-mobile-icbm-test/ BY: Bill Gertz December 31, 2015 3:40 pm China’s Defense Ministry confirmed on Thursday that its military recently conducted a test of a new rail-mobile ICBM capable of hitting any part of the United States with nuclear warheads. Defense Ministry spokesman Col. Yang Yujun also did not...
28 Nov US Modernized B61-12 Nuclear Bomb Boasts Two New Features
US Modernized B61-12 Nuclear Bomb Boasts Two New Features http://sputniknews.com/military/20151118/1030339603/new-us-nuclear-bomb.html The Pentagon has completed tests of its newest B61-12 atomic bomb. Washington plans to deploy bombs of this model to an airbase in Germany. According to military analyst Viktor Murakhovsky, the US does not consider Moscow’s stance on...
28 Nov A New Arms Race Threatens to Bring the U.S. and Russia Back to the Nuclear Brink
A New Arms Race Threatens to Bring the U.S. and Russia Back to the Nuclear Brink Posted: 11/23/2015 by Joe Cirincione President, Ploughshares Fund; Author, 'Nuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before It Is Too Late' http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-cirincione/arms-race-us-russia-nuclear_b_8557526.html The horror and reactions to the Paris massacre have overshadowed a troubling new twist...
28 Nov Experts And Politicians Call For US, NATO To Forgo Nuclear Modernization Plans – Analysis
http://www.eurasiareview.com/27112015-experts-and-politicians-call-for-us-nato-to-forgo-nuclear-modernization-plans-analysis/ BY PENZA NEWS NOVEMBER 27, 2015 The US National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has informed of the third and final flight test of a B61-12 high-accuracy variable yield nuclear bomb, a cutting-edge modification in the B61 line started in the 1960s, in an announcement published on...