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CIA’s Hayden: Syria was on verge of becoming nuclear power
The U.S. intelligence community, in an about-face from an assessment of less than a year ago, has concluded that Syria was close to becoming a nuclear power.”In the course of a year after they got full up they would have produced enough plutonium for one or two weapons,” director Michael Hayden said.
The new assessment was [...]
Saudi Arabia and Turkey May Soon Join Middle East Nuclear Arms Race
A report warns of Saudi Arabia and Turkey possibly joining in a nuclear arms race.
The report says the Saudis would most likely develop nuclear weapons if Iran acquires them. High-level American diplomats in Riyadh say an Iranian nuclear weapon frightens the Saudis “to their core.”
The report to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee also says Turkey [...]
North Korea Warns of Pre-Emptive Atomic Strike of Total Destruction Against South Korea
An escalating war of words across the world’s last Cold War, nuclear-armed border spiraled dramatically yesterday when North Korea threatened to wreak total destruction on its neighbour to the south.
“Our military will not sit idle until warmonger Kim Jong Il’s launch a pre-emptive strike,” the official news agency in Pyongyang reported a senior military commander [...]
Nuclear Security Equipment Can’t Reliably Detect Highly Enriched Uranium at U.S. Ports and Border Crossings
Nuclear security equipment at U.S. borders and ports is failing to reliably detect highly enriched uranium entering the country, meaning Americans are spending billions for machines that don’t reliably detect the most dangerous nuclear material, making it possible for terrorists to smuggle in the material needed to build a nuclear bomb in the United States, [...]
Pentagon Orders Nuclear Inventory
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has ordered a full inventory of US nuclear arms after parts of ballistic missiles were mistakenly sent to Taiwan.
He said a report, that would also include checks of related materials, should be completed within 60 days.
The US sent nuclear fuse triggers to Taiwan instead of helicopter batteries in 2006. The [...]
Defense Secretary Robert Gates orders full inventory of all nuclear weapons and related materials
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered a full inventory of all nuclear weapons and related materials after the mistaken delivery of ballistic missile fuses to Taiwan, the Pentagon said Thursday.Gates told officials with the Air Force, Navy and Defense Logistics Agency to assess inventory control procedures for the materials and to submit a report within [...]
