Loose nukes
Tags: NUCLEAR weapons; QAIDA (Organization); NUCLEAR terrorism; NUCLEAR arms control
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- True or False? We Can Abolish Nuclear Weapons, But Not the Know-How. Wellen, Russ // Foreign Policy in Focus;6/9/2011, p4
The author expresses his views on the probability of abolishing nuclear weapons. He cites the advantage of weaponless deterrence but cites the problems that go with it including upending the delicate balance of deterrence and the rust that would set in with nuclear-weapons designers and...
- Primed and ready. Blair, Bruce G. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Jan/Feb2007, Vol. 63 Issue 1, p33
The article focuses on the cooperation of Russia and U.S. to prevent the theft of Russian nuclear weapons and unauthorized missile launch. Russia and U.S. have joined forces to implement the Cooperative Threat Reduction program also known as Nunn-Lugar program, in which their highest priority is...
- Report on nuclear terrorism. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Dec1986, Vol. 42 Issue 10, p38
Reprints two introductory sections of the International Task Force on Prevention of Nuclear Terrorism's report regarding the recommendations on how to deal exclusively with the question of nuclear terrorism and nuclear arms proliferation.
- Five Days in December: The Iran Crisis 25 Years Hence. Heisbourg, Fran�ois // World Policy Journal;Fall2008, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p13
The article presents several hypothetical scenarios related to the potential acquisition of nuclear weapons by Iran. They are described from the imaginary perspective of historians in the year 2033, looking back at events which are depicted as occurring in 2008 and 2009. The hazards inherent in...
- Think Again: Nuclear Weapons. Mueller, John // Foreign Policy;Jan/Feb2010, Issue 177, p1
The article presents opposing arguments to several commonly-accepted notions about nuclear weapons. In the author's view, the fact that nuclear arms around the world have sat idle for 65 years without a single firing or mishap indicates they do not pose the single greatest threat to humanity....
- Building materials. Strauss, Mark // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Mar/Apr2006, Vol. 62 Issue 2, p4
The article reflects on the building of a nuclear weapon. It addresses the possibility of building a nuclear bomb for those with sufficient technical savvy and access to the proper resources. It provides information on the creation of the Global Threat Reduction Initiative by the administration...
- The Four Faces of Nuclear Terror. Potter, William C.; Ferguson, Charles D.; Spector, Leonard S. // Foreign Affairs;May/Jun2004, Vol. 83 Issue 3, p130
This essay comments on the article "How to Stop Nuclear Terrorism," by Graham Allison, published in the January/February 2004 issue of "Foreign Affairs." Allison was among the first scholars to sound the alarm about the risks of Russian loose nukes, and in the article he continues to warn of...
- Preventing Nuclear Terrorism. Fischer, Dietrich // Social Alternatives;Oct93, Vol. 12 Issue 3, p42
The article discusses how nuclear terrorism can be prevented. The only way to prevent nuclear terrorism is to keep nuclear weapons out of the hands of terrorists. Preventing the spread of nuclear weapons can only be achieved through global co-operation. In order to prevent the spread of nuclear...
- Nuclear security: the enemy may be us. Arkin, William M. // Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;Nov1983, Vol. 39 Issue 9, p4
The article focuses on the growing concern over the security of nuclear weapons in the U.S. Disputes are escalating in Europe over the issue of nuclear terrorism following the deployment of the Pershing II missile and the launch of cruise missiles. James Wade, former Assistant to the U.S....
