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  • August 2008

    • Nuke Advantage Emboldened Putin's Russia

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 21, 08 9:25 AM CDT

      Nuke Advantage Emboldened Putin's Russia

      (Newser) - Diplomats and pundits have debated what led Russia to attack Georgia so forcefully, pointing to everything from newfound economic strength to a sense of national humiliation. But Gabriel Schoenfeld, editor at neoconservative magazine Commentary , has another explanation: it's Russia's growing nuclear advantage, especially with short-range arms, that has "helped embolden the bear." More »

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      George W. Bush  • Russia  • Georgia  • Vladimir Putin  • NATO  • nuclear weapons  • Cold War  • nuclear disarmament  • nuclear arsenal  • neoconservatves

  • July 2008
  • June 2008

    • Nuclear Parts Still Missing: Pentagon Report

      Financial Times (UK)  |  Jun 19, 08 2:24 PM CDT

      Nuclear Parts Still Missing: Pentagon Report

      (Newser) - The investigation that resulted in the dismissal of top US Air Force brass two weeks ago also found that hundreds of nuclear-missile parts remain missing, the Financial Times reports. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the Pentagon needed "to re-establish positive control of these sensitive, classified components" in announcing the firings June 5; the report's conclusions present further embarrassment. More »

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      nuclear weapons  • Defense Department  • Air Force  • nuclear arsenal  • nuclear missiles  • mistake

    • Nuke Blunder Last Straw for Booted Air Force Brass

      Air Force Times  |  Jun 5, 08 3:30 PM CDT

      Nuke Blunder Last Straw for Booted Air Force Brass

      (Newser) - The Secretary of the Air Force and the service's chief of staff were forced to resign today on the heels of a report highly critical of the handling of nuclear weapons and technology, the Air Force Times reports. More »

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      nuclear weapons  • US Air Force  • nuclear arsenal  • US government  • bureaucratic blunders  • B-52s  • ouster

  • May 2008

    • Obama, McCain Mix It Up on Nuclear Policy

      Chicago Tribune  |  May 27, 08 6:43 PM CDT

      Obama, McCain Mix It Up on Nuclear Policy

      (Newser) - John McCain called for a new nuclear arms pact with Russia and said the US should show more "broad-minded internationalism" to reduce weapons around the world. McCain seemed to distance himself from President Bush's policies, and he took a veiled swipe at Barack Obama for the notion that sitting down with "hostile governments" is all that's necessary to rein in nuclear programs, the Chicago Tribune reports. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • Iran  • North Korea  • nuclear arsenal

  • April 2008
  • March 2008

    • Sarkozy: France Will Cut Nuclear Arsenal

      BBC  |  Mar 21, 08 5:15 PM CDT

      Sarkozy: France Will Cut Nuclear Arsenal

      (Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said today the country will cut its nuclear weapons arsenal to 300, or “half the maximum number we had during the Cold War,” the BBC reports. The move is aimed at cutting costs and modernizing the arsenal; Sarkozy said he is committed to maintaining France’s nuclear “strike force,” calling it the country’s “life-insurance policy.” France is thought to have 348 warheads currently. More »

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      France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • nuclear weapons  • nuclear disarmament  • nuclear arsenal

  • January 2008

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