Tag Archives: Nuclear Weapons

The Long Road to Nuclear Justice for the Marshallese People via Facing South (Portside)

Posted on 2021/04/20 by nfield

Olivia Paschal The largest nuclear weapon ever detonated by the United States went off on the evacuated Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on March 1, 1954.* Nearly a thousand times the strength of the atomic bombs that the U.S. … Continue reading →

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New plutonium research helps distinguish nuclear power pollution from global fall out via EurikAlert!

Posted on 2021/03/27 by nfield

Lancaster University Researchers looking at miniscule levels of plutonium pollution in our soils have made a breakthrough which could help inform future ‘clean up’ operations on land around nuclear power plants, saving time and money. Publishing in the journal Nature Communications, … Continue reading →

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The deterrence myth: The naked emperor who’s still in power via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2021/03/22 by nfield

By David Barash In his classic The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy (1989), Lawrence Freedman, the dean of British military historians and strategists, concluded: ‘The Emperor Deterrence may have no clothes, but he is still Emperor.’ Despite his nakedness, this emperor continues to … Continue reading →

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Why is America getting a new $100 billion nuclear weapon? via The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2021/02/08 by nfield

By Elizabeth Eaves America is building a new weapon of mass destruction, a nuclear missile the length of a bowling lane. It will be able to travel some 6,000 miles, carrying a warhead more than 20 times more powerful than the … Continue reading →

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This is your COVID wake-up call: It is 100 seconds to midnight via the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Posted on 2021/01/27 by nfield

2021 Doomsday Clock Statement Science and Security BoardBulletin of the Atomic Scientists Editor, John Mecklin Editor’s note: Founded in 1945 by Albert Einstein and University of Chicago scientists who helped develop the first atomic weapons in the Manhattan Project, the Bulletin … Continue reading →

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The Story Of The Jet That Would Have Delivered South Africa’s Nuclear Bomb via The Drive

Posted on 2021/01/19 by yukimiyamotodepaul

The British-made Buccaneer strike aircraft was adapted to carry apartheid-era South Africa’s guided nuclear bomb. BY THOMAS NEWDICK South Africa, an international pariah for much of the Cold War due to its apartheid policy, remains the only country to have developed … Continue reading →

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Ex-US Defense Secretary Urges Biden To Renounce Sole Control Of Nuclear Weapons via NDTV

Posted on 2021/01/10 by nfield

Washington:  A former US defense secretary has called on President-elect Joe Biden to reform the system that gives sole control of the nation’s nuclear arsenal to the president, calling it “outdated, unnecessary and extremely dangerous.” The call from William Perry … Continue reading →

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H. Jack Geiger, Doctor Who Fought Against Social Injustice, Dies at 95 via New York Times

Posted on 2021/01/05 by nfield

Dec. 28, 2020 Dr. H. Jack Geiger, who ran away to Harlem as a teenager and emerged a lifelong civil rights activist, helping to bring medical care and services to impoverished regions and to start two antiwar doctors groups that … Continue reading →

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Joe Biden should end the US pretence over Israel’s ‘secret’ nuclear weapons via The Guardian

Posted on 2020/12/31 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Desmond Tutu The cover-up has to stop – and with it, the huge sums in aid for a country with oppressive policies towards Palestinians Desmond Tutu is a Nobel peace laureate and a former archbishop of Cape Town Every recent … Continue reading →

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Major Japan life insurers shun investing in nuclear weapons-linked firms via The Japan Times

Posted on 2020/12/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Four major Japanese life insurers do not invest in or extend loans to producers of nuclear weapons or companies related to them, Kyodo News learned Saturday, as part of their efforts toward socially responsible investing. The revelation comes as various … Continue reading →

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