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WMD

Jan 04 09:30

Secret nuclear and biological weapons programs in Israel

BANNED VIDEO FROM 2003,that Israel tried to lobby Australia to ban showing.

Details of chemical weapons/nerve gas etc,that Israel STILL USE TODAY(sold to Saddam to use on the Kurds,Fallujah 2005,Lebanon 2006 and NOW IN GAZA)

Israel is the GLOBAL TERRORIST.It makes Osama Bin Laden look like just an angel with an OFF DAY!

And this STILL GOES ON!

Jan 03 17:39

Flashback - Israel's Chemical Weapons

"On June 10th, 2004, the two clinics in Al-Zawiya treated 130 patients for gas inhalation. The patients were children, women, old people and young men. Dr. Abu Madi related that there was a high number of cases of [tetany], spasm in legs and hands, connected to the nervous system. Pupils were dilated. … Other symptoms included shock, semi-consciousness, hyperventilation, irritation and sweating."

Thus reads a report by medical units serving the West Bank village of Al-Zawiya, where nonviolent resistance to Israel's impending wall has been extraordinarily resolute. According to the medical report (procured by the International Middle East Media Center [IMEMC]), "the gas used against the protestors is not tear gas but possibly a nerve gas."

Jan 03 17:38

FLASHBACK - Israel to lobby ABC over nerve gas documentary

The Israeli government will lobby Australia's national broadcaster to ditch plans to screen a controversial BBC documentary on the Jewish state.

The program, Israel's Secret Weapon, asserts that Israel has used nerve gas against Palestinians and possesses an arsenal of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.

Jan 03 14:14

FLASHBACK - Israel Drops White Phosphorus Bombs, Littlest Victims Suffer

Jawad Najem, a surgeon at the hospital, said patients admitted Sunday had burns from phosphorous incendiary weapons used by Israel. The Geneva Conventions ban using white phosphorus as an incendiary weapon against civilian populations and in air attacks against military forces in civilian areas.

Jan 03 13:20

White Phosphorous: Israel fires artillery shells into Gaza

The AP photo above shows what appears to be a white phosphorous shell fired into Gaza, as was used by Israel in Lebanon. White phosphorous is indiscriminate killer that ignites once it is exposed to oxygen, producing such heat that it bursts into a yellow flame and produces a dense white smoke.

It causes painful burn injuries to exposed human flesh, as discovered by Lebanon's Children at the hands of Israeli Phosphorous Bombs in 2006.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

White Phosphorus is considered a chemical weapon by most governments around the world. Its use in civilian areas is banned by the Geneva Treaty of 1980. The United Nations considers such weapons illegal.

Dec 24 10:00

ecret nuclear sell-off storm

Britain no longer has any stake in the production of its nuclear warheads after the Government secretly sold off its shares in the Atomic Weapons Establishment in Aldermaston.

Ministers agreed to sell the remaining one-third ownership to a Californian engineering company. The announcement, which means that Americans will now produce and maintain Britain's independent nuclear deterrent, was slipped out on the eve of the parliamentary Christmas holiday. Officials refused to say how much the deal raised.

Dec 21 10:59

Missile Defense Success Questioned

Tasked with protecting the United States from missile threats, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) — a direct descendent of Ronald Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative — has come under intense criticism from groups claiming that the cost of such a service isn’t justified by the effectiveness of shooting down a missile with another missile. Controversy has also arisen over the role of testing in securing Congressional funding.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

The system is already obsolete. All ABM systems are based on the theory of a ballistic path by the incoming threat, which allows the future course to be predicted. But the Russians have already created a nuclear warhead reentry vehicle that is able to maneuver enough to foil any prediction of its course.

Dec 16 14:01

Flashback: WRH Exclusive - Iraq WMD Lies: Words of Mass Deception

Relinked in light of Cheney's statement today that the war on Iraq would have gone ahead regardless of the exsistance of WMD.

Dec 16 10:37

Confirmed: Air Force Falls Short in Third Nuke Test

Now, it's confirmed. The Air Force has indeed blown a third test of its nuclear handling capabilities, as Danger Room first reported over the weekend. In a memo, the Air Force confirmed that the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base "rated unsatisfactory" on its nuclear surety inspection. Testers found fault with the missile unit's "management and administration," as well as its "tools, tests, tie-down and handling equipment."

Dec 11 09:47

Europeans Seek to Revive Nuclear Weapons Ban

The European Union is trying to revive a movement to reduce the number of nuclear weapons, proposing a global ban on nuclear testing and a moratorium on the production of all fissile material, according to a letter from the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, made public on Monday.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Now, about Dimona...

Dec 11 07:38

U.S. spies on Israel nukes, govt--official history

The United States routinely spies on Israel to try to gather information on its assumed atomic arsenal and secret government deliberations, a new official history of Israel's intelligence services says.

Dec 07 13:58

Decoy fails to deploy, but missile test called 'success'

A missile shield test was a "smashing success," Pentagon officials said Friday, despite the failure of the test to put to rest concerns that the interceptor might not be able to differentiate between real missiles and decoys.

Dec 03 06:26

Russia starts production of new ballistic missiles

Russia has begun producing a new generation intercontinental missile, a senior government official said on Monday, after a successful test launch.

Dec 01 07:48

Russia building missiles to counter US space defences

Russia is developing missiles designed to avoid being hit by space-based missile defence systems that could be deployed by the United States, a top Russian general was quoted as saying Monday.

"Development is now under way on the combat outfitting of missiles whose flight falls outside the range of space-based missile defence systems," Nikolai Solovtsov, the commander of Russia's missile forces, told Interfax news agency.

Solovtsov called the project a countermeasure to what he described as US plans to deploy weapons in space, according to Interfax.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Humanity hanging on a cross of iron.

Nov 30 08:32

Codes for Armageddon: A new president to hold nuclear launch 'football'

Routine to us, perhaps astonishing to much of the world, this peaceful passing of "the football" will propel Obama into a maelstrom. What awaits the new commander in chief is the weighty responsibility of defending the United States - and a nasty brew of nuclear weapons problems that range from the threat of terrorist attacks to potential new regional and superpower arms races. Iran and North Korea are rushing headlong toward building nuclear arsenals. And the main arms reduction treaty with Russia expires next year.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Keep in mind that despite all the rhetoric about Korea and Iran, one and only one nation has ever actually used nuclear weapons against the civilians of another country, and that nation is the United States.

Nov 25 06:55

U.S. missile-warning satellite fails

A Northrop Grumman Corp U.S. military satellite used to track enemy missiles stopped working in mid-September, underscoring the urgent need to keep a program for replacement satellites on track, a defense official and several analysts said on Monday.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

"So what if you have to close a few schools; this stuff is IMPORTANT! Those danged commies, er, I mean, those danged Russians are gonna kill us all unless you send a couple trillion my direction!" -- Any Defense Contractor

Nov 25 06:53

Keep missile shield out of Poland, Czech Republic, Obama warned

Nov 22 09:18

Going, going, going again

The deal to disarm North Korea is unravelling

Nov 22 09:17

Russia Repeats Missile Warnings Ahead of Bush-Medvedev Meeting

Ahead of an expected meeting between Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and President Bush in Peru this weekend, Russian officials and military commanders continue to make public comments about deploying missiles in Europe in response to U.S. missile defense plans.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

... even as the latest test here in Hawaii casts doubt on whether w3e can actually hit anything with the system, especially the new maneuverable warheads the Russians have deployed.

Nov 20 11:59

Trying to create a new war with Iran

According to an article published Thursday in the New York Times, "Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom bomb, according to nuclear experts."

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Little physics here, folks.

ALL reactor fuel, with "added purification", can be used in a nuclear weapon.

It is the "added purification" which is the issue.

Is Iran actually doing "Added purification"? The IAEA says no. And it is not as trivial as the article implies. Nuclear fuel (what Iran is making) is enriched to 3%. Weapons-grade uranium needs to be enriched to 95% or higher. The required equipment, energy, and time needed to go from 3% to 95% is enormous, orders of magnitude larger than that needed for reactor fuel. And impossible to conceal (except under the Dimona reactor, which is, unlike Iran, safe from IAEA inspections.

Nov 20 07:43

Japan-U.S. missile defense test fails off Hawaii

A Japanese warship failed to shoot down a ballistic missile target in a joint test with U.S. forces Wednesday because of a glitch in the final stage of an interceptor made by Raytheon Co, a U.S. military official said.

The kinetic warhead's infrared "seeker" lost track in the last few seconds of the $55 million test, about 100 miles above Hawaiian waters, said U.S. Rear Admiral Brad Hicks, program director of the Aegis sea-based leg of an emerging U.S. anti-missile shield.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Swell.

Say that some nation we have really pissed off launches ten nuclear warheads at New York City, and our missile defense system has a 90% success rate (they wish). That means New York is gone anyway.

Nov 18 15:50

US defense secretary expands pre-emptive war doctrine to include nuclear strikes

"According to Gates, the US must be able to credibly threaten a nuclear holocaust against any state that "challenges" the US in the nuclear arena or with other "weapons of mass destruction." By his own words, such a challenge does not require a nation to threaten to attack the US. It does not even require that a nation possess nuclear weapons or other WMD. It is enough for a nation merely to "seek" such weapons for it to become a potential target for a preemptive "overwhelming, catastrophic response" from the United States.

Nov 18 07:16

Russia may use 'overkill' missiles to counter U.S. shield

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates dismissed on Thursday Russia's proposal that the two countries abandon their plans to deploy missiles in Central Europe.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

"Hey, I got a nice cushy job waiting for me with those missile companies!"

Nov 15 09:27

What Is NorthCom Up To?

NorthCom’s press release also says that other participants in the exercise include the U.S. Strategic Command’s “Global Lightning 09,” which is a plan to use nuclear weapons in a surprise attack.

The Pentagon’s “Bulwark Defender 09” is also involved in the exercise, and it is a cyberspace protection outfit of the Pentagon.

Nov 15 09:19

No missiles in Europe until OSCE summit, urge EU, Russia

Russia and the United States should both refrain from siting any new weapons systems in Europe before a major summit of European and North American powers in June or July 2009, the French and Russian presidents said on Friday

Nov 12 08:33

US left nuclear weapon under ice in Greenland

Unbeknown to Denmark - of which Greenland is a self-governing province - the B52s were carrying nuclear bombs, in anticipation of flying direct to Moscow if any Soviet missiles destroyed the base.

And on January 21, 1968, one of the B52s crashed into ice a few miles away from the base, scattering potentially catastrophic debris. The high explosives surrounding the weapons were detonated, but the weapons themselves were not, as they required arming by the crew.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

"Al Qaeda has it. Honest!" -- Official White Horse Souse

Nov 11 09:44

Mystery of lost US nuclear bomb

The United States abandoned a nuclear weapon beneath the ice in northern Greenland following a crash in 1968, a BBC investigation has found.

Nov 10 10:13

Obama denies Poland missile vow

US President-elect Barack Obama has not given a commitment to go ahead with plans to build part of a US missile defence system in Poland, an aide says.

Nov 10 07:51

Police crackdown on German nuclear waste train protests

Police wielding truncheons beat back environmentalists Sunday trying to block a train carrying highly radioactive nuclear waste from western France to a dump in Germany, authorities said.

Nov 06 19:10

Why a can of petrol is more dangerous than a dirty bomb

We measure radiation dose in units called rem. Above 1,000 rem, incapacitation occurs within minutes, followed by extreme fatigue and nausea, then death. For smaller doses, 300 to 500 rem, about half of the victims die within a month.

But reduce the dose a little more, down to 100 rem, and the effects are very mild. At 50 rem, nobody even gets sick.

This 'threshold effect' creates problems for the terrorist. He can put radioactive material into a bomb - but concentrated radioactivity kills fast, so he'll have to protect himself with a ton of lead.

Nov 05 07:50

Czech opposition demands top court examine U.S. missile deal

The Czech opposition Social Democratic Party demanded on Monday that the Constitutional Court examine the legality of agreements signed with the United States on deploying an anti-missile radar in the country.

The agreement to station a U.S. radar in the Czech Republic was signed on July 8 by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg.

Nov 02 15:02

Terrorists try to infiltrate UK's top labs

The security services have intercepted up to 100 suspects posing as postgraduate students who aim to acquire weapons material and expertise

Extremist groups are known to have targeted students, offering to fund courses in return for using their newly acquired expertise. It is unclear if any of those denied 'clearance' to study in the UK during the past year were funded by grants from host governments such as Tehran.

Nov 01 08:24

Moscow denies Pentagon claims of 'stolen' Russian nuclear weapons

Russia's Foreign Ministry denied on Friday claims by the U.S. defense secretary that large amounts of Russian nuclear weapons had been stolen or misplaced.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Why does the word "Minot" keep going through my head?

Oct 31 07:11

Air Force: Nuke missile silo fire went undetected

A fire caused $1 million worth of damage at an unmanned underground nuclear launch site last spring, but the Air Force didn't find out about it until five days later, an Air Force official said Thursday.

Oct 31 07:09

Army examines munitions dumped off Oahu coast

The Army plans to closely examine but not yet remove hundreds of World War II-era chemical bombs deep in the ocean off Oahu. Officials also plan to test underwater robots to clear conventional weapons from shallower waters near shore.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

There are several areas marked on the local navigation charts that indicate areas where the US Government just dumped left over ammunition, bombs, etc.

Oct 31 06:52

US defense secretary expands pre-emptive war doctrine to include nuclear strikes

In a remarkable speech on nuclear policy delivered October 28 at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), US Defense Secretary Robert Gates painted a dire portrait of international affairs and argued that Washington should expand the doctrine of pre-emptive war formulated by the Bush administration to include possible nuclear strikes.

Oct 25 08:16

Rafsanjani: US nuked Iraq in 1991

A senior Iranian cleric has urged an inquiry into a report that the US dropped a small nuclear bomb on an area near the Iraq-Iran border.

Oct 24 21:57

Porous Defenses

Congressional investigators have found alarming weaknesses in security procedures at two top laboratories that work with the world’s most dangerous biological agents and diseases.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

I ... don't ... feel ... so ... good ...

Oct 24 08:56

Russia lines up new anti-missile system to counter U.S. missile shield plans

Webmaster's Commentary: 

20 years ago, nobody was building for WW3, and the world's economy was strong.

Today, led by the US, preparations are being made to wage nuclear war and the world economy staggers at the edge of a cliff.

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the cloud of threatening war, it is humanity hanging from a cross of iron." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969), From a speech before the American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 16, 1953

Oct 14 07:41

FLASHBACK - The lies of Hiroshima are the lies of today

The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a criminal act on an epic scale. It was premeditated mass murder that unleashed a weapon of intrinsic criminality. For this reason its apologists have sought refuge in the mythology of the ultimate "good war", whose "ethical bath", as Richard Drayton called it, has allowed the west not only to expiate its bloody imperial past but to promote 60 years of rapacious war, always beneath the shadow of The Bomb.

Oct 10 10:30

US told to increase nuclear arsenal as China threat looms

The US must increase its nuclear arsenal in response to China's growing military might, according to a State Department report.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Where you gonna get the money?

Oct 09 06:14

Did the United States use a nuclear weapon on Iraq?

A former U.S. military, Jim Brown, an engineer from fourth grade who fought in Operation Desert Storm in the first Gulf War, accusing the administration of his country had launched a nuclear bomb penetration of five kilotons of power in a area between Basra and the border with Iran, Feb. 27, 1991, the last day of the conflict.

Oct 07 09:24

Russia says U.S. on dangerous path over arms control

The United States is upsetting the nuclear arms balance by failing to offer a fully-fledged replacement for the START arms control treaty when it expires next year, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Oct 06 08:55

When Israel exploded an atomic weapon - the Vela story

In 1994 a claim came from Commodore Dieter Gerhardt, a convicted Soviet spy who was at the time the commander of the Simonstown naval base near Cape Town. After this release from prison, Gerhardt settled in Switzerland. In Februrary 1994, he told Des Blow of the Johannesburg City Press that the flash was produced by an Israeli-South African test code-named "Operation Phenix".

Sep 30 08:36

Russia says U.S. blocking nuclear arms reduction talks

Russia accused the United States on Monday of stonewalling negotiations on a new pact on reducing the size of the two powers' nuclear arsenals, the latest sign of deteriorating Russian-U.S. relations.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

"Give up our bombs? But, but, but, we impoverished our entire people to make these things, and look at them; they are so very big and so very shiny and doncha just wanna lick them all over? These are my babies! I just can't throw them away like that!!!!" -- Official White Horse Souse

Sep 22 09:30

The lies of Hiroshima are the lies of today

In the immediate aftermath of the bomb, the allied occupation authorities banned all mention of radiation poisoning and insisted that people had been killed or injured only by the bomb's blast. It was the first big lie. "No radioactivity in Hiroshima ruin" said the front page of the New York Times, a classic of disinformation and journalistic abdication, which the Australian reporter Wilfred Burchett put right with his scoop of the century.

Sep 22 09:17

Small Rogue country in the Middle East making nuclear bombs in secret.

Sep 20 07:57

The Rise of U.S. Nuclear Primacy

Motivations are always hard to pin down, but the weight of the evidence suggests that Washington is, in fact, deliberately seeking nuclear primacy. For one thing, U.S. leaders have always aspired to this goal. And the nature of the changes to the current arsenal and official rhetoric and policies support this conclusion.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

"Okay, so we drove our own people into abject poverty, but look at this big shiny bomb we got. I mean, it;s so big, and so shiny and I just want to hug it and kiss it and lick it all over!!!!!" -- Official White Horse Souse

Sep 17 10:02

Have a peek at Russia’s new submarine monster

submarine Dmitrii Donskoy is 172 meter long, has a 49,800 ton deadweight and can carry Russia’s state of the art strategic weaponry, the Bulava missile. After more than ten years of upgrades, the vessel was last week successfully tested in the White Sea.

Sep 14 08:19

Ballistic Missile Submarine (Nuclear Powered) 667 BDRM "Delfin" class

Webmaster's Commentary: 

FYI, Russia's new nuclear ballistic missile sub which will conduct missile tests later this month.

Sep 10 08:36

Bipartisan report slams Bush on prevention of WMD attacks

Members of the disbanded 9/11 Commission on Tuesday criticized the Bush administration in a new report for its inadequate efforts to prevent potential attacks of Weapons of Mass Destructions (WMD) by terrorists.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Maybe because Bush has known all along that the only terrorists out there work for him!

Sep 09 20:32

MISSILE DEFENSE: AMERICA'S MAGINOT LINE

Today's version of the Maginot Line is the Nuclear Missile Defense System, aka "Star Wars". The concept is that the US will build these anti-missile missiles, which will prevent a head on attack with nuclear-tipped ICBMs, and we will all be safe.

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Sep 08 09:50

Iran Has Built a Heavy Water Reactor? Big Deal.

Heavy Water Reactors are special case reactors. Because of the low absorption of heavy water (used as a moderator in the primary loop to carry heat to the steam generator) such a reactor can create more of the varied isotopes used in the medical, agricultural, and industrial needs. The fuel used in a Heavy Water Reactor needs even less enrichment than that in a conventional light water reactor. So what we have here is a reactor designed to use LESS enriched uranium which has been the main focus of US efforts to provoke a war with Iran.

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Sep 05 12:56

WRH: LET'S NUKE CHICAGO!

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Sep 05 07:36

Historian Demands Action on Powerful Doomsday Cults

historian Wolfgang Eggert, 46, has launched an Internet petition to demand action on powerful Jewish and Christian cults that want to instigate a nuclear holocaust to fulfill Biblical prophesy.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

"If'n we start WW3 and blow up the world, Jesus gonna come down and invite us up to the big house!"

Sep 01 09:01

Protesters Demonstrate Against Alleged US Nukes in Germany

About 2,000 pacifists demonstrated without violence Saturday outside a German Air Force base where they insist 20 US nuclear weapons are stored.

Aug 29 10:49

Russia tests out new lethal nuke

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Is there any other kind?

The propagandists are worried that simply saying Russia is testing a new nuke isn't terrifying enough (especially since the US is doing the same thing), so the Russians are not just testing a nuke, they are testing a LETHAL nuke!!!!

Horrors!!!!!!

(Can we raise your taxes now?)

Aug 29 09:55

Air Force Missile Crews Disciplined

Two officers in charge of classified launch materials for nuclear missiles stationed around Minot Air Force Base lied about destroying the materials and instead took them home.

And the Air Force has so far only been able to recover one of the two missing classified items since the July, 2005 incident.

Aug 20 11:13

Poland, US sign missile shield deal despite Russian anger

"This will help us to deal with the new threats of the 21st century, of long-range missile threats from countries like Iran or from North Korea,'' Rice told reporters ahead of the ceremony.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Poland is not exactly on a line from Iran to the US. And Korean missiles would come around the other direction!

Aug 20 09:52

Rice signs missile defense deal with Poland

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart signed a deal Wednesday to build a U.S. missile defense base in Poland, an agreement that prompted an infuriated Russia to warn of a possible attack against the former Soviet satellite.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Meanwhile, in response to US aggression, Russia has started sending arms, some of them nuclear-capable, into Syria and Iran.

Aug 17 11:06

Report: Russia may arm Baltic fleet with nuclear warheads

New Russian threat comes in response to war in Caucasus, US-Poland deal for missile defense shield in Europe. According to Sunday Times, nuclear warheads could be supplied to submarines, cruisers and fighter bombers of Russia's Baltic fleet based between Poland and Lithuania

Webmaster's Commentary: 

"Yee-HAAAA; we got the cold war back! Start passing all those new taxes!!!" -- Official White Horse Souse

Aug 06 10:22

The Atomic Bombing of Japan

Historian Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, however, has recently challenged both points. Hasegawa argues that Truman and others demanded "unconditional" surrender on July 26 assuming that Japan would not accept the offer, allowing the US to then justify use of the atomic bombs ("unconditional surrender" was understood to include the removal of the emperor from Japanese society, a severe affront to Japanese traditions).

Aug 06 09:13

Tens of thousands mark 63rd anniversary of Hiroshima A-bombing

Thousands of Japanese people and foreign guests and activists gathered Wednesday in Hiroshima to mark the 63rd anniversary of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japanese city.

At a memorial ceremony held in the morning at the city's peace park, attendees observed one minute of silence at 8:15 a.m. (2315 GMT), the time the atomic bomb detonated over Hiroshima 63 years ago, killing nearly 100,000 people in a blink.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

We are taught that the dropping of the Atomic bombs was justified because it ended the war, but the historical reality was that as early as June 1945 Japan was already sending diplomatic signals that it wished to negotiate an end to the war. The United States signaled that Japan was to surrender unconditionally, and Japan insisted that while the military was prepared to do so, certain protections were required for the civilian non-combatants, and the Emperor was to be left untouched.

Truman decided to drop the bombs apparently to prove to the world not only that we had such weapons, but had the political will (i.e. were crazy enough) to use them.

Hiroshima was bombed 63 years ago today using the uranium-cannon bomb "Little Boy". Japan immediately sent a message of surrender. Two days later the plutonium-implosion bomb "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki, apparently with the goal of reassuring the world that Hiroshima had not been some kind of one-time-only trick.

Japan surrendered, and as had originally been requested, protections were put in place for the civilian population, and Emperor Hirohito remained as titular head of Japan, spending his remaining years working to improve Japanese agricultural methods and rebuilding Japan's industrial base.

Aug 06 08:31

US nuclear sub visits Japan amid leak controversy

An American nuclear submarine making a regular stop in southern Japan does not present a risk, the U.S. Navy said Monday, just days after Japan's government suggested a similar U.S. vessel may have leaked radiation at the same port earlier this year.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

"No, it's safe. When we said it was a leaky boat we meant we named it after Dr, Leakey, the anthropologist. Yeah, that's it. WE named it after that guy. Honest!"

Aug 06 08:19

WHAT THE HECK IS THIS STUFF?

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Linked in remembrance of the dropping of the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and to remind everyone of two important facts.

1. Despite all the bluster about Iraq and Iran's mythical nuclear threat, one and only one nation has ever used nuclear weapons of mass destruction on the civilians of another country and that nation is the United States of America.

2. Even if Iran had a nuclear bomb (which they do not) and even if Iran had a ballistic missile capable of carrying that warhead across the ocean to hit the United States (which they do not), Iran is STILL not a threat to the United States because the UNited States has thousands of warheads and delivery systems which would turn any country that dared to attack us into a giant slab of green glass like that shown above.

Aug 03 07:56

Where Are the World's Nuclear Weapons?

Recently someone asked me which countries have nuclear bombs, and how many they all have.

I was surprised to realize I didn't know. And yet I've spent most of my life actively worried about powerful states with big bombs. I was born three years after the nuclear bomb was first detonated and four years before the first thermonuclear bomb was perfected. By the time I could read, I already knew the world could end at any moment. People my age are aptly called boomers; the Armageddon Generation would fit too.

Jul 22 09:17

An Uncomfortable Conversation About Nukes

Why are Henry Kissinger, George Shultz, William Perry, and Sam Nunn writing opinion pieces in the Wall Street Journal calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons? Keep in mind, these four people are not just major defense hawks. People like Kissinger and Nunn helped push through the single most dangerous and destabilizing innovation in nuclear weaponry, the arming of missiles with multiple warheads. All four have supported every conflict the United States has engaged in since World War II, all have enthusiastically supported nuclear weapons, and none has suddenly gone kumbaya on us.

Jul 22 08:29

FLASHBACK - Secret sale of UK plutonium to Israel

Under Wilson, Britain also sold Israel tons of chemicals used to make boosted atom bombs 20 times more powerful than Hiroshima or even Hydrogen Bombs.

In Harold Macmillan's time the UK supplied uranium 235 and the heavy water which allowed Israel to start up its nuclear weapons production plant at Dimona - heavy water which British intelligence estimated would allow Israel to make "six nuclear weapons a year".