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Ploughshares Fund

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Name: Ploughshares Fund

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arsenals Cling to Bygone Era

World Nuclear Stockpile Report , an estimated 8,500 nukes belong to Russia and 7,700 to the U.S. The seven other nations with a nuclear arsenal trail far behind: they include France (300), China (240), the U.K. (225), Pakistan (90-110), India (60-110), ... [Published The Sydney News - May 18 2013]

Entities: Nuclear, Russia, United States, Ploughshares Fund

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 1 reports

Nuclear Terror in the Middle East Lethality Beyond the Pale

Estimates of the civilian toll in other Iranian cities are even more horrendous. A nuclear assault on the city of Arak, the site of a heavy water plant central to Iran’s nuclear program, would potentially kill 93% of its 424,000 residents. Three 100-kiloton ... [Published PEJ News - May 13 2013]

Entities: Nuclear, Iran, Nuclear Weapon

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

U.S. Approves $10 Billion Nuclear Upgrade

Washington, April 24 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration has been accused of backtracking on vows to move toward nuclear disarmament following reports it plans to spend more than $10 billion to upgrade its nuclear arsenal.The plan would extend the ... [Published Radio Habana Cuba - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Nuclear, Joseph Cirincione, United States, Ploughshares Fund, Bomb

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Obama Pledges $11 Billion to Upgrade U.S. Nuclear Weapons

The Obama administration is planning a multi-billion-dollar upgrade for U.S. nuclear bombs currently stored in several European countries, prompting concerns from peace activists.The weapons slated for improvements are B61 gravity bombs stockpiled in ... [Published AllGov - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Nuclear Weapon, Hans Kristensen, United States, Stealth, Nuclear

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

North Korea-U.S. diplomacy an almost impossible task

The focus of weeks of hostile rhetoric on the Korean peninsula has shifted from nuclear war to dialogue, but analysts warn the road to formal talks is longer and more challenging than it has ever been.So challenging, in fact, that some experts believe ... [Published Korea Herald - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: North Korea, Pyongyang, Paul Carroll

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

Giles Hewitt: The long and challenging road

Entities: North Korea, Pyongyang, Paul Carroll

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 1 reports

N. Korea-US diplomacy: the art of the...

So challenging, in fact, that some experts believe dialogue is not even a realistic option given that North Korea is as committed to its demand for recognition as a nuclear power as the United States is to refusing it.With three nuclear tests under its ... [Published XinMsn - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: North Korea, Pyongyang, Paul Carroll, Siegfried S Hecker, Daniel Pinkston

First reported Apr 20 2013 - Updated Apr 20 2013 - 2 reports

N. Korea-US diplomacy: the art of the not very possible

SEOUL (AFP) - The focus of weeks of hostile rhetoric on the Korean peninsula has shifted from nuclear war to dialogue, but analysts warn the road to formal talks is longer and more challenging than it has ever been.So challenging, in fact, that some experts ... [Published West Australian - Apr 20 2013]

Entities: North Korea, Pyongyang, Paul Carroll

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Senate Amends Iran Resolution After Criticism It Opened The Door To War

Sens. Bob Corker (R-TN) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) A Senate resolution that some believed obligated that the U.S. militarily support an Israeli attack on Iran has now been refined in committee, toning down Congress’s more militaristic approach to the ... [Published Think Progress - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Iran, Bob Corker, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Robert Menendez

First reported Mar 31 2013 - Updated Mar 31 2013 - 1 reports

ANALYSIS: US playing with fire in N Korea policy: expert

Soaring tensions on the Korean Peninsula have seen dire North Korean threats met with an unusually assertive US response that analysts warn could take a familiar game into dangerous territory.By publicly highlighting its recent deployment of nuclear-capable ... [Published Taipei Times Online - Mar 31 2013]

Entities: North Korea, South Korea, Peter Hayes, Paul Carroll

First reported Feb 20 2013 - Updated Feb 20 2013 - 1 reports

Diplomatic Solution? The US and Iran

, The HAND Foundation and Ploughshares Fund hosted a reception and talk titled Iran: Is there still time for a diplomatic solution? Over 150 people attended this event in Redwood City, California. The engaged audience heard former U.S. Ambassador William ... [Published Payvand Iran News - Feb 20 2013]

Entities: Iran, Ploughshares Fund, William H. Luers, James Dobbins

First reported Feb 17 2013 - Updated Feb 18 2013 - 1 reports

Washington Journal for Sunday, February 17

Sunday on the Washington Journal we'll hear from Republican Strategist David Winston, Democratic Strategist Steve McMahon, Internet Security Alliance President & CEO Larry Clinton and Ploughshares Fund President Joseph Cirincione. ... [Published C-SPAN Recent Events - Feb 17 2013]

Entities: Larry Clinton, Internet Security Alliance, Joseph Cirincione

Quotes

...they include France (300), China (240), the U K (225), Pakistan (90-110), India (60-110), Israel (60-80) and most recently North Korea (10). "It's hard to imagine any military mission that will require the use of one nuclear weapon. The use of 10 weapons would be a catastrophe beyond human experience, and 50 is unthinkable" said Joe Cirincione, president of the Ploughshares Fund, a global security foundation based in the U S

U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arsenals Cling to Bygone Era [Published The Sydney News - May 18 2013]

...that the projections are the most catastrophic he's seen in more than 30 years analyzing weapons of mass destruction and their potential effects. "The fatality rates are the highest of any nuke simulation I've ever done" he told me by phone from the nuclear disaster zone in Fukushima, Japan, where he was doing research. "It's the perfect storm for high fatality rates...

What Would Happen if Israel Nuked Iran [Published Mother Jones - May 13 2013]

...consultant on the medical effects of radiation for the Defense Department's Defense Threat Reduction Agency, who was not involved in the research. "I think their estimates are probably high but not impossibly so."

Imagining a Nuclear War Between Israel & Iran [Published RealClearWorld - May 13 2013]

Joseph Cirincione, head of the nuclear arms controlcontrol group the Ploughshares Fund, told the Guardian: "The billions of dollars we are lavishing on the B61 is criminal. This is billions of dollars spent on a weapon whose mission evaporated at the end of the Cold War."

U.S. Approves $10 Billion Nuclear Upgrade [Published Radio Habana Cuba - Apr 24 2013]

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U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arsenals Cling to Bygone Era [Published The Sydney News - May 18 2013]
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Report coauthored by former Obama aide suggests... [Published Center for a New American Security - May 15 2013]
Chinese Nuclear Developments Described (and Omi... [Published FAS Strategic Security Blog - May 14 2013]
What Would Happen if Israel Nuked Iran [Published Mother Jones - May 13 2013]
Imagining a Nuclear War Between Israel & Iran [Published RealClearWorld - May 13 2013]
Radioactive Regime [Published Foundation for Defense of Democracies - May 13 2013]
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Russian SSBN Fleet: Modernizing But Not Sailing... [Published FAS Strategic Security Blog - May 03 2013]
What We Know about Chemical Weapons in Syria [Published VOA News - May 02 2013]
Syria and the Scourge of Chemical Warfare [Published The Moderate Voice - Apr 27 2013]
U.S. Approves $10 Billion Nuclear Upgrade [Published Radio Habana Cuba - Apr 24 2013]
Obama Pledges $11 Billion to Upgrade U.S. Nucle... [Published AllGov - Apr 23 2013]
North Korea-U.S. diplomacy an almost impossible... [Published Korea Herald - Apr 22 2013]
B-2 Stealth Bomber To Carry New Nuclear Cruise ... [Published FAS Strategic Security Blog - Apr 22 2013]
Obama accused of nuclear U-turn as guided weapo... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 21 2013]
Giles Hewitt: The long and challenging road [Published The Gulf Today - Apr 21 2013]
N. Korea-US diplomacy: the art of the... [Published XinMsn - Apr 20 2013]
N. Korea-US diplomacy: the art of the not very ... [Published West Australian - Apr 20 2013]
Analysis: US-North Korea diplomacy: the art of ... [Published GMA News.tv - Apr 20 2013]
Chinese ICBM Force Leveling Out? [Published FAS Strategic Security Blog - Apr 19 2013]
The nuclear threat [Published Prague Post - Apr 18 2013]
Senate Amends Iran Resolution After Criticism I... [Published Think Progress - Apr 17 2013]
$1 Billion for a Nuclear Bomb Tail [Published FAS Strategic Security Blog - Apr 12 2013]
Kerry to seek diplomatic 'off-ramp' for North K... [Published CNN Security Clearance - Apr 07 2013]
US Nuclear War Plan Updated Amidst Nuclear Poli... [Published FAS Strategic Security Blog - Apr 04 2013]
New START Data: US Reductions Finally Picking U... [Published FAS Strategic Security Blog - Apr 04 2013]
Analyst: Don't panic over NK nuke plan [Published CNN.com - Video - Apr 02 2013]
ANALYSIS: US playing with fire in N Korea polic... [Published Taipei Times Online - Mar 31 2013]
Material in North Korea's nuclear test unclear,... [Published CNN Security Clearance - Mar 13 2013]

Blogs

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Chinese Nuclear Developments Described (and Omi... [Published FAS Strategic Security Blog - May 14 2013] Click to view larger image By Hans M. Kristensen Going, going, gone! In its latest annual report to Congress on the military and security developments of the People’s Republic of China, the Pentagon has removed the last public authoritative overview ...
Russian SSBN Fleet: Modernizing But Not Sailing... [Published FAS Strategic Security Blog - May 03 2013] The second Borei-class SSBN (Alexander Nevsky) is fitting out at the Severodvinsk Naval Shipyard in northern Russia. Six of its 16 missile tubes are open on this August 2011 satellite image by DigitalGlobe/GoogleEarth. By Hans M. Kristensen The Russian ...
Syria and the Scourge of Chemical Warfare [Published The Moderate Voice - Apr 27 2013] Today, the United States — after Britain, France and Israel came to such a conclusion — also believes “with varying degrees of confidence that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in Syria, specifically the chemical agent ...
B-2 Stealth Bomber To Carry New Nuclear Cruise ... [Published FAS Strategic Security Blog - Apr 22 2013] By Hans M. Kristensen The U.S. Air Force plans to arm the B-2A stealth bomber with a new nuclear cruise missile that is in the early stages of development, according to Air Force officials and budget documents. The B-2A bomber, which is designed ...
Chinese ICBM Force Leveling Out? [Published FAS Strategic Security Blog - Apr 19 2013] By Hans M. Kristensen The size of China’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) force appears to be leveling out instead of increasing. During Thursday’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Current and Future Worldwide Threats, Defense ...

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Analyst: Don't panic over NK nuke plan [Published CNN.com - Video - Apr 02 2013]
North Korea's nuclear ambitions [Published CNN.com - Video - Feb 18 2013]