Terrorists could attack the US by stealing or buying a nuclear weapon; by buying or stealing weapons grade U-235 or plutonium and assembling a device; or by assembling radioactive isotopes into a non-nuclear “dirty bomb.”
Programmes
Nuclear terrorism: A US Perspective
Terrorists could attack the US by stealing or buying a nuclear weapon; by buying or stealing weapons grade U-235 or plutonium and assembling a device; by assembling radioactive isotopes into a non-nuclear “dirty bomb.”
The Iranian nuclear crisis: a risk assessment
Sir John Thomson argues that the Western approach to Tehran, currently led by the Bush Administration, is unlikely to halt Iran's uranium enrichment program, and may even contribute to the worst case scenarios: a war with Iran and an Iranian nuclear weapon. He concludes by surveying three options for the nuclear program: “mothballing,” “pilot plant,” and “multilateral enrichment facility.”
Getting to Zero Update
In this issue: United States ; New generation of nuclear weapons ; Budget requests ; Prompt Global Strike ; United Kingdom ; New generation of nuclear weapons
The newest anti-satellite contender: China’s ASAT Test
China's successful ASAT weapons test makes it more difficult for the US to ignore its potential as a competitor in space and makes essential the revitalization of Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space (PAROS) negotiations.
The UK Trident vote explained
A large number of rebels within the Labour and opposition parties failed to defeat the proposals.
Assessing ISAF: A baseline study of NATO’s role in Afghanistan
This study examines how successful ISAF has been in its security and reconstruction effort, looking at civilian and military deaths, insurgent attacks and troop levels, as well as qualitative analysis