Championing Nuclear Security
IN THIS ISSUE: Championing nuclear security, new intelligence on Iran nuke work, Indo-US nuclear deal, Russia rejects independent nuke curbs, Defense Official: Air defense shields unable to stop Iranian missiles, European national contributions to NATO missile defense.
David Santoro | Carnegie Proliferation Analysis
Conventional wisdom holds that technical fixes can close loopholes in the emerging nuclear security regime. According to this approach, a large budget and enough capacity building resources will allow most issues to be addressed quickly and effectively.
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George Jahn | Associated Press
The U.N. atomic agency has received new and significant intelligence over the past month that shows that Iran has advanced its work on calculating the destructive power of an atomic warhead through a series of computer models that it ran sometime within the past three years. Full Article
Times of India
Noting that there is a need to keep working on parts of the Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, US ambassador to India Nancy Powell hoped Americans would be able to compete on a level playing field for creation of nuclear energy projects in India. Full Article
Global Security Newswire
Russia has no intention of cutting weapons from its nuclear force in the absence of comparable steps by other powers, a high-level Russian diplomat told Interfax. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said his country "will not take any unilateral steps in that sphere." Full Article
Fars News
A senior Iranian defense official downplayed the US propaganda campaign about deploying missile shields in the region, saying that these air defense systems lack the capability to confront Iranian missiles. "They (westerners) make claims that are mostly void, exaggerated and unreal," Deputy Defense Minister told FNA. Full Article
Ivo Daalder | NATO Source
In Chicago, the Alliance followed through on its promise to deploy capable defenses against the most dangerous twenty-first century threats. We announced that NATO had achieved an Interim BMD Capability. This interim capability represented an immediate, operationally significant first step toward fulfilling our Lisbon commitment. Full Article
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