North Korea Diplomacy Picks up in China
IN THIS ISSUE: North Korea diplomacy picks up in China, plan for new Navy wharf at Bangor fires up nuke debate, India to test Agni 5 missile 'within 2-3 months,' nuclear energy 2011, secret war against Iran, Scottish trident nuclear plans "would leave UK without deterrent."
Denuclearization Top Priority as North Korea Diplomacy Picks up in China Jeremy Laurence | Reuters
North Korea has held secret talks with Japan in what is believed to be their first contact since the death of long-time leader Kim Jong-il, Japanese media said, as Pyongyang's closest ally China and South Korea vowed to work closely on denuclearizing the North.
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Kyung M. Song | Seattle Times
Naval Base Kitsap Bangor's entire fleet carries enough nuclear warheads on its Trident missiles to obliterate every major city in Russia and China. Now the Navy wants a $715 million second munitions wharf to accommodate upgrade work on the missiles. Full Article
Rashme Sehgal | Asian Age
The project director of the DRDO Advanced Systems Laboratory at Kanchangagh said that India was ready to test launch the nuclear-capable Agni 5 missile within the next two-three months. Full Article
Mark Hibbs | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The year 2011 marked the first serious accident at a nuclear power plant in a quarter century, but the real impact of the Fukushima accident on the future of nuclear energy worldwide has yet to be felt. Full Article
Paul-Anton Krüger | Süddeutsche Zeitung
General Hassan Tehrani Moghaddam was an important man in Iran. In the West, only a few intelligence officials were familiar with his name, but he received a hero's funeral in Tehran.
Editor's Note: This intriguing article has not yet appeared in English. We thank Joshua Pollack for the translation. Full Article Eddie Barnes | Scotsman
An article for Scotland on Sunday says the SNP policy of removing Trident from Scotland after independence would "amount to a promise to shut down the UK's nuclear deterrent and enforce its disarmament." Full Article
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