MetaFilter posts tagged with nuclearweapons

With allies like these who needs enemies?

Samuel Farrow — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:58:10 -0800

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice surprised New Zealand during her visit by calling us allies, despite our long history of disagreement over certain issues. The Auckland Student Association's shameless plug for self promotion has prompted a response.

Just paint and profit.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:42:09 -0800

Looking for a spacious home in a unique, quiet and safe location? It may be a fixer-upper, but buy now before the value skyrockets.

Managing the Atom

panoptican — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 21:07:50 -0800

For those of you suddenly obsessed with Iran and the atom. I wonder how that happened...

Iran's Nuclear Weapons

panoptican — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:10:59 -0800

Jeffrey Lewis: Iran & the Bomb. A comprehensive examination.

Soldiers of the Hidden Imam

y2karl — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 16:34:45 -0800

What of Iran's nuclear program? That was not a pressing concern for the young people I met. None of them raised the issue in conversation with me. When I asked them about it, they fell into two groups... Yet both insisted with equal vehemence that an American or Israeli bombing of nuclear installations, let alone an Iraq-style invasion, would be a wholly unacceptable response to Iran's nuclear ambitions... A perceptive local analyst reinforced the point. Who or what, he asked, could give this regime renewed popular support, especially among the young? "Only the United States!" If... whatever we do to slow down the nuclearization of Iran does not end up merely slowing down the democratization of Iran; and if, at the same time, we can find policies that help the gradual social emancipation and eventual self-liberation of Young Persia, then the long-term prospects are good. The Islamic revolution, like the French and Russian revolutions before it, has been busy devouring its own children. One day, its grandchildren will devour the revolution

Soldiers of the Hidden Imam

Coming Apocalypse?

j-urb — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 11:30:21 -0800

Coming Apocalypse? In a forthcoming book by Paul L. Williams, Al Qaeda Connection: International Terrorism, Organized Crime, And the Coming Apocalypse, Williams alleges that al Qaeda has managed to obtain nuclear weapons from Russia and has already smuggled the WMDs across the Mexican border and into the U.S.

The U.S. removes the nuclear brakes

mk1gti — Fri, 27 May 2005 07:25:19 -0800

The U.S. removes the nuclear brakes Under the cloak of secrecy imparted by use of military code names, the American administration has been taking a big - and dangerous - step that will lead to the transformation of the nuclear bomb into a legitimate weapon for waging war. Ever since the terror attack of September 11, 2001, the Bush administration has gradually done away with all the nuclear brakes that characterized American policy during the Cold War. No longer are nuclear bombs considered "the weapon of last resort." No longer is the nuclear bomb the ultimate means of deterrence against nuclear powers, which the United States would never be the first to employ. In the era of a single, ruthless superpower, whose leadership intends to shape the world according to its own forceful world view, nuclear weapons have become a attractive instrument for waging wars, even against enemies that do not possess nuclear arms.

National Ignition Facility

muddgirl — Mon, 23 May 2005 15:24:35 -0800

The largest and most powerful laser facility ever designed is currently being constructed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, CA. I had an opportunity to tour this facility earlier this year, and the sheer magnitude of this engineering project is staggering. The precision required for ignition has been compared to "trying to hit the strike zone with a baseball from 350 miles away". Although the scientists and politicians responsible for the National Ignition Facility claim it will help lessen the danger of nuclear weapons, many critics argue it is merely an attempt to work around certain non-proliferation treaties.

mcnamara on nuclear proliferation

threehundredandsixty — Tue, 10 May 2005 13:06:36 -0800

Robert McNamara is worried.

Sakharov

plep — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:33:41 -0800

Andrei Sakharov: Soviet Physics, Nuclear Weapons, and Human Rights. 'This exhibit tells about Sakharov’s extraordinary life.'