NOSI - Naval Open Source Intelligence: NuclearWarfare

Nuclear Warfare - A Smuggler’s Story

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:35:24 GMT

The Atlantic - Meet Oleg Khintsagov, a small-time hustler in Russia who can get you dried fish, furs, Turkish chandeliers … and weapons-grade uranium. He’s not the only one.

The Atlantic - Uranium on the Loose - Lawrence Scott Sheets discusses the lawlessness of the former Soviet republics and the nuclear threat no one talks about..

Nuclear Warfare - A Strike in the Dark

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:20:46 GMT

New Yorker - Seymour Hersh on why did Israel bomb Syria?

Nuclear Warfare - Calculating the Risks in Pakistan

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:06:51 GMT

Washington Post - Thomas Ricks reports a small group of U.S. military experts and intelligence officials convened in Washington for a classified war game last year, exploring strategies for securing Pakistan's nuclear arsenal if the country's political institutions and military safeguards began to fall apart.

Nuclear Warfare - U.S. Secretly Aids Pakistan in Guarding Nuclear Arms

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:29:15 GMT

New York Times - Over the past six years, the Bush administration has spent almost $100 million on a highly classified program to help Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s president, secure his country’s nuclear weapons...But with the future of that country’s leadership in doubt, debate is intensifying about whether Washington has done enough to help protect the warheads and laboratories, and whether Pakistan’s reluctance to reveal critical details about its arsenal has undercut the effectiveness of the continuing security effort.

Nuclear Warfare - Israelis 'blew apart Syrian nuclear cache'

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:06:11 GMT

The Times - It was just after midnight when the 69th Squadron of Israeli F15Is crossed the Syrian coast-line. On the ground, Syria’s formidable air defences went dead. An audacious raid on a Syrian target 50 miles from the Iraqi border was under way...

Nuclear Warfare - U.S. Study Panel Eyes New Nuclear Weapons Submarine

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:06:37 GMT

Global Security Newswire - In a closed-door meeting in November, advisers to U.S. Strategic Command are slated to report their recommendations for what could become the Navy’s next nuclear weapons-carrying submarine.

Nuclear Warfare - The Return of the Doomsday Machine?

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:04:31 GMT

Slate - Does Russia have a Doomsday Machine?

Nuclear Warfare - The Unthinkable

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:08:03 GMT

New Yorker - Can the United States be made safe from nuclear terrorism?

Nuclear Warfare - The Stuff Sam Nunn’s Nightmares Are Made Of

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:49:31 GMT

New York Times Magazine - Can the head of the Nuclear Threat Initiative do more now to curtail uranium smugglers, loose nukes and the proliferation of nuclear states than he could as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee?

Nuclear Warfare - Islam, Terror and the Second Nuclear Age

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 10:19:46 GMT

New York Times Magazine - If Iran gets the bomb, what will it do with it? Does Islamic law justify the use of weapons of mass destruction? Is there a Shiite urge for apocalypse? Is atomic warfare suicide bombing writ large?

Nuclear Warfare - Nuclear Exchange: Does Washington Really Have (or Want) Nuclear Primacy?

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 10:30:28 GMT

Foreign Affairs - Could the U.S. government really destroy all of an adversary's nuclear weapons in a nuclear first strike? Does Washington want that ability? And what--if anything--should be done about it?

Nuclear Warfare - U.S. military reports successful sea-based missile defense test

Michael D'Alessandro — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 12:08:24 GMT

Associated Press - The Navy intercepted and destroyed a warhead as it separated from its booster rocket during a test Thursday off Hawaii – the first time a ship at sea has shot down a multi-stage missile.

Nuclear Warfare - Not Just a Last Resort?

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 17 May 2005 10:13:54 GMT

Washington Post - A fascinating article by William Arkin on STRATCOM's new mission of global strike - what it means and how they intend to carry it out.