U.S. nuclear arms overhaul needed to ensure reliability – officials October 29, 2013 By David Alexander WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. nuclear arsenal needs a multi-billion dollar overhaul in the coming decade to ensure the weapons’ safety and effectiveness, defense officials said on Tuesday, despite warnings from arms control groups that the effort […]

ICBM door incidents worry anti-nuke groups October 25, 2013 By Leigh Munsil This week’s revelations that airmen left open blast doors that protect nuclear missiles are just more evidence against the aging nuclear weapons infrastructure, disarmament groups said Thursday. “This is another incident that suggests that there’s a systemic problem in the nuclear command and […]

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U.S. nuclear arms modernization plan misguided: scientists’ group David Alexander October 17, 2013 (Reuters) – An Obama administration plan to spend $60 billion over the next 25 years to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal is misguided and violates the spirit of its pledge not to develop new nuclear arms, a Union of Concerned Scientists report […]

Iran Nuclear Talks End with No Breakthrough By Oren Dorell October 17, 2013 Nuclear talks between Iran and world powers ended on a promising note Wednesday, according to the United States, but analysts cautioned that Iran had not appeared to agree on any of the major demands of the West. Media reports that Iran had […]