http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nukes/ en-us Sun, 5 Jul 2009 12:39:38 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285862/posts A suicide attack Thursday on a bus in Rawalpindi was the first that singled out workers of Pakistan’s prized nuclear labs, military analysts and prominent national newspapers said, raising new questions about the government’s ability to withstand increasingly bold assaults by the Taliban against the country’s military complex. ny times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285862/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 12:39:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285767/posts The head of Mossad, Israel’s overseas intelligence service, has assured Benjamin Netanyahu, its prime minister, that Saudi Arabia would turn a blind eye to Israeli jets flying over the kingdom during any future raid on Iran’s nuclear sites. Earlier this year Meir Dagan, Mossad’s director since 2002, held secret talks with Saudi officials to discuss the possibility. The Israeli press has already carried unconfirmed reports that high-ranking officials, including Ehud Olmert, the former prime minister, held meetings with Saudi colleagues. The reports were denied by Saudi officials. “The Saudis have tacitly agreed to the Israeli air force flying through their... The Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285767/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 05:01:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284479/posts Not only is this old news, but it’s old news I’ve written about multiple times. Why cover it again? Because: It can’t be stressed enough that as bad as the current nuclear standoff with Iran is, it could have been that much worse if a certain nutjob wild card was still part of the international deck. Hussein’s fear of Iran, which he said he considered a greater threat than the United States, featured prominently in the discussion about weapons of mass destruction. Iran and Iraq had fought a grinding eight-year war in the 1980s, and Hussein said he was convinced... Hotair http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2284479/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:42:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282044/posts By GORDON G. CHANG From today's Wall Street Journal Asia. At this moment the Kang Nam, a North Korea tramp freighter, is on the high seas tailed by a team of American destroyers and submarines and watched by reconnaissance satellites and aircraft. On board, its cargo could be plutonium pellets, missile parts or semi-ripe melons. In any event, Washington wants to know what is in the rusty ship's hold. Why the interest in this particular vessel? The Kang Nam is a "repeat offender" and known to carry "proliferation materials." As an unnamed American official told Fox News this month, "This... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282044/posts#comment Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:50:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280700/posts Highlights of this article from the Bulletin: "The recently launched Two Futures Project is a collection of young Evangelicals who are dedicated to working toward a nuclear-weapon-free world. Although Evangelicals traditionally have supported nuclear deterrence the Two Futures Project believes that in a post-Cold War world, this stance must change. Accordingly, its members believe that nuclear weapons are morally bankrupt." Actually, nuclear weapons, like book matches, are morally neutral. It is when these things are in the hands of morally bankrupt people, arsonists, dictators, and tyrannical regimes such as North Korea and Iran, that is where the danger is. The Bulletin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280700/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:28:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280565/posts North Korea has been busy, busy, busy since the election of our weak President. This week, they have sharply increased their war rhetoric. On Wednesday they issued this threat: "If the U.S. imperialists start another war, the army and people of Korea will ... wipe out the aggressors on the globe once and for all." And on Thursday they promised a "fire shower of nuclear retaliation" if the U.S. attacked them. The media is pretending that it isn't happening, whistling in the dark, but how can anyone avoid noticing that since Obama's failed policies have been introduced, the evil forces... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280565/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:15:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280022/posts Go to the page HEREHit the little orange box with the arrow, right below this photo, and the video will stream very shortly:From Japanese national TV just a few hours ago, the NNN network--prime time.The Japanese news says this is unprecedented.Getting hot, folks. NNN TV News in Japan (link to video) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280022/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:36:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279008/posts DPRK is really rubbing it in the US's face with seeming impunity. Hmmmmm....I WONDER why THAT would be....There was a mass demonstration yesterday in North Korea by the Korean Workers Party in front of the 1967-seized USS Pueblo, docked in Pyongyang on a main river.I share HERE the link to the streaming video of this event. Hit the orange box with the arrow right below the Pueblo photo and the 1 minute video will stream. Stand it if you can. NNN News Via Pyongyang, N. Korea TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2279008/posts#comment Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:02:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2278667/posts Okay, so it’s patently absurd, but it happened – - "North Korea Threatens to ‘Wipe Out’ U.S." In reality, this is hilarious. North Korea lacks the capability to deliver so much as a flaming bag of dog poop to a target in the United States. But a threat is a threat, and they do have some missiles and nukes, so . . . can we just claim “self defense” and vaporize Pyongyang? Annuit Coeptis http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2278667/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:24:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2278288/posts The following joke was posted on Yahoo yesterday: Q: Why is Obama going to let the North Korean missile hit Hawaii? A: Because then he can say that THEY destroyed his Birth Certificate! LOL. Upon posting, comments were made that this was a racist effing joke, that the poster was a racist mother-effer, and that he should get the eff off Yahoo. I saw no racial component to the joke at all, and it was WAY funnier than David Letterman's about Sarah Palin's daughter. What do YOU all think? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2278288/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:31:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278427/posts (AP) North Korea accused Washington of seeking to "provoke a second Korean War" as the regime prepared to hold maritime military exercises off the eastern coast. U.S. and regional authorities were watching closely for signs that North Korea might fire short- or mid-range missiles during the June 25 to July 10 timeframe cited in a no-sail ban for military drills sent to Japan's Coast Guard. North Korea had warned previously it would fire a long-range missile as a response to U.N. Security Council condemnation of an April rocket launch seen as a cover for its ballistic missile technology. An underground... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2278427/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:29:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277944/posts Defense: The former presidential candidate argues the U.S. should stop and board the North Korean ship if we know it carries banned cargo. Some say it would be an act of war. So is firing missiles at Hawaii.Some say it would be an act of war. So was the naval blockade of Cuba in October 1962 in a confrontation with an infinitely more dangerous foe. Sometimes it's just necessary to exert military pressure to call someone's bluff and nip a growing threat in the bud. The U.S. Navy is tracking a North Korean ship under new U.N. resolution 1874 that... IBD Editorials http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2277944/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:13:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276549/posts A draft of Japan's new mid-term defense policy guidelines is calling for the reinforcement of military personnel and equipment in the face of growing regional tensions, Kyodo news agency said. The draft, obtained by Kyodo, says Japan needs to reverse its policy of reducing its defense budgets in light of North Korea's missile launches and nuclear tests, as well as China's rise to a major military power, the news agency said. reuteurs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276549/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:38:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275156/posts The Obama administration will order the Navy to hail and request permission to inspect North Korean ships at sea suspected of carrying arms or nuclear technology, but would not forcibly seek to board them, senior administration officials said yesterday. The new effort to intercept North Korean ships, and track them to their next port where Washington will press for the inspections they refused at sea, is part of what the officials described as "vigorous enforcement" of the UN Security Council resolution approved Friday. Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2275156/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:52:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274719/posts WASHINGTON — The United States has positioned more missile defenses around Hawaii as a precaution against a possible North Korean launch across the Pacific, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday. "We do have some concerns if they were to launch a missile to the west in the direction of Hawaii," Gates said. Gates told reporters at the Pentagon he has sent the military's ground-based mobile missile system to Hawaii, and positioned a radar system nearby. Together the systems theoretically could detect and shoot down a North Korean missile if it came to that. "Without telegraphing what we will do, I... Google News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2274719/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:05:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2274419/posts Such a provocative act if taken should be met with one of these 5 miles off the North Korean shore within sight of Kim Jung Il's back porch, which resides a couple miles inland off the east North Korean coast.. (pic) This here is a Crossroads Baker shot. That dark spot on the right side of the mushroom stem? It's the USS Arkansas. A little smaller than Jong Il's N Korean Compound where he works and sleeps (pic) Chicago Ray Report/ AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2274419/posts#comment Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:10:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272612/posts The United States is urging Iran to agree to a meeting with the six key nations trying to ensure that its nuclear program is peaceful in which the US will be a full participant. US deputy ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo said Monday that Iran had not responded to the request from the five permanent council members - the US, Russia, China, Britain and France - and Germany for new talks. The talks would be the first international discussion on Iran's nuclear program since US President Barack Obama took office in January. DiCarlo told the UN Security Council that the United States... JPost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272612/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:15:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2268099/posts Middle East Crisis by: Emily Kanyi, June 09, 2009 As President Barack Obama made his debut trip to the Middle East, many in Washington, D.C. were left deliberating on whether his Cairo speech would focus on a lasting solution to the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Also at the center of attention was the President’s view on Iran, which is seen not only as a rising nuclear power but also as an impediment to the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. Iran is a staunch supporter of Palestine and refuses to recognize Israel’s independence. Pundits and critics alike predicted that President Obama’s speech would not... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2268099/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:57:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2266971/posts What will President of Iran Ahmadinijad do if he gets a nuclear weapon? A Weekly Poll Daily poll question: What do you think of former Vice President Dick Cheney? A Daily Poll A Weekly Poll http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2266971/posts#comment Mon, 8 Jun 2009 04:09:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2265806/posts Two new disturbing develops in the Middle East. New "man-made" Uranium has been found in Syria and additional centrifuges working in Iran: The UN nuclear agency reported that its inspectors found new traces of man-made uranium at a site in Syria. This site is NOT the one bombed by the IDF in September of 2007 These traces were found at a nuclear site, but according to the International Atomic Energy Agency the uranium they found did not match the kind of uranium associated with the location. "In order for the agency to complete its assessment, Syria needs to be more... AP/Reuters/The lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2265806/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 21:35:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265701/posts Iran has boosted its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by 500 kilograms to 1,339 kilograms in the past six months, according to an International Atomic Energy Agency report released on Friday. “Iran has estimated, that between November 18, 2008 and May 31, 2009 ... a total of 500 kilograms of low-enriched UF6 was produced” at its enrichment plant in Natanz, the IAEA said..Analysts say that anywhere between 1,000 to 1,700 kilograms of low-enriched uranium would be needed to convert it into highly-enriched uranium, suitable for a single nuclear bomb. Washington TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265701/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 18:43:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264578/posts North Korea's allies China and Russia raised questions Tuesday about some possible new sanctions against North Korea for its recent nuclear test, delaying Security Council action sought by key Western powers, U.N. diplomats said. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264578/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:33:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264351/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) — Republican Senator John McCain on Wednesday joined his former rival President Barack Obama in calling for a nuclear-free world, a goal previously formulated by former president Ronald Reagan. During a lengthy speech on the Senate floor marking the unveiling of a statue of Reagan in the Capitol, the veteran Arizona lawmaker recalled how his "personal hero" had dreamed of a world free of nuclear weapons. "That is my dream too," McCain said. "This is a distant and difficult goal. And we must proceed toward it prudently and pragmatically, and with a focused concern for our security and... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264351/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 03:22:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264354/posts WASHINGTON - The government's inadvertent and red-faced Internet posting of a 266-page list of U.S. nuclear sites provided a one-step guide for anyone wanting details about such sensitive information. Obama administration officials said Wednesday the document contained no classified material about nuclear weapons. They contended the locations and other details already were available from public sources. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said "a snafu" led to the online posting. "A little embarrassing," he acknowledged. The document, stamped "highly confidential safeguards sensitive," made it onto the Government Printing Office's Web site - and why that happened was not immediately clear. A newsletter... Associated (with terrorists) Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264354/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 03:31:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264121/posts John McCain and Barack Obama -- presidential rivals last year -- agreed today on the need for progress to a world free of nuclear weapons. McCain, the veteran Republican senator from Arizona, spoke on the Senate floor to mark the unveiling of a statue in the Capitol Rotunda of the late President Ronald Reagan, who also dreamed of a nuke-free world. "This is a distant and difficult goal," McCain said. "And we must proceed toward it prudently and pragmatically, and with a focused concern for our security and the security of allies who depend on us. But the Cold War... Boston Glob http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264121/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 22:10:30 GMT