The bomb has many friends.(supporters of nuclear weapons)

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;  March 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ......strategic nuclear forces, says that nuclear weapons no longer serve any useful purpose...that a world free of the threat of nuclear weapons is by necessity a world devoid of nuclear weapons, is not likely to find universal support...

Report of the Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

Arms Control Today;  August 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ......Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, an independent panel of 17 international...Statement The destructiveness of nuclear weapons is immense. Any use would be catastrophic. Nuclear weapons pose an intolerable threat to all...

Scientists Urge Bush to Limit Nuclear Missions; U.S. Nuclear Weapons...

U.S. Newswire;  March 13, 2002 ;     575 words ......that the sole purpose of U.S. nuclear weapons is to deter and, if necessary, respond to the use of nuclear weapons by another country. "The Bush...If the U.S. plans to resort to nuclear weapons to fight far weaker opponents...

So what? (use of nuclear weapons is deemed illegal)(Column)

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;  September 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Nuclear weapons will continue to exist and they...possible to verify a total ban of nuclear weapons; and some national leaders have...destruction. The technology for nuclear weapons is easier to acquire now than in...

DISARMAMENT-U.N.: MOVE TO ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  June 11, 1998 ;     665 words ......leading to the total elimination of nuclear weapons worldwide. "We are looking for a millennium free of nuclear weapons," says Michael Hoey of Ireland...has called for the abolition of nuclear weapons. But the move appears destined...

Nuclear weapons talk increasingly prevalent in post-Sept. 11 world

AP Worldstream;  March 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......that says it is acceptable to use nuclear weapons on the battlefield or to settle regional...Pakistan have openly discussed how their nuclear weapons would prove superior to their neighbors...Those who watch attitudes toward nuclear weapons say the temperature is rising. The...

Nuclear Weapons Talk on the Rise

AP Online;  March 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......that says it is acceptable to use nuclear weapons on the battlefield or to settle regional...Pakistan have openly discussed how their nuclear weapons would prove superior to their neighbors...Those who watch attitudes toward nuclear weapons say the temperature is rising. The...

Curb Nuclear Weapons Excess

Arms Control Today;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......decision to end the production of new nuclear weapons. Today, U.S. military might is unrivaled...challenge is stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and reducing the likelihood that they...rightly calls on others to forswear nuclear weapons, it continues to pursue a costly and...

No justification for the use of nuclear weapons

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  February 11, 2003 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 No justification for the use of nuclear weapons By WADE BOESE Date: 02-11-2003, Tuesday...War and rule out the possible use of nuclear weapons. The elder Bush did not want to become...contemplates contingencies for using nuclear weapons on the battlefield. Moreover, the...

Ready, aim, fire. (Nuclear Posture).(nuclear weapons policy)

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......the reduction of deployed strategic nuclear weapons to between 1,700 and 2,200 over the...the development and possible use of nuclear weapons to what looks like the centerpiece...United States would consider using nuclear weapons: to attack targets that cannot be...

U.S. Defends New Nuclear Weapons Research

Arms Control Today;  May 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...U.S. RESEARCH INTO new nuclear weapons designs will not spur other...on research into low-yield nuclear weapons with explosive power equal...practical impact on the pursuit of nuclear weapons by proliferating states, on...

BYU speaker says nuclear weapons promote peace

University Wire;  December 7, 2007 ;     355 words ......Universe) (U-WIRE) PROVO, Utah -- Nuclear weapons can promote peace in the world...world peace and the presence of nuclear weapons. His findings may seem surprising. According to theory, nuclear weapons definitely promote peace, Rauchhaus...

N.M. Lab Funding Faces A Threat Some in Congress want to cut spending on...

Albuquerque Journal;  June 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Nuclear weapons spending has long seemed an entitlement for New Mexico. With two of the nation's three nuclear weapons laboratories located here, a big chunk of the U.S. nuclear weapons budget is inevitably spent in the state. But...

Vic: Fraser urges end to nuclear weapons

AAP General News (Australia);  April 23, 2007 ;     489 words ......04-23-2007 Vic: Fraser urges end to nuclear weapons By Kate Lahey MELBOURNE, April 23...international allies to get rid of their nuclear weapons or risk more countries developing...nuclear states make up their minds that nuclear weapons must be abolished. "At the moment...

What About the Nuclear Weapons?; Russia is the natural inheritor of the...

The Washington Post;  August 30, 1991 ;     700+ words ......urgent questions regarding its nuclear weapons: Who now has and who will have release authority for its nuclear weapons? What is the likelihood of unauthorized...the emerging countries wants nuclear weapons, and who might get possession...