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Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Nonproliferation Update 8/8

World powers needs to dismantle their nuclear weapons: Analyst
Press TV
In any case, these countries had signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty which tells them they are bound to dismantle, disarm their arsenals, and work for the abolition of nuclear weapons.” The United States along with all members of the nuclear ...

Press TV
Selling uranium to India could make world safer
The Canberra Times
It is true that the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ranks among the most successful arms control agreements in history. Only three states refuse to sign (India, Israel, and Pakistan) with one withdrawn (North Korea). Yet the NPT is not an end in itself.

Opinion: The nuclear threat is still very real

The Star-Ledger - NJ.com -
Share Email Print. iran-nuclear-program.JPG View full sizeEbrahim Noroozi/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Iranian navy fires a Mehrab missile during the "Velayat-90" naval wargames in the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran in a file photo. Iran defiantly announced that ...

'West, Israel using nuclear arms to wield power'

Press TV - ‎Aug 7, 2012‎
They call the shots so that's why they hang on to nuclear bombs so they can dictate more events. If you look at the US and UK and France and Israel you should count all the nuclear warheads together because they are one block so that is the most belligerent ...

The Twin Existential Threats

Consortium News - ‎Aug 6, 2012‎
The twin existential threats of nuclear weapons and global warming may work together to end life on Earth because climate dislocations will make desperate national confrontations more likely. But the world's politicians are doing little about either, writes ...

US on wrong side of law over Iran uranium enrichment: Law prof.

Press TV - ‎Aug 6, 2012‎
As is the case with every party to the NPT...Iran has the legal right to engage in the full spectrum of peaceful uses of nuclear energy materials and technologies.” Dan Joyner, a US professor of law. Contrary to Washington's “erroneous and unhelpful” claims, ...

Crispin Rovere: India's Uranium Leads To Disarmament

Uranium Investing News -
As quoted in the market news: The question of uranium exports to India has cut fissures in Australian society almost as deep as the mines from which the mineral is extracted. Nevertheless, exporting uranium to India may actually help nuclear disarmament.
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