Content tagged nuclearweapons

Blog Entries

Hitchens, in his final “Minority Report” column, wearily argues for war with Iraq. Plus: “Moreover, it’s obvious to me that the  … gulfstream/929

Chirac’s preuves indiscutables: undisputed proof or indisputed proof? Dump of translation-related stuff: A few months ago news … gulfstream/1032

What will war do to Iraq? (PDF summary.) (I approve of specific, falsifiable, predictions in the field of political science; they make it more, well, … gulfstream/1148

Defence of Truman’s decision to use nuclear weapons against Japan: “the Japanese military ferociously resisted surrender even after two atomic … gulfstream/1236

A poll found that 59 percent of Europeans think that Israel is a threat to world peace; no country polled higher. This does not mean that Europeans … gulfstream/1334

Why the intelligence community thought Iraq had WMDs (partial reason): “Prior to 1991 the intelligence communities in the United States and elsewhere … gulfstream/1373

The issues surrounding Iran and its (apparent) run for nuclear weapons. (Fred Kaplan is not hopeful.) gulfstream/1950

Megaton ratings of various nuclear bombs. This partly answers the question of why, if nuclear weapons are so bad, does Hiroshima and Nagasaki not only … gulfstream/2274

Quotes Collected

With regard to these general aspects of the use of atomic energy, it is clear that we, as scientific men, have no proprietary rights. It is true that … quotes/348

On July 6 [1960], Gates [Tom Gates, the Secretary of Defense] met with Eisenhower to recommend the creation of a SIOP [Single Integrated Operational Plan]... … quotes/330

WELLINGTON: Stamp of Disapproval. The $1 New Zealand nuclear-free stamp was designed to show the rest of the word---via the post---how strongly New Zealanders … quotes/53