An article in Monday's Global Security Newswire should have made clear that $350 billion is an estimated cost for producing the entire fleet of next-generation U.S. ballistic missile submarines.
Archive for January, 2012
Rwandan Lawmakers to Consider Chemical Weapons Legislation
On January - 31 - 2012
A Rwandan legislative committee is set this week to consider a bill aimed at bringing the nation into line with its obligations as a member of the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Kigali New Times reported on Monday (see GSN, (Read more...)
U.N. Gen’l Assembly Head Says Committed to Nuke-Free Middle East Meeting
On January - 31 - 2012
The president of the U.N. General Assembly has said he is dedicated to organizing a meeting aimed at banning nuclear weapons from the Middle East, Global Perspectives magazine reported its latest edition (see GSN, Jan. 26).
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New Study May Yield Options For NATO-Russia Missile Defense Accord
On January - 31 - 2012
An upcoming security forum in Germany is hoped to yield options for resolving disagreements between the United States and Russia on a planned European missile shield, ITAR-Tass reported on Monday (see GSN, Jan. 27).
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U.S. Cuts Spending Allowances for Biological, Chemical Defense Programs
On January - 31 - 2012
A recently enacted U.S. defense authorization bill reduces finances available for a number of biological and chemical defense initiatives in keeping with setbacks to some of the efforts, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News reported last week (see GSN, Dec. (Read more...)
Global Nuclear Security Summit Has Implications for North Korea, Seoul Says
On January - 31 - 2012
The upcoming Global Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul will have implications for North Korea, even though the international gathering will not specifically take up the issue of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons development, a senior South Korean government official said on Monday (Read more...)
Myanmar Not Seeking North Korean Nuclear Arms, Leader Says
On January - 31 - 2012
Myanmar's president has said his country is not seeking to import nuclear armaments from North Korea, Agence France-Presse reported on Tuesday (see GSN, Dec. 19, 2011).
"We are not acquiring nuclear weapons from North Korea," President Thein Sein said in (Read more...)
Flu Work Akin to Nuclear-Bomb Experiments, Board Says
On January - 31 - 2012
By Maggie Fox
National Journal
Experts who made an unprecedented recommendation that bird-flu researchers hold back some details of their work justified the controversial decision on Tuesday, saying that the experiments were akin to the 1940s work on nuclear weapons (Read more...)
Obama Official Says More Trust Needed for Antimissile Deal With Russia
On January - 31 - 2012
By Rachel Oswald
Global Security Newswire
WASHINGTON – A senior White House official on Monday acknowledged that an agreement with Russia on missile defense should not be expected in the near term (see GSN, Jan. 27).
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Senators Pursue New Iran Nuclear Sanctions
On January - 31 - 2012
A U.S. Senate panel is set on Thursday to take up legislation aimed at punishing Iran's elite military force and business partners over Iranian atomic activities perceived to have military aims, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Jan. 30).