"It was announced yesterday that the United States will have a missile defense shield to cover its allies by 2018. Bradley Roberts, deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and missile defense policy, told the House of Representatives Armed Serv
Reuters 15 april 2010 av Jim Wolf Usas antiballistiska missilsystem ska år 2018 täcka hela Europa, sa en tjänsteman vid Pentagon och utmålade ett ambitiöst mål för försvaret av ett upplevt hot utifrån Iran. ”Ett hundra procent,” sa Bradley Roberts, vid fö
by Karel Koster, of the SP Research Bureau. Quotes Dutch FM Maxime Verhagen: “NATO policy has as one of its principles that the alliance will maintain nuclear capacity in Europe at the minimum level necessary for the preservation of peace and stability. A
This Nuclear Proliferation International History Project (NPIHP) research update presents new source materials from the Dutch government, specifically the Council of Ministers, detailing the Dutch role in the negotiations from 1962 to 1965 surrounding the establishment of a Multilateral Force (MLF). Though ultimately unsuccessful, the effort to establish a European-American multilateral nuclear force is an important episode in Cold War history, nuclear history, and the ongoing story of European integration.
TheGuardian 17 April 'What is certain is that Barack Obama's rapacious coup in Ukraine has ignited a civil war and Vladimir Putin is being lured into a trap.' On 23 April, Obama will begin a tour of Asia to promote his "pivot" to China. The aim is to convince his "allies" in the region, principally Japan, to rearm and prepare for the possibility of war with China. By 2020, almost two-thirds of all US naval forces in the world will be transferred to the Asia-Pacific area. This is the greatest military concentration in that vast region since the second world war.
The only way in which the conflict would be different now – had Ukraine kept pThe only way in which the conflict would be different now – had Ukraine kept possession of its nuclear weapons after the collapse of the Soviet Union – “is that two nuclear-armed states would be testing each other’s willingness to do the unthinkable in the midst of a political crisis,” John Loretz, programme director of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), told IPS.ossession of its nuclear weapons after the collapse of the Soviet Union – “is that two nuclear-armed states would be testing each other’s willingness to do the unthinkable in the midst of a political crisis,” John Loretz, programme director of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), told IPS.
The Local (Germany's news in English) AFP/DPA/The Local/jcw 21.5.2012: "NATO leaders on Sunday gave the go-ahead for the new European missile shield, provoking anger in Russia. The US air base in Ramstein, western Germany, will host part of the system."
"For more than 40 years, the ATOMAL Agreement has served as the framework within which NATO and the other NATO members that have become parties to this agreement h