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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

COLLECTION Of Premium Content from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

COLLECTION Of Premium Content from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

The Armageddon test: Preventing nuclear terrorism Premium
BY ROLF MOWATT-LARSSEN
It might not be easy for a terrorist group to obtain a nuclear weapon, but the opportunities are out there. One way to stop them--form an elite intelligence team tasked solely with preventing a nuclear terrorist attack.
http://thebulletin.metapress.com/content/f742246536817321/?p=a50531ed63ee485893e18fbd2785e377&pi=5

The ElBaradei legacy Premium
BY MARK HIBBS AND ANDREAS PERSBO
As the International Atomic Energy Agency's director-general, Mohamed ElBaradei stood up to the United States, prevented a widening Middle East conflict, and won the Nobel Peace Prize. Yet as he prepares to leave, the future of the agency is in doubt.
http://thebulletin.metapress.com/content/f15114mg646m1g81/?p=a50531ed63ee485893e18fbd2785e377&pi=1

Shifting from a nuclear triad to a nuclear dyad Premium
BY JEFF RICHARDSON
A senior scientist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory outlines the rationale for retiring land-based ballistic missiles and leaving a strategic dyad of submarine-launched missiles and air-delivered weapons as the backbone of the U.S. nuclear arsenal.
http://thebulletin.metapress.com/content/f36h7r5624w18035/?p=afa13b46d0ce408db7a42d9543f1e80d&pi=3

Richard Rhodes' Reykjavik Premium
BY RICHARD RHODES
Would the Reykjavik summit between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev have rid the world of nuclear weapons if only J. Robert Oppenheimer had been present? In this dramatization, Richard Rhodes explores the "what if" of the low-profile but high-level conference.
http://thebulletin.metapress.com/content/f37178k308402468/?p=a50531ed63ee485893e18fbd2785e377&pi=6

Pakistani nuclear forces, 2009
BY ROBERT S. NORRIS AND HANS M. KRISTENSEN
Pakistan is enhancing its nuclear weapon capabilities across the board by developing and deploying new nuclear-capable missiles and expanding its capacity to produce fissile materials for use in weapons.
http://thebulletin.metapress.com/content/f828323447768858/?p=acb64a3f200e4a5bb5a76a65804b0802&pi=7

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