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Jan 9, 2007

Egypt’s President Hints at Nuke Development

Posted by Michael Anissimov in categories: geopolitics, nuclear weapons

SHARM E-SHEIKH – Is Egypt declaring its intentions to develop nuclear weapons? Thus it appeared in a speech delivered by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Thursday on the occasion of meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in Sharm e-Sheikh.
“We don’t want nuclear weapons,” Mubarak stated, “But since they appear highly present in the area, we must defend ourselves.”

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Jan 5, 2007

North Korea to Test a Nuke Again?

Posted by Michael Anissimov in categories: geopolitics, nuclear weapons

From ABC News:

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4, 2007 — North Korea appears to have made preparations for another nuclear test, according to U.S. defense officials.
“We think they’ve put everything in place to conduct a test without any notice or warning,” a senior U.S. defense official told ABC News.

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Dec 12, 2006

Regional nuclear war could devastate global climate

Posted by Michael Anissimov in category: nuclear weapons

From Eurekalert, a warning about the dangers of nuclear war:

Even a small-scale, regional nuclear war could produce as many direct fatalities as all of World War II and disrupt the global climate for a decade or more, with environmental effects that could be devastating for everyone on Earth, university researchers have found.
These powerful conclusions are being presented Dec. 11 during a press conference and a special technical session at the annual meeting of American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. The research also appears in twin papers posted on Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, an online journal.

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