Nuclear progress as US Hosts World Nuclear Summit: Medvedev: Obama thinks when he speaks, unlike...?

US Hosts World Nuclear Summit: Medvedev: Obama thinks when he speaks, unlike...?



With new START treaty signed and completed Obama and Palin trade words. What a bad joke Palin is saying she is as qualified as Obama to discuss nukes. Obama, Palin trade words over nuclear policy

Signed & completed: US, Russia close nuclear talks

As the junior senator from Illinois in August 2005 President Obama traveled to Russia, the Ukraine and Azerbaijan with his more senior colleague Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, for a tour of some of the Cold War's most fearsome weapons sites. It was Obama's first trip abroad as a U.S. senator. The Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was taking along its newest member for a crash course in nuclear security and he learned well.
By then, Lugar had spent more than a dozen years helping to secure and dismantle Soviet-era nuclear stockpiles and weapons systems. Obama, a Democrat, spent much of the trip watching and learning. Five years later, Obama is no longer the understudy and we have to listen to loud mouthed fools like Sarah Palin make fun of Obama's expertise gained as a community organizer comparing herself equal to him. I mean come on! Obama takes non-nuclear pledge to world leaders | Seattle Times ...
The problem and task before the world is daunting but critical and all must be on board. Just 55 pounds of highly enriched uranium "about the size of a grapefruit" is needed to make a small nuclear device. There are an estimated 3.5 million pounds of the material in 40 countries around the world, and another 1.1 million pounds of plutonium. That is scary! It is enough to create 200,000 atom bombs.

I just want to remind that Libya led the way in turning away from nuclear material and endeavors. Nuclear terrorism is and has been declare our biggest threat short of our already degrading environment. Obama met with leaders from South Africa and Kazakhstan, countries which have gone nuclear free, giving up their nuclear weapons programs. The Ukraine, Canada, and Chile vow to be nuke free with Canada and the Ukraine vowing to send all material to the US. Ukraine pledges to get rid of nuclear material | Bryan/College ...

This is their chance to get rid of all that life destroying material. The EU joins Obama in wanting eradication, China says they will work with us, and some Nations have agreed to send their nuclear material to us. I guess better us than anyone else but if we become the Fort Knox of Uranium where will it go? NIMBY! (not in my backyard)



James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
http://anaverageamericanpatriot.blogspot.com

Russia revises U.S. missile Defense, as Europe urged to join "Son Of Star Wars"

Russia revises U.S. missile Defense, As Europe urged to join "Son Of Star wars" Russia says Bombers will supress Missile Sield!
Russia said it was revising its military doctrine to reflect other powers' growing use of military force, while a Russian general warned again that Moscow could knock out elements of the US missile defence system planned for eastern Europe. The comments came as Angela Merkel, German chancellor, added her voice to the heated international debate over the missile defence system by calling for Nato to be given responsibility for defusing concerns over the plan.
Nato is the best place for discussion of this issue," she told the Financial Times in an interview, arguing that Washington should step up consultation with its western allies and Russia.
Her statement reflects concerns over increasing east-west tensions since Vladimir Putin, Russian president, delivered a speech in Munich sharply criticising US unilateralism, and the US formally asked Poland and the Czech Republic to host parts of the anti-missile system.
Russia disputes Washington's claims that the system is not aimed at Russia but designed to intercept missiles from "rogue" states such as Iran or North Korea.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17471039/
Like Russia, I do not believe Bush's missile defense system is not intended to threaten Russia but I became interested in those "Rogue States" and who we were protecting ourselves from. More of that later!
So what do we do to ally their concerns? A top US military defence chief Tuesday urged European countries to join the controversial missile defence system to ward off a "serious threat" from countries such as Iran and North Korea. I mean, come on can Bush really think Iran and North Korea are serious threats?
Anyway Lieutenant General Henry Obering, director of the United States Missile Defence Agency, told a high-powered meeting of security and defence experts in London that it would be "prudent" for European countries to join a US-backed anti-ballistic defence system, also known as "Son of Star Wars."
http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_16378-US-Defence-Chief-Urges-Europe-To-Join-Son-Of-Star-Wars.html
Just what is the purpose of Son Of Star Wars? A furtherance of Bush's new world "dominance" order!
In response to Bush's instigation we of course get this expected response from the Russian's! Russia's strategic aviation has sufficient potential to suppress elements of a U.S. missile defense shield should it be deployed in Central Europe, the commander of the Strategic Air Force said Monday.
"Missile shield elements, which are located in silos, are very vulnerable and have weak defenses," Lieutenant-General Igor Khvorov said. "Therefore, all aircraft deployed by [Russian] strategic aviation can either apply electronic counter-measures against them or physically destroy them."
Russia, which has been anxious about NATO bases that have appeared in former Communist-bloc countries and ex-Soviet republics, has blasted U.S. plans to deploy anti-missile systems in Central Europe as a national security threat and a destabilizing factor for Europe.
http://en.rian.ru/world/20070305/61569829.html
Anyway, as I said at the start of this I decided to look at the countries that possess these Ballistic missile threats as I was wondering just where the threats were coming from. Interesting but Confusing!
This table represents the Carnegie Non-Proliferation Project’s best assessment of the world's ballistic missile arsenals. The Project counts 35 nations as fielding some type of ballistic missile. Missiles reported to be in development are listed in italics. Endnotes and a key are provided below.
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/...
Please check them out but looking at the main prolferators of weapons we could realistically fear, USA, Russia, China, France, I realized that Bush is again full of shit and if we had someone to fear it is ourselves. We must protect ourselve's from ourselve's it seems!

James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
www.anaveragepatriot.com