<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Defense Tech &#187; Nukes</title> <atom:link href="http://defensetech.org/category/nukes/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://defensetech.org</link> <description>The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:47:32 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Where the US Will Spend Its Weapons Cash</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/17/where-the-us-will-spend-its-weapons-cash/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/17/where-the-us-will-spend-its-weapons-cash/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:40:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AirSea Battle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[army]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Door Kickers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drones]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Future Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Marine Corps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Missiles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Net-Centric]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nukes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sea Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16045</guid> <description><![CDATA[If you want further proof of where Pentagon weapon spending is likely to head, check out the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assesments latest publication, Outside-In, Operating from Range to Defeat Iran’s Anti-Access and Area-Denial Threats. The document, a concept for how the Defense Deparment can counter Iran’s increasingly sophisticated efforts to feild weapons that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/17/where-the-us-will-spend-its-weapons-cash/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>85</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Another Iranian Nuke Scientist Killed</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/12/another-iranian-nuke-scientist-killed/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/12/another-iranian-nuke-scientist-killed/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:40:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fire for Effect]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nukes]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=16008</guid> <description><![CDATA[  Here’s your thurdsay Iran update. If you haven’t seen it, someone blew up yet another Iranian nuclear scientist. This is the fourth scientist to die from a car bombing in Iran in the last two years. According to multiple news accounts 32 year old Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan and his bodyguard were killed when someone drove [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/12/another-iranian-nuke-scientist-killed/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>76</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UK Talks (Kinda) Tough on Iran</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/05/uk-talks-kinda-tough-on-iran/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/05/uk-talks-kinda-tough-on-iran/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:13:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Balance of Power]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nukes]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15893</guid> <description><![CDATA[The UK’s defense secretary, Philip Hammond (in the suit above), made his first official visit to Washington, DC, today for a round of talks with the Pentagon to discus the United States’ new defense strategy. I was lucky enough to catch a talk he gave this morning downtown at the Atlantic Council before he headed across the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2012/01/05/uk-talks-kinda-tough-on-iran/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>28</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A New Blast at an Iranian Research Facility</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/09/a-new-blast-at-an-iranian-research-facility/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/09/a-new-blast-at-an-iranian-research-facility/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:06:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bizarro]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cloak and Dagger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nukes]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15670</guid> <description><![CDATA[The situation in Iran just keeps getting weirder. An explosion apparently rocked Esfahan, the town hosting one of the Middle Eastern nation’s nuclear research facilities on Nov. 28, according to Australian and Israeli news outlets. This explosion comes only a couple of weeks after a massive explosion at a missile research facility killed the founder [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/12/09/a-new-blast-at-an-iranian-research-facility/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>59</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>China’s Nuke Arsenal May Be Bigger Than We Thought</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/30/chinas-nuke-arsenal-may-be-bigger-than-we-thought/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/30/chinas-nuke-arsenal-may-be-bigger-than-we-thought/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:05:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Ammo and Munitions]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[China Rising]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eye on China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nukes]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15551</guid> <description><![CDATA[So, a team of Georgetown University undergrads has just published research claiming to show that China’s nuclear arsenal may be far bigger than we think it is! The best part? The arsenal is hidden inside thousands of miles of tunnels all over the massive country. After three years of work analyzing open-source documents (press reports, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/30/chinas-nuke-arsenal-may-be-bigger-than-we-thought/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>99</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>F-35 to LCS at Risk Says Panetta</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/15/f-35-to-lcs-at-risk-says-panetta/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/15/f-35-to-lcs-at-risk-says-panetta/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 21:17:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Acquisition Reform]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[army]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Downsizing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[F-35 Watch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Future Wars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[navy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nukes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=15386</guid> <description><![CDATA[In case you haven’t heard, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta dropped some news that sent the beltwar press buzzing yesterday when he said that the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter may have to be cancelled outright if the Congressional Super Committee charged with trimming billions of dollars from defense coffers fails to do so. The Super Committee [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/11/15/f-35-to-lcs-at-risk-says-panetta/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>107</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>RUMINT: Chinese Nuke Sub Accident</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/03/rumint-chinese-nuke-sub-accident/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/03/rumint-chinese-nuke-sub-accident/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:18:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eye on China]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nukes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sea Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13874</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hmmm, anyone know anything more about this? Rumor has it that a nuclear-powered Chinese submarine has suffered some type of accident and is leaking radioactive materials into the waters of the port of Dalian. From South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper: Rumors are spreading quickly that radioactive materials were accidentally leaked from a state-of-the-art Chinese nuclear [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/08/03/rumint-chinese-nuke-sub-accident/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>34</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Minuteman III ICBM Destroyed During Test Launch</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/27/minuteman-iii-icbm-destroyed-during-test-launch/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/27/minuteman-iii-icbm-destroyed-during-test-launch/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:43:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Air Force]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Missiles]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nukes]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13807</guid> <description><![CDATA[So, the Air Force just lost a decades-old Minuteman III ICBM during a test launch this morning out of Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The missile was destroyed northeast of the pacific Island of Roi Namur by officials with Vandenberg’s western test range after they detected a “flight anomaly,” according to an Air Force announcement. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/27/minuteman-iii-icbm-destroyed-during-test-launch/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>25</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Israel’s Boomers On the Rise</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/24/israels-boomers-on-the-rise/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/24/israels-boomers-on-the-rise/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:13:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Arms Trade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fire for Effect]]></category> <category><![CDATA[In the Bubble with Joe Buff]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Money Money Money]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nukes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sea Services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ships and Subs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Deadlies]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13766</guid> <description><![CDATA[By Joe Buff — Defense Tech Undersea Warfare Contributor The State of Israel has long followed what early nuclear war-fighting theorist Henry Kissinger called a policy of nuclear ambiguity. Israel, officially, neither confirms nor denies possessing any nuclear arms, although many defense analysts, politicians, and diplomats the world over have long considered Israel an undeclared [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/07/24/israels-boomers-on-the-rise/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>81</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>A Nuclear-Armed Rafale</title><link>http://defensetech.org/2011/05/31/a-nuclear-armed-rafale/</link> <comments>http://defensetech.org/2011/05/31/a-nuclear-armed-rafale/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 20:11:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>John Reed</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Around the Globe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fast Movers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Nukes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Planes, Copters, Blimps]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://defensetech.org/?p=13116</guid> <description><![CDATA[Check out this great picture of a French air force Rafale armed with what appears to be an ASMP-A (Air Sol Moyenne Porte Ameliore) nuclear missile. The latest variant of the missile can fly for 500 kilometers at speeds of Mach 3 with a 300 kiloton warhead. The weapon is designed to be used as a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://defensetech.org/2011/05/31/a-nuclear-armed-rafale/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>84</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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