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Monthly Archives: October 2011
The Super Committee has been very quiet in its deliberations so far. I take this to be a good sign, that they are doing their work conscientiously, without political posturing. So let us say that the committee comes up with … Continue reading
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Let’s look at what might be subtracted from the “nuclear weapon budget” if Representative Ed Markey gets his decrease of $200 billion over ten years. (continued from here, here, and here) The “nuclear weapons budget,” as provided by Schwartz and … Continue reading
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Let’s go back to the Ploughshares Foundation paper that says the “nuclear weapons budget” is $600 billion to $740 billion over the next ten years. In order to gauge the effect of Representative Ed Markey’s proposed $200 billion cut, we … Continue reading
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Continued from my previous post on the budget. A number of groups have been arguing that the nuclear weapons budget should be considered for budget reductions by the Super Committee. The Ploughshares estimate for the nuclear weapons budget over ten … Continue reading
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This is a really important development. A few weeks back, concern was being expressed about the difficulty of selecting a venue and facilitator for a promised 2012 conference on a WMD-free zone in the Middle East. Now Finland has been … Continue reading
Since Congress’s Super Committee was formed to deal with the national budget deficit back in July, a segment of the arms control community has been advocating that some of the budget-cutting be done on nuclear weapons budgets. I’ve found some … Continue reading
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October 11, 10:00 GMT: Reagan and the American Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Jack Matlock, Jr., along with Reagan’s interpreter, emerge from their practice session. Matlock has been playing Gorbachev’s role and speaking in Russian. However, he has avoided specifics … Continue reading
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To observe the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Reykjavik Summit, I thought it would be fun to liveblog it. Here is some background on the summit. Liveblogging starts tomorrow, October 11. Some dramatic license will be taken with precise times and … Continue reading
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A warm welcome to Nuclear Diner! Molly, Susan, and I have worked together at various times in our careers. We recently got together again and found that we all would like a place to discuss everything nuclear from all points … Continue reading
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October 2011