Nuclear
Posture Review and New US Nuclear Policies:
Articles, Resources and Links
WAND Response:
- WAND
Denounces Plan for Nuclear Weapons Use
Nuclear
Posture Review:
-
Excerpts
from the Nuclear Posture Review
DOD
News Briefing on Nuclear Posture Review release
Slides
shown during DOD briefing
(Note: This is the "public" version of the NPR and contains
only minimal information.)
Senate
Armed Services Committee: Feb. 14, 2002 Hearing on Nuclear
Posture Review:
Rationale
and Requirements for US Nuclear Forces
National Institute for Public Policy report outlining
many of the same provisions found in the Nuclear Posture
Review.
Articles:
-
Nuclear
arms scientists may lack 'sense of mission'
Jonathan Weisman, USA Today
"The Bush administration's push to rebuild the nation's
nuclear weapons research
and production program is about more than developing new
weapons to confront a new enemy."
Nuclear
arsenal upgrade planned
Jonathan Weisman, USA Today
"Energy Department scientists will begin work next month
on a new bunker-busting nuclear weapon that
could mark the most significant advance in the U.S. nuclear
arsenal in a decade."
Secret Plan Outlines the Unthinkable
Editorial by William Arkin revealing new details about
the NPR based on leaked portions of the report
U.S. Works Up Plan for Using Nuclear Arms
L.A. Times article on NPR findings
US
Nuclear Plan Signals a Policy Revolution
Jane Wales, Center for Arms Control
Commentary:
-
America
as Nuclear Rogue
New York Times editorial - March 12, 2002
A
Pretty Poor Posture for a Superpower
Robert S. Mcnamara and Thomas Graham Jr. - March 13, 2002
Bush's
nuclear plan could make U.S. less safe, not more
Rep. Martin Olav Sabo, D-Minn
Little
Nukes are Good Nukes?
Interview with Jacqueline Cabasso, Western States Legal
Foundation
New
Revelations on U.S. Nuclear Posture
Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs
Nuclear
Terrorism and US Nuclear Policy
David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Nuts
About Nukes
Mary McGrory - March 14, 2002
Pentagon
Report Reveals Dangerous Shift in US Nuclear Doctrine
Jonathan Granoff, Global Security Institute
Public
Should Go Ballistic Over Nuke Plan
Ellen Goodman - March 12, 2002
Three
Nobel Laureates on the Nuclear Posture Review
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
We've
Got a Chance to Say No
Molly Ivins - March 14, 2002
Sample
Letters:
- Back
from the Brink Sample Letter
Peace
Action Sample Letter
Letters
from WAND Board Member Barbara Hildt
Letter
to editor from Jean Gordon, Arkansas WAND
Other
letters
Other
Resources:
- WAND
Discussion Guide on the Nuclear Posture Review
Articles, talking points and resources for taking action
on the NPR
Call
to Action on the Nuclear Posture Review
From Abolition 2000 Global Council
Back
from the Brink's "Friends Don't Threaten Friends..."
Campaign
Download a "What you
can do" flyer and a Fax to
Presidents Putin and Bush
(both in Word format) calling for removing nuclear weapons
from hair-trigger alert.
Faking
Nuclear Restraint
NRDC Report: The Bush Administration's Secret Plan For
Strengthening U.S. Nuclear Forces
Furse-Spratt
Provision prohibiting development of low-yield nuclear
weapons
The NPR calls for development of low-yield nuclear weapons,
which is forbidden by this law.
US
declares "unequivocal commitment" to nuclear disarmament
Letter signed by US in May 2000 pledging "unequivocal
commitment" to the "complete elimination of nuclear weapons."
Exceprts
from NPR about developing new nuclear weapons
"The need is clear for a revitalized nuclear weapons complex
that will: ...be able, if directed, to design, develop,
manufacture, and certify new warheads..."
The
Criminality of Nuclear Deterrence: Could the US War on
Terrorism Go Nuclear?
By Francis A. Boyle, forward by Philip Berrigan, publisher
Clarity Press.
Nuclear policy from Hiroshima through the NPR and current
threats of nuclear weapons use.
Links:
- Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace
Council
for a Livable World
Global
Security
Union
of Concerned Scientists Nuclear Posture Review Campaign
Western
States Legal Foundation
Nuclear
Posture Review and New US Nuclear Policies:
Articles, Resources and Links
WAND Response:
- WAND
Denounces Plan for Nuclear Weapons Use
Nuclear
Posture Review:
-
Excerpts
from the Nuclear Posture Review
DOD
News Briefing on Nuclear Posture Review release
Slides
shown during DOD briefing
(Note: This is the "public" version of the NPR
and contains only minimal information.)
Senate
Armed Services Committee: Feb. 14, 2002 Hearing
on Nuclear Posture Review:
Rationale
and Requirements for US Nuclear Forces
National Institute for Public Policy report outlining
many of the same provisions found in the Nuclear
Posture Review.
Articles:
-
Nuclear
arms scientists may lack 'sense of mission'
Jonathan Weisman, USA Today
"The Bush administration's push to rebuild the
nation's nuclear weapons research
and production program is about more than developing
new weapons to confront a new enemy."
Nuclear
arsenal upgrade planned
Jonathan Weisman, USA Today
"Energy Department scientists will begin work
next month on a new bunker-busting nuclear weapon
that
could mark the most significant advance in the
U.S. nuclear arsenal in a decade."
Secret Plan Outlines the Unthinkable
Editorial by William Arkin revealing new details
about the NPR based on leaked portions of the
report
U.S. Works Up Plan for Using Nuclear Arms
L.A. Times article on NPR findings
US
Nuclear Plan Signals a Policy Revolution
Jane Wales, Center for Arms Control
Commentary:
-
America
as Nuclear Rogue
New York Times editorial - March 12, 2002
A
Pretty Poor Posture for a Superpower
Robert S. Mcnamara and Thomas Graham Jr. - March
13, 2002
Bush's
nuclear plan could make U.S. less safe, not more
Rep. Martin Olav Sabo, D-Minn
Little
Nukes are Good Nukes?
Interview with Jacqueline Cabasso, Western States
Legal Foundation
New
Revelations on U.S. Nuclear Posture
Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs
Nuclear
Terrorism and US Nuclear Policy
David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Nuts
About Nukes
Mary McGrory - March 14, 2002
Pentagon
Report Reveals Dangerous Shift in US Nuclear Doctrine
Jonathan Granoff, Global Security Institute
Public
Should Go Ballistic Over Nuke Plan
Ellen Goodman - March 12, 2002
Three
Nobel Laureates on the Nuclear Posture Review
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
We've
Got a Chance to Say No
Molly Ivins - March 14, 2002
Sample
Letters:
- Back
from the Brink Sample Letter
Peace
Action Sample Letter
Letters
from WAND Board Member Barbara Hildt
Letter
to editor from Jean Gordon, Arkansas WAND
Other
letters
Other
Resources:
- WAND
Discussion Guide on the Nuclear Posture Review
Articles, talking points and resources for taking
action on the NPR
Call
to Action on the Nuclear Posture Review
From Abolition 2000 Global Council
Back
from the Brink's "Friends Don't Threaten Friends..."
Campaign
Download a "What
you can do" flyer and a Fax
to Presidents Putin and Bush
(both in Word format) calling for removing nuclear
weapons from hair-trigger alert.
Faking
Nuclear Restraint
NRDC Report: The Bush Administration's Secret
Plan For Strengthening U.S. Nuclear Forces
Furse-Spratt
Provision prohibiting development of low-yield
nuclear weapons
The NPR calls for development of low-yield nuclear
weapons, which is forbidden by this law.
US
declares "unequivocal commitment" to nuclear disarmament
Letter signed by US in May 2000 pledging "unequivocal
commitment" to the "complete elimination of nuclear
weapons."
Exceprts
from NPR about developing new nuclear weapons
"The need is clear for a revitalized nuclear weapons
complex that will: ...be able, if directed, to
design, develop, manufacture, and certify new
warheads..."
The
Criminality of Nuclear Deterrence: Could the US
War on Terrorism Go Nuclear?
By Francis A. Boyle, forward by Philip Berrigan,
publisher Clarity Press.
Nuclear policy from Hiroshima through the NPR
and current threats of nuclear weapons use.
Links:
- Carnegie
Endowment for International Peace
Council
for a Livable World
Global
Security
Union
of Concerned Scientists Nuclear Posture Review
Campaign
Western
States Legal Foundation
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