Pakistan Plans Plutonium Reactor, Say Analysts...
Washington Post Joby Warwick July 23, 2006 at 11:37 PM
Pakistan has begun building what independent analysts say is a powerful new reactor for producing plutonium, a move that, if verified, would signal a major expansion of the country's nuclear weapons capabilities and a potential new escalation in the region's arms race.
Satellite photos of Pakistan's Khushab nuclear site show what appears to be a partially completed heavy-water reactor capable of producing enough plutonium for 40 to 50 nuclear weapons a year, a 20-fold increase from Pakistan's current capabilities, according to a technical assessment by Washington-based nuclear experts.
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Ohhhhhh and Georgie looked into Putins eyes and saw his soul, bad luck Georgie you missjudged again.
Russia puts kibosh on U.S.-backed resolution against Iran at UN
Canadian PressPublished: Sunday, July 23, 2006
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Unexpected Russian opposition to key wording of a U.S.-backed Security Council draft resolution is straining international unity on how to deal with Iran's nuclear defiance, UN diplomats said Saturday.
The apparent change of heart is the latest obstacle in the months-long attempt to put pressure on Iran's government to suspend uranium enrichment, which some countries fear Tehran wants to use for a nuclear program.
Iran argues its needs enrichment to make energy and is entitled to it under the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.
Although it initially urged restraint, Russia, as recently as July 12 in Paris, signalled it was ready to support a tougher line. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and counterparts from the United States, China, Britain, France and Germany agreed then to resume Security Council deliberations after Iran refused requests to respond to an international offer to negotiate its nuclear program. >>>cont
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Pakistan has begun building what independent analysts say is a powerful new reactor for producing plutonium, a move that, if verified, would signal a major expansion of the country's nuclear weapons capabilities and a potential new escalation in the region's arms race.
Satellite photos of Pakistan's Khushab nuclear site show what appears to be a partially completed heavy-water reactor capable of producing enough plutonium for 40 to 50 nuclear weapons a year, a 20-fold increase from Pakistan's current capabilities, according to a technical assessment by Washington-based nuclear experts.
READ WHOLE STORY
Ohhhhhh and Georgie looked into Putins eyes and saw his soul, bad luck Georgie you missjudged again.
Russia puts kibosh on U.S.-backed resolution against Iran at UN
Canadian PressPublished: Sunday, July 23, 2006
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Unexpected Russian opposition to key wording of a U.S.-backed Security Council draft resolution is straining international unity on how to deal with Iran's nuclear defiance, UN diplomats said Saturday.
The apparent change of heart is the latest obstacle in the months-long attempt to put pressure on Iran's government to suspend uranium enrichment, which some countries fear Tehran wants to use for a nuclear program.
Iran argues its needs enrichment to make energy and is entitled to it under the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.
Although it initially urged restraint, Russia, as recently as July 12 in Paris, signalled it was ready to support a tougher line. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and counterparts from the United States, China, Britain, France and Germany agreed then to resume Security Council deliberations after Iran refused requests to respond to an international offer to negotiate its nuclear program. >>>cont
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