The U.S. Is Building a New Nuclear 'Gravity Bomb', Pentagon Announces - The B61-13 is the latest in a long line of B61 variants
WASHINGTON, D.C. 31 October 2023 (IDN | TNW) — The Pentagon has announced it is making a new nuclear “gravity bomb.” If approved by Congress, the B61-13 will replace the 1980s era B61-7, according to the announcement on 27 October.
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70th Anniversary of President Eisenhower’s Speech on “Atoms for Peace”
By Leonam dos Santos Guimarâes
*The writer is a Nuclear and naval engineer (PhD) member of the Brazilian National Academy of Engineering. CEO of Eletronuclear S.A. Coordinator, Brazilian Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program.
RIO DE JANEIRO | 23 October 2023 (IDN) — On 8 December 1953, the President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, delivered a speech before the United Nations General Assembly that would echo through the pages of history. (P 20) JAPANESE | SWEDISH
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Continued Buildup of Massive US Nuclear Arsenal Dangerous
By Daryl G. Kimball
The writer is the Executive Director of the Arms Control Association (ACA). Following is the preliminary Assessment of the Report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, ACA issued on 12 October.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 15 October 2023 (IDN) — Following more than a decade of deteriorating relations and uncertainty on disarmament diplomacy, the three states with the largest nuclear arsenals—Russia, the United States, and China—are on the precipice of an unconstrained era of dangerous nuclear competition.
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Is Russia Planning to Revoke its Ratification of the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty?
By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS | 10 October 2023 (IDN) — The Russian Federation, which made several implicit threats to use nuclear weapons in its ongoing military conflict in Ukraine, is reportedly toying with the idea of withdrawing its ratification of the landmark Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).
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France Attempts to Pressure Australia to Stop Engaging with Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty
By ICAN
GENEVA. 3 October 2023 (IDN) — Recent statements by a French diplomat to “the Australian” newspaper criticizing Australia’s decision to observe the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) reveal the panicked efforts by nuclear-armed states to undermine the treaty as support for the ban continues to grow.
It also shows a European state with a dark colonial legacy continuing to exert pressure on the Pacific—an area heavily impacted by French nuclear testing—instead of respecting national sovereignty.
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97 States Sign the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty
By EU Correspondents
LONDON. 2 October 2023 (IDN | TNW) —The landmark Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) has now been signed by almost half of all countries.
This comes after a ceremony at the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where Sri Lanka acceded to the treaty and the Bahamas signed it.
This means 97 states have now signed, ratified or acceded to the treaty that outlaws nuclear weapons and all weapons-related activity.
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