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| Iran condemns US for subcritical nuclear test | |
| 2012-12-09 | |
| Iran has condemned the United States for the subcritical nuclear test recently conducted in Nevada, saying the test undermines world peace and global stability and shows the United States' hypocrisy on the issue of nuclear disarmament, Press TV reported. On Friday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said the test proves Washington is still following a policy based on reliance on weapons of mass destruction, disregarding international calls for total nuclear disarmament. The test, known as Pollux, was conducted jointly by the Nevada National Security Site, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories on Wednesday. The US National Nuclear Security Administration said the 27th subcritical experiment was conducted to ensure that Washington "can support a safe, secure and effective stockpile" of nuclear weapons. However, the experiment has drawn sharp criticism from residents of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which are the only cities that have ever been attacked with nuclear weapons. "I wonder why [US] President [Barack] Obama, who said he would seek a nuclear-free world, carried out the test," said Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui. Hirotami Yamada, the secretary general of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council, said the experiment "is proof that the United States could use nuclear weapons anytime."
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 See also WORLD MILITARY FORUM > IFF ALL ELSE FAILS [diplomacy], THE US WILL STRIKE IRAN IN 2013, SAY FORMER ADVISORS TO US PRESIDENTS CLINTON, BUSH, AND OBAMA. and * SAME > JOHN GLASER: HAS THE US SET A MARCH 2013 DEADLINE TO LAUNCH WAR ON IRAN? AIR ATTACKS ON IRAN'S MAIN NUCLEAR FACILITIES MAY CAUSE UP TO 10,000 OR MORE IRANIAN CASUALTIES FROM ALL CAUSES, REQUIRE A FOLLOW-UP LAND INVASION AND OCCUPATION DUE TO COSTS OF IRAN WAR [$$$, lives lost] BEING GREATER THAN THAT INCURRED BY THE US-ALLIES FOR IRAQ + AFGHANISTAN. versus * WAFF, TOPIX > NEW CHINA LEADER [Xi Jinping]CALLS FOR POWERFUL MISSLE FORCES, that are also technologically-advanced in order to achieve de facto "military parity" agz China's enemies. * TOPIX > ANALYSIS: AS CHINA'S CLOUT GROWS, SEA POLICY BECOMES UNFATHOMABLE. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-12-10 00:08 |
| #1 Pull'em off the shelf, dust'em off and warm'em up. Drop your...um, well grab your socks little bombs. Somebody is going for a ride. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2012-12-09 00:50 |