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Rumored Iranian-North Korean Collusion Overblown
  On the radar: DPRK test really Iranian-false; Park on North Korea; Pre-negotiation posturing; Nuclear next steps; Danger of comparing to nukes; NNSA Audit; and Atomic artifacts.   Read more »
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Posted on February 25, 2013
Iran Talks to Resume, Offer of Direct Talks Stands
  On the radar: Feb. 25 in Kazakhstan; VP Biden remarks; Welcome, Sec. Kerry; Test prep in North Korea; Loose nuke, 55 years later; Gov. Richardson on North Korea; and Ground control to Maj. Mahmoud.   Read more »
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Posted on February 4, 2013
Budget Cuts Raise Questions about Nuclear Spending, in France
On the radar: Budget cuts frappe le force; NYT on Hagel; Iran position on Parchin; Amano set for 2nd term; Outlook on nonstrategic reductions; and the Air Force’s actual strangelove “big board.” Read more »
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Posted on January 8, 2013
Continue to Fold Your Peace Cranes
In August 1945, an estimated 185,000 people lost their lives as a result of the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which represent the first and only nuclear attacks on earth. We are working to ensure they are also the last. Read more »
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Posted by admin on August 29, 2012
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A first hand account: Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the bomb
In 1945, Ploughshares Fund supporter Reid Dennis was sent by the Navy to Japan. While there he visited both Hiroshima and Nagasaki shortly after their bombing. Reid has kindly shared his remembrances of that visit with us, below.  Read more »
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Posted by admin on August 9, 2012
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Changes in the Iran Sanctions Policy Environment
On the radar: Levi on factors facilitating sanctions; Not time to relax oversight of the complex; Piecemeal BMD in the Gulf; STRATCOM on CMRR alternatives; Parsi on U.S.-Israel-Iran conundrum; First MDA chief from the Navy; and Firsthand pictures of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.   Read more »
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Posted on August 9, 2012
Making a Memorial for Hiroshima
Sadako Sasaki was two years old on August 6, 1945 when a nuclear bomb was dropped on her hometown of Hiroshima. It was the world’s first experience with nuclear war. Sadako was among the fortunate who survived the initial blast. But only 10 years later, when she was 12, Sadako developed leukemia, along with many other blast survivors exposed to the radiation. Read more »
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Posted by admin on August 6, 2012
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Air Force Chief Says Nuclear Stockpile Too Large, Costly
On the radar: Gen. Schwartz on the hedge; Hiroshima anniversary; Help us fold 1,000 paper cranes; Five myths of Iran-U.S. relations; Y-12 protestors receive charges, bail; Technical primer on SPY-1; Another North Korea test?; MEADS rises again; and North Korea invades U.S. on November 21st.   Read more »
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Posted on August 6, 2012
Women Speak out for a New Nuclear Future
Sixty-seven years ago in August, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, the only time that nuclear weapons have ever been used in warfare. To commemorate the anniversary, Minnesota State Senator Sandy Pappas authored an op-ed in the JTA highlighting the disconnect between the U.S.’s outdated, bloated nuclear arsenal and the 21st century security challenges the country faces. Read more »
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Posted by Kelly Bronk on August 2, 2012
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5 Fun Finds in the Ploughshares Office
As we all wished a very happy birthday to the United States of America this week, at Ploughshares we were also busy with some spring – make that summer – cleaning. Books made their way onto new shelves, and pamphlets into files. Along the way we found some blasts-from-the-past and other items that left us scratching our heads: Read more »
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Posted by Nora Wilkinson on July 5, 2012
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