Nuclear Madness
MAD was the big acronym during the Cold War. For those who cannot remember, it stood for Mutually Assured Destruction. The thinking behind the terrifying…
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Pantomime And Red Buttons
It’s very tempting to think that North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has a big red button on his desk akin to that of Dr…
To Nuke or Not to Nuke?
From Hamish de Bretton Gordon in Washington D.C. What price a pre-emptive strike to destroy North Korea’s nuclear and chemical weapons? Answer – high, very…
Korea Time? – Something to Midnight
It’s difficult to know the exact time in Pyongyang – but it’s ‘something to midnight’. Midnight is one of 3 things. A nuclear armed North…
North Korea: To Bomb, Or Not To Bomb?
With Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) launches with ranges well over 4000 kms, claims of a successful test of an H Bomb, and threats to attack…
How To Stop North Korea?
How on earth did we get into a position where an unstable and dictator like Kim Jong Un has the capability send missiles over Japan’s…
Brexit Goes Nuclear—Part 2
She’s done it. Mrs May has gone and linked Britain’s nuclear deterrent to Brexit trade negotiations. I can honestly stick out my chest, jut out…
Shimon Peres and Israel’s Nuclear Bomb
Shimon Peres, who has died aged 93 lived through it all. The Holocaust, the founding of Israel, the wars, the politics, the triumphs and disasters….
Why The Ayatollahs Are Angry With Obama.
This summer the Wall Street Journal broke news of a secret transfer of $400 million in foreign currency via an unmarked cargo plane to Iran back in January. Subsequently…
The What And The Why Of The Iran Deal
By Tim Marshall. The What is fairly straightforward. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency Iran has met the its initial commitments to the Joint…