We’re wondering if this explains the crashed UAV (near Iwo Jima, Japan) carrying nuclear cargo. — PID (BLOOMBERG) — North Korea said it would counter U.S. and South Korean joint naval exercises with “nuclear deterrence” after the Obama administration said the government in Pyongyang shouldn’t take any provocative steps. North Korea will “legitimately counter with [...]

Hat tip to Deon for sending us this link! — PID (THE INDEPENDENT) — An international police sting at a Pretoria petrol station has netted four men involved in the sale of a highly radioactive metal suspected to be destined for use in a dirty bomb. The high-risk operation by the Hawks’ specialised tactical unit [...]

WASHINGTON – CIA Director Leon Panetta says Iran probably has enough low-enriched uranium for two nuclear weapons, but that it likely would take two years to build the bombs. Panetta also says he is doubtful that recent U.N. penalties will put an end to Iran’s nuclear ambitions. via CIA’s Panetta: Iran has enough uranium for [...]

MOSCOW (REUTERS) — The chief of Russia’s state security service said on Wednesday that terrorists were seeking access to nuclear materials across the former Soviet Union, Interfax news agency reported. Alexander Bortnikov, the chief of the FSB, the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, gave no further details about the attempts or which groups had [...]

(DEBKAfile) – North Korean ruler Kim Jong-il ordered his military to prepare for all-out war after Barack Obama sent the US military to work with Seoul to prepare for future aggression and plan a joint submarine maneuver for the near future. Tuesday, May 25, military observers in the Korean Peninsula and Japan were predicting limited [...]

(DEBKAfile) — debkafile’s military sources report a decision by the Obama administration to boost US military strength in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf regions in the short term with an extra air and naval strike forces and 6,000 Marine and sea combatants. Carrier Strike Group 10, headed by the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, [...]

MOSCOW (CANADIAN PRESS) — Russia’s top nuclear official said Thursday that Iran's first nuclear plant is on schedule and will be put into operation this summer, while the country’s foreign minister urged Tehran to co-operate with international nuclear authorities to avoid possible sanctions. The Russia-built plant in Bushehr has been a key issue of contention [...]

(The Hindu) U.S. has warned Pakistan it will face “very severe consequences” if a terror plot like the botched Times Square bombing was traced to that country. “We’ve made it very clear that if – heaven-forbid – an attack like this that we can trace back to Pakistan were to have been successful, there would [...]

(HAARETZ) — The United States, Russia, Britain, France and China on Wednesday voiced support for making the Middle East a nuclear-arms-free zone, which would mean Israel would have to scrap any atomic bombs in its possession. via UN Security Council permanent members back nuclear-free Mideast – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News.

(YNET NEWS) — Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday his country would “definitely continue” its nuclear program despite Israeli threats of military action. via Ahmadinejad: Israel is not factor, we don’t even count them – Israel News, Ynetnews.

(UPI) — NATO wants to invite Russia to join in building a massive missile defense shield over Europe, a plan that, for the first time, could bring the former Cold War enemies together for a military project. Confidential talks between Washington and Moscow on a new concept for the missile shield have already started, NATO [...]

(REDSTATE) — Yesterday at his nuclear conference, Obama said the following (via Gateway Pundit): “Whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower.” Note: Includes Video Via RedState.

(MEDIAITE.COM) — Yesterday, NY Post columnist Michael Goodwin suggested that the Obama Administration had a specific agenda in mind when coming up with the logo for the Nuclear Security Summit, claiming the “crescent-like design of the logo (was) not a coincidence, especially at an event where Iran’s nuclear ambition and al Qaeda’s search for a [...]

(Arutz Sheva) – Russia announced Wednesday that the Iranian nuclear reactor it is helping to build is set to launch its operations this August. Sergei Kiriyenko, head of Russia’s state nuclear corporation, said the reactor currently being completed at Bushehr is on schedule. via Russia: Iranian Nuke Reactor Ready for August 2010 Launch – Defense/Middle [...]