Issue No. 912, 3 June 2011 Articles & Other Documents: Featured Article: Why We Should Study Developing Nuclear Earth Penetrators – and Why They Are Actually Stabilizing 1. ‘Nuclear Powers Want to Keep their Deadly Toys’ 2. Saudi Arabia Plans to Build 16 Nuclear Reactors by 2030 3. Iran Sanctions Should Be Eased to Foster Nuclear Cooperation, Russia Says 4. Asian Arms Race 'Has Potential for Calamity' 5. N. Korea Commands 3,000-Strong Cyber Warfare Unit: Defector 6. Leading Physicist Calls China's Nuclear Programme 'Rash and Unsafe' 7. China PLA Officers Call Internet Key Battleground 8. How Pakistan's Nuclear Weapons could Be Jeopardised 9. US Plans to Seize Nuke Stockpile if Terrorists Take over Pak 10. Slain Pakistan's Journalist's Mumbai Attack Theories from Beyond the Grave 11. “US should Freeze Deployment of Anti-Missile Systems in European Countries” 12. Russian Defense Ministry to Resume Bulava Trials from Mid-June. 13. MI6 Attacks al-Qaeda in 'Operation Cupcake' 14. Pentagon Details Plan for New Nuclear Bomber 15. US: Russia Cutting Nuclear Arsenal Faster than Required 16. Why We Should Study Developing Nuclear Earth Penetrators – and Why They Are Actually Stabilizing 17. EDITORIAL: Wishing Away Iranian Nukes 18. The Future of Nuclear Nonproliferation 19. Terrorism and Pak Nuclear Assets Welcome to the CPC Outreach Journal. As part of USAF Counterproliferation Center’s mission to counter weapons of mass destruction through education and research, we’re providing our government and civilian community a source for timely counterproliferation information. This information includes articles, papers and other documents addressing issues pertinent to US military response options for dealing with chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats and countermeasures. It’s our hope this information resource will help enhance your counterproliferation issue awareness. 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Reproduction for private use or commercial gain is subject to original copyright restrictions. All rights are reserved. United States Air Force Counterproliferation Research & Education | Maxwell AFB, Montgomery AL | Phone: 334.953.7538 | Fax: 334.953.7530 Tehran Times – Iran Thursday, June, 2 2011 ‘Nuclear Powers Want to Keep their Deadly Toys’ Tehran Times Political Desk TEHRAN -- The United States and other nuclear weapons states do not want to dismantle their nuclear weapons, Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Tuesday. Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh made the remarks in an interview with the IRNA news agency in Vienna on Tuesday after a conference held by the Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP). Soltanieh said, “In fact, we face this bitter issue that the countries possessing nuclear weapons, including the United States, have no inclination to eliminate their nuclear weapons and they want to keep their nuclear weapons as a deterrent.” He went on to say that the meeting examined the problems caused by nuclear weapons and their proliferation as well as the inability of the international community, including nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty signatories, to stop the arms race that is currently underway. Iran’s proposal to set a deadline for the complete eradication of all nuclear weapons was also discussed during the meeting, he said, adding that the proposal has been welcomed by all Non-Aligned Movement members. During the meeting, it was also announced that the U.S. and other nuclear weapons states are opposed to the idea of setting any deadline for total nuclear disarmament, even the deadline of 2025, which was supported by NAM, Iran’s IAEA ambassador stated. The participants at the meeting also expressed their opposition to the new U.S. doctrine, according to which Washington says it maintains the right to use nuclear weapons to attack other countries under certain circumstances, Soltanieh noted. http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=241862 (Return to Articles and Documents List) Al Arabiya News – U.A.E. Saudi Arabia Plans to Build 16 Nuclear Reactors by 2030 Thursday, 02 June 2011 By EMAN EL-SHENAWI, Al Arabiya with Agencies Saudi Arabia plans to build 16 nuclear power reactors by 2030, which could potentially cost more than $100 billion. The Kingdom and its Gulf neighbors regard nuclear power as a way to meet rising electricity demand while reducing reliance on polluting fossil fuels, a Saudi-based newspaper reported on Wednesday. Abdul Ghani bin Melaibari, coordinator of scientific collaboration at King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy announced a plan for Saudi Arabia’s reactors. “After 10 years we will have the first two reactors,” Mr. Melaibari told Arab News. “After that, every year we will establish two, until we have 16 by 2030.” Saudi is striving to keep up with rapidly rising power demand and nuclear reactors will allow the Kingdom to boost its domestic energy capacity usage. The country plans to cover 20 percent of its electricity needs using nuclear energy, Mr. Melaibari added. He estimated the cost of each reactor to be around $7 billion, adding that the Kingdom is in the process of planning for the nuclear project while coordinating with specialized companies. Issue No. 912, 3 June 2011 United States Air Force Counterproliferation Research & Education | Maxwell AFB, Montgomery AL | Phone: 334.953.7538 | Fax: 334.953.7530 Many nations have taken a step back from nuclear plans following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan. But oil-rich Gulf States are pursuing their plans with major investments in nuclear power. Neighboring United Arab Emirates in December 2009 awarded a South Korean consortium the contract to build four nuclear power plants worth $20.4 billion, reported Reuters. The UAE was also recently reported to be weighing options of the long-term storage of nuclear waste from the country’s proposed nuclear power plant. The Fukushima disaster following the Japan tsunami and earthquake has also made it more critical for new nuclear nations to lay out schemes for waste disposal. The UAE is considering an underground cave that could hold radioactive uranium and plutonium for thousands of years. The cave would come at a high cost but has been widely recommended by scientists. Finland and Sweden are currently on track to build waste sites, while America’s planned site in Nevada has been abandoned since May due to insufficient funding from the federal budget. The UAE cave would be shared with other nations from the region, although the Emirates has not yet held formal talks with other states about the investment. Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait are the clear choices as they plan for their own civil nuclear programs. In Saudi Arabia, power demand in the top oil exporter is estimated to grow seven to eight percent during the next 10 years. It is the largest economy of the GCC, with an annual GDP of $622 billion and a GDP per capita of $24,200. http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/06/02/151472.html (Return to Articles and Documents List) Bloomberg News Iran Sanctions Should Be Eased to Foster Nuclear Cooperation, Russia Says By Henry Meyer and Ilya Arkhipov June 2, 2011 World powers should offer to ease sanctions to gain Iran’s cooperation in resolving the dispute over the country’s nuclear program, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. Talks between Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany have stalled since January and Russia believes incentives are needed to kick-start the process, Lavrov said yesterday in an interview in Moscow. “We have to show to Iran that if it cooperates, if it answers satisfactorily the IAEA demands, then it should see the light at the end of the tunnel,” Lavrov said, referring to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN’s nuclear watchdog. The Persian Gulf state in mid-2010 came under a fourth set of UN sanctions, which Russia supported. The U.S. and European Union later imposed tougher unilateral measures. Russia won’t support new sanctions against Iran, Lavrov said. “It’s a process that can only be successful if we count not on new sanctions and threats, but on negotiations,” he said. The IAEA, based in Vienna, has been probing Iran’s nuclear work since 2003, when it was revealed that the government had hidden atomic research for two decades. The U.S. has accused Iran of seeking to build a nuclear weapon, while Iran says its program is for civilian energy production. Issue No. 912, 3 June 2011 United States Air Force Counterproliferation Research & Education | Maxwell AFB, Montgomery AL | Phone: 334.953.7538 | Fax: 334.953.7530 Russia built Iran’s first nuclear power plant, in Bushehr, and plans to start full operations at the facility “very soon,” Rosatom Corp., Russia’s state nuclear holding company, said May 26. Tougher Inspections If Iran agrees to resume tougher IAEA inspections, the EU and U.S. should pledge not to introduce any new, unilateral sanctions, Lavrov said.