B-61 New Capabilities
Hans Kristensen, of the Federation of American Scientists, just posted new pictures of the US Air Force’s new B-61 nuclear bomb. The new weapon, as illustrated by the photos and …
Tactical Nuclear Weapons
“If Nuclear Missiles launch, it will be by accident only”
There will always be incidents, says the expert. But it’s 2014, the political and military reality is that the U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals could be taken off alert. A …
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Parliament and Humanity House Events
Yesterday, IKV Pax Christi, a proud ICAN partner, was involved in a couple of exciting events. For quite some time now we’ve been building our relationships with Dutch parliamentarians. Yesterday, …
Dutch parliament hearing on modernisation
Today, there was a hearing in the Dutch Parliamentary subcommittee on defence issues. Attended by a number of parties- CDA, VVD, PvDA and SP, the committee heard from Hans Kristensen …
The bomb has burst
On 29 January 2014 the Dutch Parliament will hold a debate on nuclear disarmament. You can download PAX’ briefing following the current Dutch debate on nuclear weapons here: The Bomb has burst.
Kabinet zet kernwapendiscussie opnieuw in de ijskast
Door de in november aangenomen motie Van Dijk over de kernwapentaak van de JSF naast zich neer te leggen, ontloopt het kabinet opnieuw de eigen verantwoordelijkheid bij het terugdringen van …
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Nuclear Security Summit: goede zaak maar gemiste kans
De komst van Barack Obama maakt het nu al tot een voor Nederland legendarisch evenement: de Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) op 24 en 25 maart in Den Haag over de …
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The end of ambiguity, the beginning of transparency?
In a National Geographic documentary on the cold war, former Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers broke the cone of silence surrounding the U.S. nuclear weapons stored at the Volkel air …
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With our combined strength we can end this scourge on our galaxy
The last couple of days have been super busy at the office. Saturday night’s documentary featuring former Prime Minister Lubbers confirming that there are, indeed, nuclear weapons in the Netherlands …
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Lubbers, van Agt – Who’s next?
Former Prime Minister Van Agt confirmed on a radio programme Dit is Dag Wednesday that there are indeed nuclear weapons at Volkel. This is the second former Prime Minster of …