The Commerce Department is now investigating the first sale of American supercomputers to the Russian nuclear weapon laboratories. The machines will enhance Russia’s ability to design nuclear warheads and were…
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Rein In Technology Exports
Los Angeles Times February 26, 1997, p. A11 POLICY: Silicon Graphics’ sales abroad of supercomputers came just in time to continue the nuclear arms race. It should come as no…
U.S. Says “No” to Supercomputers for Russia’s Nuclear Weapon Labs
In mid-October, the Clinton Administration turned down a bid by Russia’s nuclear weapon laboratories to buy U.S. supercomputers. The sale was opposed by experts inside the U.S. government who feared…
Will U.S. Supercomputers Design Russian A-Bombs?
The Clinton administration may soon allow American supercomputers to be sold to Russian laboratories that design atomic and hydrogen bombs. The sales the first such exports in history are fiercely…
Exporting an Arms Race
The New York Times February 20, 1996, p. A19 The White House is about to take one of the greatest national security gambles since the end of the cold war….
Plutonium Plunder: Nuclear Smuggling is on the Rise
The Boston Sunday Globe September 4, 1994, p. 65 This summer, the German police are suddenly reporting a flood of nuclear smuggling cases. Small amounts of nuclear material have leaked…
The Soviet Nuclear Breakup – Promise or Perils?
International Affairs February 1992, p. 30 The West is now watching the Soviet central government grow weaker, and may soon see it disappear. With the resulting confusion comes the risk…