Oslo, Norway
Below is an except from "NORWAY’S ANDERS BREIVIK: WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THE POLITICS OF CULTURAL DESPAIR," a preliminary analysis written by Charles P. Blair, Kelsey Gregg, & Jonathan Garbose.
Please visit the full report for further analysis of the treatise and the CBRN weapons discussed within.
Overview
Along with other CBRN, Breivik calls for the use of biological weapons (BW) and toxins against the “cultural Marxist/multiculturalist elites,” stressing that “Efforts must be made to obtain [them].”36
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In a recent article on the resurgence of Islamic rebels in Somalia, Associated Press reporter Chris Tomlinson provides new information on the shoulder-fired, surface-to-air missiles allegedly supplied to Somali Islamists last year. Tomlinson claims that the Shabab - the military wing of the Council of Islamic Courts - received 200 shoulder-fired missiles from Eritrea, one of three countries that allegedly shipped missiles to Somalia last year in violation of a long-standing UN arms embargo.
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The continuing prominence of special operations as an instrument of U.S. force projection is creating requirements for “revolutionary, game changing” new technologies and fostering the development of solutions…
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Russia Nuclear Forces, 2015
Currently, Russia is modernizing its strategic and nonstrategic warheads; it currently has 4,500 nuclear warheads and 1,780 are deployed on missiles and bomber bases. Additionally, there are 700 strategic warheads and 2,000 nonstrategic warheads in storage, and an estimated 3,200 retired but largely intact warheads awaiting dismantlement.
In the latest Nuclear Notebook, Hans Kristensen and Robert Norris examine Russia's nuclear arsenal and strategy. Despite Russian nuclear threats, they are not building up their arsenal, but appear to be leveling off the force within the next decade. However, there are many uncertainties about the future development of Russian nuclear forces. Available information indicates that Russia is continuing to reduce strategic nuclear launchers well below the limit set by the New START Treaty, and over the next decade all Soviet-era ICBMs will be retired. Depending on the extent of modernization plans over the next decade and how many missiles Russia can actually produce and deploy, the overall strategic force appears to be leveling off just below 500 launchers.
Read the FAS Nuclear Notebook here.
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Last January 30, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz disclosed a secret Israeli government database on settlements in the occupied West Bank, and posted the Hebrew text (pdf) of the…
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The Chinese nuclear stockpile appears to be only half as big as previously thought, according to a new overview published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Up…
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Escalating cost estimates for the B61 Life- Extension Program threaten to make the new B61-12 bomb the most expensive ever. By Hans M. Kristensen The disclosure during yesterday’s Senate Appropriations…
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by Paul Sullivan Whether an oil and gas company is working in the United States or is spread throughout the world, it will face geopolitical and cyber risks which could…
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The W62 is the only nuclear warhead that has been publicly identified for elimination under the Bush administration’s secret nuclear stockpile reduction plan.
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US aid for Yemen goes predominantly to military and hard security projects. To confront the key sources of instability the U.S. must look beyond military assistance. Tier two…
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