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U.S.-Russian nuclear security initiative.(Brief article)
On July 15, President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, "a new global program to track nuclear terrorists, detect and lock up bomb-making materials and coordinate their responses if terrorists obtain a weapon," reported the New York Times. The initiative is an outgrowth of the administration's Proliferation Security Initiative, a 70-nation program to seize "illicit weapons as they move across oceans or are transported by air."
The new U.S.-Russian nuclear terrorism program "would operate inside the borders of countries with nuclear weapons and materials, setting standards for protection and detection, and develop common strategies aimed at terror groups," explains the Times. It is expected that China, Japan, Australia, the major European ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, U.S.-Russian nuclear security initiative.(Brief article)