Russia has test fired it's state of the art, submarine launched, intercontinental ballistic missile - the RSM56 Bulava.

Perhaps the most striking passage in Barack Obama's Berlin speech was the prominence he gave to his call for the goal of a world without nuclear weapons. That will sound radical to both American and European ears. But there is growing bipartisan and heavyweight support for this in the United States and elsewhere, including Britain, which trascends the controversial history of nuclear disarmament in British (and Labour) politics.

As it is the season of peace and goodwill, you may perhaps want to consider who deserves to be 2007 Arms Control Person of the Year. There are two UK contenders:

Good turn-out  tonight for launch of Calderdale CND.About 70 people on a  hot Friday night.NOT ONE who supported Trident.

AS Heath suggests a different, more cunning, approach to our nuclear deterrent