Dominic Li on the challenge of emergency communications in the mobile age.
In response to Infrastructure US's article on America's nuclear responsibility, former senior advisor on Nuclear Nonproliferation matters at the U.S. Department of Energy, Charity Azadian writes a counter-balance to possible American nuclear disarmament.
With the United States spending over US$700 billion per year on national defence, it's always a bit worrying when an attempted terrorist attack, in the heart of one of the busiest cities in the world, is foiled by a street-vendor noticing smoke coming from a car bomb. The attempted Times Square bombing has led many people to question US intelligence when it comes to terrorist attacks and whether better terror prevention and detection technologies are needed.
Earlier in the year, plans to store America's nuclear waste inside one of America's most challenging engineering feats, Yucca Mountain, were scrapped due to a lack of federal funding.