Current Nuclear Weapons Development

[Grey Havoc]

Iran says saving nuclear deal not its problem, EU warns no alternative

Iran warned the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that it would no longer be burdened with preserving a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers as European states pushed Tehran to stick with the agreement because there is "no credible, peaceful alternative."

www.reuters.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Iran delays threat to breach terms of nuclear deal ahead of signatories' summit

Iran delayed a threat to breach its nuclear deal commitments while it waits for Europe to put the finishing touches to a multimillion-pound credit line to help it circumvent US sanctions.

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

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US arms control office critically understaffed under Trump, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ice-understaffed-trump?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

[Grey Havoc]

Iran nuclear deal: Enriched uranium limit breached, IAEA confirms

It has produced more low-enriched uranium than allowed under the nuclear deal, a watchdog says.

www.bbc.com

 

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Arms Racing With China: Tactical Nuclear Weapons

m.theepochtimes.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Rouhani: Iran will enrich uranium to 'any amount we want'

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's president warned that Tehran will increase its enrichment of uranium to "any amount that we want" beginning on Sunday, putting further pressure on European nations to save its faltering nuclear deal and offer a way around intense U.S. sanctions.

www.apnews.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Iran nuclear deal: Government announces enrichment breach

Iran "wants to salvage" the 2015 accord but accuses other countries of failing to fulfil promises.

www.bbc.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Iran enriches uranium past cap and warns only 60 days to save deal

Iran warned on Monday that the last chance for saving the nuclear deal will pass after a 60-day deadline, as the country announced it had increased its uranium enrichment to beyond the cap.

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Grey Havoc]

Europeans call for urgent meeting of Iran nuclear deal parties

European powers accused Iran on Tuesday of "pursuing activities inconsistent with its commitments" under a 2015 nuclear deal and called for an urgent meeting of the parties to the agreement to discuss Tehran's compliance.

www.reuters.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Trump threatens to 'substantially' increase sanctions on Iran

President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that U.S. sanctions on Iran would be increased "substantially" soon, as the U.N. nuclear watchdog held an emergency meeting at Washington's request to weigh Tehran's breach of a nuclear deal.

www.reuters.com

 

[bobbymike]

Blast from the past: The Pentagon’s updated war plan for tactical nukes

How the military is preparing for full-scale combat operations in a post-nuclear battlefield.

mco-armytimes-prod.origin.arcpublishing.com

 

[bobbymike]

Milley throws support behind nuclear modernization, Space Force

The confirmation hearing for President Trump's pick as the top uniformed officer for the Pentagon went smoothly.

www.defensenews.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

France, Britain and Germany say risks Iran nuclear deal could collapse

France, Britain and Germany said on Sunday they were preoccupied by the escalation of tensions in the Persian Gulf region and a risk of Iran's 2015 nuclear deal falling apart, calling for dialogue between all the parties to resume.

www.reuters.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Iran nuclear deal breaches not yet significant, EU says

Recent breaches of the landmark 2015 agreement are reversible, the bloc's foreign policy chief says.

www.bbc.com

 

[bobbymike]

Trump says lack of uranium is threat to national security

“Currently, the United States imports approximately 93 percent of its commercial uranium, compared to 85.8 percent in 2009.” is an […]

investorintel.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Netanyahu: 'Europe might ignore Iran threat until nuclear missiles hit'

Israel's PM likens the EU's approach to breaches of the nuclear deal to the appeasement of the Nazis.

www.bbc.com

 

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Kim Jong-un inspects new submarine, raising ballistic missile fears https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...allistic-missile-fears?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

 

[bobbymike]

US Nuclear Modernization: Looming Conflict or Re-emerging Consensus?

m.theepochtimes.com

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1154821257713672192

 

[kaiserd]

Nuclear Weapons: Who Has What at a Glance | Arms Control Association

www.armscontrol.org

 

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Russia and Arms Control: Extending New Start or Starting Over? | Arms Control Association

www.armscontrol.org

 

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Current Time - 2024 - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

It is 90 seconds to midnight.

thebulletin.org

 

[kaiserd]

Mankind 'no closer to apocalypse' - BBC News

The symbolic Doomsday Clock is held at two minutes to midnight - amid warnings of a "new abnormal".

www.google.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

North Korea fires two ballistic missiles in second missile launch in a week

Pyongyang had called the earlier launch a "solemn warning" to South Korea over planned military drills with the US.

www.bbc.com

 

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A Primer on Analyzing Nuclear Competitions - Texas National Security Review

Bruce Sugden offers a nuclear primer for analysts studying nuclear competition, urging them to broaden the range of plausible “what if” questions around which their studies are structured.

tnsr.org

 

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Allies Push Back Against US Waffling on New START - Breaking Defense

"New START was flawed from the beginning," National Security Adviser John Bolton said Tuesday. "It is due to expire in February 2021 and while no decision has been made, it is unlikely to be extended. We need to focus on something better. And we will."

breakingdefense.com

 

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Podcast: Nuclear Modernization-The Point of No Return? | Aviation Week Network

Boeing’s exit from the Ground-based Strategic Deterrent program to replace the U.S.’s nuclear ICBMs leave the Air Force with Northrop as a lone contractor. Aviation Week editoris discuss the company’s possible motivation and what it means for the future of the Pentagon’s nuclear program.

m.aviationweek.com

 

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2020 NNSA Stockpile Stewardship Report

Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan (SSMP)

NNSA's Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan is a key planning document for the Nuclear Security Enterprise.

www.energy.gov

 

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BWXT May Stop Making SSBN Missile Tubes, Leaving Single Supplier - USNI News

When BWX Technologies executives are not sure about building submarine missile tubes in the future, highlighting the defense industrial base's fragility.

news.usni.org

 

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Arms Control's Abject Failure Won't be Fixed by More Arms Control - Center for Security Policy

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. In response to President Trump’s termination...

www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org

 

[bobbymike]

U.S. Announces Withdrawal From INF Treaty – Center for Security Policy

www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org

 

[Grey Havoc]

'Brief radiation spike' after rocket engine blast in northern Russia

The explosion on a naval test range in Arkhangelsk region kills two people and injures six.

www.bbc.com

 

[bobbymike]

Yes, the Russians Are Testing Nuclear Weapons and It Is Very Important

In May 2019, Lt. Gen. Robert P. Ashley, Jr., Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, in an important speech at the Hudson Institute, stated: Russia's development of new warhead designs and overal

www.realcleardefense.com

 

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Redirect Notice

 

[bobbymike]

Nuclear gravity bomb and warhead upgrades face new delays

The B61-12 delay could be as long as 18 months.

www.defensenews.com

 

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https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6395032/Report-to-Congress-on-Nonstrategic-Nuclear-Weapons.pdf

 

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'Yes' on the Low-Yield Warhead for Trident

Just last month, in light of the upcoming House-Senate debate on U.S. nuclear modernization, Sen. Elizabeth Warren along with seventeen Democratic Senators wrote to the Senate Armed Services Committee

www.realcleardefense.com

 

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Decades late, the B-52 is getting a new nuclear weapon

To keep the B-52 bomber relevant for its nuclear mission, the U.S. Air Force is preparing to spend billions of dollars to develop a new air-launched cruise missile.

www.defensenews.com

Could title “Triad Modernization Decades Late”

 

[bobbymike]

Apparently leaked Joint Nuclear Operations document

https://fas.org/irp/doddir/dod/jp3_72.pdf

 

[bobbymike]

Will Nuclear Weapons Make A Comeback?

Nuclear proliferation has remained in check so far, but there is reason to doubt whether it will do so indefinitely.

www.foreignaffairs.com