Categories: Nuclear Roundup

Nuclear Roundup: 4/17/2017

By Jodi Lieberman, April 17, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world.

United States

Here’s how Trump launches a nuclear weapon

NNSA, Air Force complete first B61-12 Life Extension Program qualification flight test at Tonopah Test Range

How do you lead a government agency you once said should be abolished?

Dawn of the nuclear age

The bunker-busting nuclear bomb that almost was

How Weapons of Mass Destruction Became ‘Red Lines’ for America

Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Who Is Kristine Svinicki?

International

North Korean Missile Launch Fails, and a Show of Strength Fizzles

N. Korea didn’t test a nuclear weapon, but it did try to launch another missile

North Korea shows off its weapons technology

Trump administration warns North Korea over nuclear program

Take a 3D tour of North Korea’s nuclear test site, thanks to open source intelligence

North Korea Missile Launches, Nuclear Detonations: Timeline

McCain doubts claims US sabotaged North Korea’s nuclear test

What Would Happen if North Korea Fired Off a Nuclear Weapon?

North Korea’s push over the years to become a nuclear power

Russia to Develop Nuclear Round for T-14 Main Battle Tank

The World’s Most Mysterious Nuclear Weapons Program (And Its Not North Korea)

Indian Nuclear Weapons Are Much More Than Mere Weapons Of Devastation

Nuclear disarmament — the goal that was!

President Trump, will you remove US nuclear weapons from Turkey?

NGOs shine at anti-nuclear weapon U.N. conference in New York

President Trump’s Loose Talk on North Korea

A ‘Cuban Missile Crisis in Slow Motion’ in North Korea

Pence Warns North Korea, but He Also Doesn’t Rule Out Talks

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