Categories: Nuclear Roundup

Nuclear Roundup: 3/2/2018

By Jodi Lieberman, March 2, 2018

A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news.

North Korea

Nuclear missile threat a “red line” for Trump on North Korea

S. Korea previously sent special envoys to NK for summits, nuclear issue

US accuses North Korea of using talks to “buy time” for nuclear programme

Northeast Asia’s inflection point for plutonium stockpiling

United States

The Latest: White House: US defense capability “2nd to none”

Options abound for new nuclear cruise missile

The US Nuclear Posture Review and the future of nuclear order

Proposal advances to store nuclear waste in New Mexico

The US is accelerating development of its own “invincible” hypersonic weapons

International

Experts aghast at Russian claim of nuclear-powered missile with unlimited range

Putin’s nuclear slideshow echoes Cold War

What Russia’s newly announced nuclear systems actually mean

Russia’s nuclear weapons buildup is aimed at beating US missile defenses

Why Putin is unveiling “invincible” nuclear weapons now

Don’t buy Putin’s missile hype

Putin just gave Trump the arms race he sought

Trump’s Iran nuclear deal deadline is forcing tough talks with Europe. It’s not certain they’ll work

State Department OKs nuclear monitoring system for Iran

Saudis have leverage to keep uranium enrichment rights in a US nuclear deal

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