A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news.
North Korea
Trump cancels meeting with Kim, citing “open hostility”
Trump cancels summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un
China may benefit from a delay in a Trump-Kim meeting
Hecker: a comprehensive history of North Korea’s nuclear program.
North Korea warns of nuclear showdown, calls Pence “political dummy”
North Korea nuclear test tunnels at Punggye-ri “destroyed”
North Korea “preparing to hide nuclear arsenal in remote mountain province”
When Trump meets Kim, a whole lot could go wrong
The more Pence and Trump say “Libya,” the angrier North Korea gets
Iran
Iran nuclear deal: Khamenei lists demands for European powers
Schumer once opposed the Iran nuclear deal he now supports
Deep in the desert, Iran quietly advances missile technology
The satellite images that exposed Iran’s secret rocket program
United States
Security troops on US nuclear missile base took LSD
House rejects limit on new nuclear warhead
If a nuclear bomb explodes, government officials will probably use these scripts to calm you down
Law and public intuition on the use of force, part 2: the threat of nuclear weapons
International
Here’s what we know about Russia’s hypersonic waverider weapon
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