On the radar: Simultaneous tests and other possibilities; Congress votes to ban Iran ambassador; Taking diplomacy hostage; Navy searches for savings on nuclear sub; Red Team on Y-12; DOD to update counter-WMD strategy; Fired nuke commander’s rank reduced; NNSA awards Princeton $25M on nuclear arms control; and Japan localities push back on plans to stockpile plutonium.
On the radar: Arms control amid the U.S.-Russia downturn; Patraeus on after an Iran deal; Progress in Iran negotiations; Arak proposal; About Aboutalebi; Japan’s foreign minister on disarmament; Japan to produce new stockpiles of plutonium; DOE’s plans to secure nuclear materials; India, elections and force posture; and the NNSA’s sloppy record keeping.
On the radar: Pork politics trump strategy and budgets; Nuclear forces to see reductions in compliance with New START; Lt. Gen. Klotz confirmed as NNSA Administrator; and Five years after Prague.
On the radar: Implementation slow; Deal-making calculus; Iran talks lay groundwork for draft deal; $100 billion sub specs; B61 delays; Air Force nuclear reviews; Why Gulf States should be optimistic; BJP might chance nuclear posture; and Mother Nature forces shutdown of North Korean reactor.
On the radar: Nuclear deal in the forecast; Fear of sanctions hampers good faith transactions; the Crimea crisis and nuclear zero; Pentagon plans to plan nuclear force cuts; NNSA finds budget numbers that make it look good; DOE to subsidize the unaffordable; Moscow forgets about Lisbon Agreement; and North Korea makes Asian pivot deployments possible.
On the radar: Regional perspective; Iran talks resume; U.S. meets with Japan and South Korea on North Korea’s nuclear program; South Korea rattles saber; Radioactive waste vulnerable to earthquakes; MOX critics organized; and Red teaming UPF.
On the radar: Poster child for nuclear budget waste; Construction halt on the horizon; Doomsday caucus tries to save ICBMs; Nonproliferation commitment concerns; What can be done about North Korea; Businesses don’t rush into Iran; and India PM urges convention on no first use.
On the radar: Third year in a row; Mismanaged warheads; Israeli opposition leader supports Iran negotiations; New START data; Dismantlement slashed; IAEA in a pickle over Crimea; Good money after bad for missile defense; and Leadership needed on nuclear security.