On the radar: Congress supports diplomacy, other messages mixed; the Problem of lifting sanctions; Modifying Arak; Zarif on the talks; Crimea and US-Russia cooperation; Biden in Poland; and South Carolina sues for MOX pork.
On the radar: The Pentagon gets ahead of itself on missile defense; Calculating the risk of sanctioning Russia; Ukraine’s impact on Iran talks; MOX plant shelved due to rising cost; Preventing nuclear terrorism; and Was it a missile or ASAT test.
On the radar: A cycle of misunderstandings and misinterpretations; London’s Trident shipyard; the Netherlands experience technical issues; Ukraine crisis has little impact on Iran talks; and Iranian hardliners sabotaging Rouhani.
On the radar: Seeking free money for subs; Senators sticking Iran sanctions in Ukraine aid; B61 integration planned; Air Force culture of perfection, cheating; Throwback to the third site; and Remembering Donald Mahley.
On the radar: Mission-less bombs are getting expensive; Insulated nuclear budgets; Air Force still aspires for $550 million bomber; MOX pork; Israel may extend missile defense to cover Egypt and Jordan; Upgrading South Korea’s missile defense; Japan’s bomb in the basement; and Don’t give your girlfriend classified information.
On the radar: Questioning the Rokkasho reprocessing plant; What if Ukraine kept nukes; Russia postures with New START; Mideast NWFZ talks; More workers exposed at WIPP; North Korea contravening sanctions; and CTBT and the search for missing Malaysian flight.
On the radar: “A weapon without a purpose”; Budget battles on horizon; Crimea and the NPT; Russia’s bad timing; Obama’s nuclear security cuts; NNSA overlooked best practices; MOX supporters send letter; and China’s “Red Line” on North Korea.