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Wednesday, Jun 19

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Trump national security adviser calls for first nuclear weapons tests since 1992 and wants to send the 'entire' US Marine Corps to Pacific to counter the threat from China

www.dailymail.co.uk

If Donald Trump wins reelection he should restart nuclear testing after a 30-year-pause, decouple the economy from China and deploy the entire U.S. Marine Corps to the Pacific.

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Tsirkon hypersonic weapons in service with Russian naval ships — defense firm

tass.com

The Tsirkon underwater modification was test-fired from the nuclear-powered submarine Severodvinsk in its surface position

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US-South Korea joint nuclear planning targets Russia, China — diplomat

tass.com

"Working out scenarios of geopolitical armed conflict with the use of nuclear weapons provokes further escalation of tensions, undermines peace and stability, pushes this subregion to the brink of nuclear catastrophe," Maria Zakharova…

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Russia demands US remove its nuclear weapons from Europe — diplomat

tass.com

Maria Zakharova pointed out that said missions are based on the forward deployment of US weapons in Europe "thousands of kilometers away from the US national territory and within operational reach of Russian territory"

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Opinion: You know what might cool off North Korea's nuclear program? Balloons carrying K-pop

www.latimes.com

Kim Jong Un is terrified of South Korean news, music and TV shows reaching citizens of the North, so much so that he might pause some weapons programs to avert an influx of USB drives.

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‘Discharge of a nuclear weapon’: Car insurance expert reveals the loopholes your policy has to avoid paying you out

www.dailydot.com

Car insurance can be a lofty expense at the best of times, so with that in mind, you'd usually expect a swift payout. However, getting a car insurance payout isn't as easy as you'd expect it to be. In fact, the lengths some car insurance…

Tuesday, Jun 18

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Trump's ex-national security advisor wants to restart US nuke testing. Nuclear experts warn that's not a good idea.

Robert O'Brien's call to restart nuclear weapons testing was met with resounding criticism from experts, who called it ignorant and dangerous.

New Report Highlights Rising Investments in Nuclear Arsenals

oilprice.com

The nine nuclear-armed nations in the world continue to modernize their nuclear arsenals amid growing reliance on them as deterrence in 2023, a fresh report issued on June 17 by a Swedish think tank said. "While the global total of nuclear…

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Ex-Trump Adviser Wants Him to Reverse 30-Year-Old Nuclear Weapons Policy

www.newsweek.com

Robert O'Brien penned an essay this week discussing how Trump encouraged peace across the globe.

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Biden — losing Iran’s dangerous game — is stumbling into a nuclear armageddon trap

nypost.com

As the Biden administration continues its dangerous miscalculations in the Middle East, the US stumbles further into the nuclear weapons trap that Tehran is laying in Gaza and Lebanon.

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Ukraine strikes Russia despite nuclear fears

www.vaticannews.va

An overnight attack on two oil depots inside Russia's Rostov region was reportedly carried out by the Security Service of Ukraine, just days after several countries agreed with Kyiv that it could use Western weapons to hit targets on…

US, Israel examining new information about Iran's suspected nuclear activity

www.jpost.com

Senior US officials said the "suspicious and alarming" information points to computer models that Iranian scientists have made recently can be used for research and development of nuclear weapon.

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Alarming discovery of Iran nuclear activity could ‘upend’ US assessment of weapons capability: expert

www.foxnews.com

Iran may be a step closer to a nuclear weapon than previously realized after U.S. intelligence discovered a modeling program that could be used for weaponization.

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White House ‘comfortable’ with its nuclear position after Nato chief suggests increase in deployed weapons

www.independent.co.uk

White House spokesperson John Kirby says the US are ‘comfortable’ with their current level of deterrence in Europe

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Map shows where all the world’s nuclear weapons are

metro.co.uk

It should come as no surprise that Russia sits at the top of the nuclear food chain.

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U.S. and Israel assessing new intelligence about Iran nuclear models

www.axios.com

U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies are looking into new information about computer modeling by Iranian scientists that could be used for research and development of nuclear weapons, two U.S. officials plus one current and one former…

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India possesses more nuclear weapons than Pakistan; China has… | 8 takeaways from SIPRI report

www.hindustantimes.com

The SIPRI report says China's nuclear arsenal increased from 410 warheads in January 2023 to 500 in January 2024, and it is expected to keep growing.