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Doomsday Clock Remains at 5 Minutes to Midnight
On the radar: Unrealized opportunities; Iran talking talks; Coercive diplomacy; Nuclear waste management; GMD expectations sliding; and Russian military switches to socks. Read more »
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Posted on January 15, 2013
Rep. Markey Raises Concerns About Wasteful Plutonium Program
  On the radar: MOX over budget, behind schedule, and inefficient; Nuclear myths; Russian radars; Souring U.S.-Russia relations; Nuclear agreements with Taiwan, South Korea and Vietnam; and Brunei ratifies the CTBT.   Read more »
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Posted on January 14, 2013
Blurring the Line between Major and Minor Nuclear States
On the radar: Small but advanced arsenals; Avoiding sanctions; Air Force math; Sen. Hagel’s nuclear record; General: trim the nuclear budget; and The IAEA’s atomic swagger. Read more »
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Posted on January 11, 2013
Missile Defense Budget Boondoggle
On the radar: Puzzling support for East Coast missile defense; Waiting on nuclear talks; Iran Alternatives; Speculating on Syria’s Uranium Stores; France stands by its nukes; Hagel on Iran; and Preventing nuclear sabotage. Read more »
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Posted on January 10, 2013
Air Force Perspective on Budgets and the Nuclear Enterprise
On the radar: Sec. Donley on nukes; Richardson in Pyongyang; Sen. Franken on reducing nuclear spending; Cabinet shuffle; Y-12 and Pantex contracts; Preventing nuclear terror; and Phantom bombers. Read more »
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Posted on January 9, 2013
Budget Cuts Raise Questions about Nuclear Spending, in France
On the radar: Budget cuts frappe le force; NYT on Hagel; Iran position on Parchin; Amano set for 2nd term; Outlook on nonstrategic reductions; and the Air Force’s actual strangelove “big board.” Read more »
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Posted on January 8, 2013
Sanctions Broadening on Iran
On the radar: Sanctions in NDAA; Hagel nomination; Japan’s Plutonium Problems; Los Alamos security; Richardson and Schmidt in Pyongyang; Eating grass; and Reagan’s awesomely bad Soviet space program brief. Read more »
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Posted on January 7, 2013
Brzezinski on the Iran Debate the Senate Should Hold
  On the radar: Costs and consequences; Nuclear language almost scuttles New START, defense bill; Defense delay; How to talk to Iran; CTBT update; Elements of a deal with Iran; Patriots to Turkey; and Doomsday isn’t cheap, thankfully.   Read more »
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Posted on January 4, 2013
President Objects to Arms Control Restrictions in Defense Authorization Act
  On the radar: NDAA signing statement; Un-stalling negotiations; Safety concerns at Bushehr; Context of Kim’s speech; and Air Force opens new missile school.   Read more »
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Posted on January 3, 2013
US-Russian Cooperation in 2013
  On the radar: Albright and Ivanov on US-Russia relations; Defense in the deal; Speeches and tunnels; De-alerting; Negotiations and politics with Iran; Arms race in S. Asia; and Troubled logic on B-61.   Read more »
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Posted on January 2, 2013