Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup August 9, 2017

Nuclear Roundup August 9, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world. North Korea North Korea now making missile-ready nuclear weapons, U.S. analysts say https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/north-korea-now-making-missile-ready-nuclear-weapons-us-analysts-say/2017/08/08/e14b882a-7b6b-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html?utm_term=.92a8d304122f North Korean nuclear weapons were refrigerator-sized a decade ago, now they fit inside missiles https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/09/north-korean-nuclear-weapons-were-refrigerator-sized-a-decade-ago-now-they-fit-inside-missiles.html Trump warns N. Korea: U.S. nuclear arsenal is ‘more powerful than ever before’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/08/09/trump-warns-that-u-s-nuclear-arsenal-is-more-powerful-than-ever-before/?utm_term=.8e31b069407e GOP senator: Trump needs Congress to approve strike on North Korea http://thehill.com/homenews/345835-gop-senator-trump-needs-congress-to-approve-strike-on-north-korea North Korea says it’s studying a plan to attack Guam http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/north-korea-says-studying-plan-attack-guam/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2008.09.2017&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief Guam reacts to North Korea nuclear threat with faith in U.S. military https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/nation-now/2017/08/08/guam-reacts-north-korea-nuclear-threatilitary/551184001/ Gary Samore: Korea de-nuclearization unrealistic http://newsok.com/article/feed/1355140 Deterring North Korea: The Next Nuclear-Tailoring Agenda https://warontherocks.com/2017/08/deterring-north-korea-the-next-nuclear-tailoring-agenda/ Trump’s scary tweets about nuclear weapons, explained https://www.vox.com/world/2017/8/9/16118242/trump-nuclear-weapons-tweets-modernization Trump's Pointless Untruths About U.S. Nuclear Weapons https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/08/trumps-pointless-untruths-about-us-nuclear-weapons/536319/ Ex-Obama adviser: 'Alarming' that Trump lied about nuclear arsenal http://thehill.com/homenews/news/345871-former-obama-adviser-alarming-that-trump-lied-about-changing-nuclear-arsenal History lesson: Why did Bill Clinton’s North Korea deal fail? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/08/09/history-lesson-why-did-bill-clintons-north-korea-deal-fail/?utm_term=.e4393ccab7e6 Can SF plan for surviving a North Korean nuclear strike? http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Can-SF-plan-for-surviving-a-North-Korean-nuclear-11743318.php United States Statement on a Comprehensive Policy to Constrain Iran http://nationalinterest.org/feature/statement-comprehensive-policy-constrain-iran-21828?page=show H. R. McMaster Adjusts His Arguments to Keep the U.S. in Iran Nuclear Deal http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/450273/mcmaster-iran-nuclear-deal-arguments-change In defense bill, Cheney pushes for more deterrence overseas — including nuclear weapons http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/in-defense-bill-cheney-pushes-for-more-deterrence-overseas-including/article_682b51f5-b718-5503-8d19-aba859a333f1.html Are there legal grounds to disobey a presidential order to launch a nuclear weapon? https://www.roughlyexplained.com/2017/08/legal-grounds-disobey-presidents-order-fire-nuclear-weapon/ Victor H. Reis to Be Awarded John S. Foster, Jr. Medal for Distinguished Contributions to Nuclear Security https://www.newswise.com/articles/victor-h-reis-to-be-awarded-john-s-foster-jr-medal-for-distinguished-contributions-to-nuclear-security Hanford: Plutonium found in air samples near public highway http://www.king5.com/news/local/hanford/hanford-plutonium-found-in-air-samples-near-public-highway/462939126 International Thinking seriously about Asia’s arms control http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2017/08/09/thinking-seriously-about-asias-arms-control/ The Simple Reason Why Russia Is a Nuclear Superpower (Thanks to 715 Atomic Tests) http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/the-simple-reason-why-russia-nuclear-superpower-thanks-715-21833 General Interest 72 years after the bombing of Nagasaki, there are 15,000 nuclear weapons in the world http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-southard-nagasaki-20170809-story.html Here's how much a nuclear weapon costs https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/08/heres-how-much-a-nuclear-weapon-costs.html Send Jodi Lieberman items of interest for the Nuclear Roundup at brodnica67@gmail.com. Receive this message as a forward? Subscribe to the Nuclear Roundup here.

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