Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup January 16, 2018

Nuclear Roundup
January 16, 2018
A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news.

North Korea

US and Canada will host North Korea nuclear meeting

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/15/politics/tillerson-vancouver-north-korea-meeting/index.html

North Korea scoffs at Trump's "nuclear button" tweet

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/16/north-korea-scoffs-at-trump-nuclear-button-tweet-says-it-was-the-spasm-of-a-lunatic.html

Military quietly prepares for a last resort: War with North Korea

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/14/us/politics/military-exercises-north-korea-pentagon.html

China blasts US for “Cold War Mentality” over “useless” North Korea nuclear

http://www.newsweek.com/china-trump-us-cold-war-mentality-useless-north-korea-nuclear-summit-russia-782256

The untold story of India-North Korean secret nuclear connection

https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2018/01/16/untold-story-india-north-korean-secret-nuclear-connection/

The US just majorly stepped up nuclear bomber deployments to Guam amid soaring North Korea tensions

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-deploys-nuclear-capable-bombers-guam-north-korea-tensions-b-1-b-2-b-522018-1

Did the US underestimate North Korea’s weapons program? It’s not that simple.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/01/16/did-the-u-s-underestimate-north-koreas-weapons-program-its-not-that-simple

Want to strike North Korea? It’s not going to go the way you think.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/12/north-korea-strike-nuclear-strategist-216306

Sig Hecker on 60 Minutes: The North Korean nuclear program

https://thebulletin.org/multimedia/sig-hecker-north-korean-nuclear-program

Commentary: North Korean nuclear crisis will resume after Olympics

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-olympics-north-korea-nuclear-crisis-0116-20180112-story.html

Why Americans aren’t really worried about war with North Korea

https://warontherocks.com/2018/01/americans-arent-really-worried-war-north-korea/

United States

Pentagon planning two new nuclear weapons: report

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/369092-pentagon-planning-two-new-nuclear-weapons-report

Statement by the President on the Iran nuclear deal

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/statement-president-iran-nuclear-deal/

US plans new nuclear weapons

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-plans-new-nuclear-weapons-1516063059

Trump should stop fantasizing about killing the Iran nuclear deal

https://thebulletin.org/trump-should-stop-fantasizing-about-killing-iran-nuclear-deal11428

How emergency alerts are supposed to work, and what went wrong in Hawaii

http://www.cnn.com/2018/01/13/us/hawaii-false-alert-how-process/index.html

Hawaii’s missile scare “reminds us how precarious the nuclear age is”

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/14/16890148/hawaii-missile-false-alarm

What if Hawaii's false missile alert had been real? Here's what would happen next

http://time.com/5102630/hawaii-false-missile-alert-procedures/

Hawaii false alarm hints at thin line between mishap and nuclear war

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/14/world/asia/hawaii-false-alarm-north-korea-nuclear.html

False missile alert looms as a black eye for Hawaii and its governor

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/14/us/hawaii-false-alarm-governor.html

Nuclear war became more likely this week – here's why

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/13/nuclear-policy-review-war-risk

What would happen if a nuclear bomb fell on San Antonio?

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/what-would-happen-if-a-nuclear-bomb-fell-on-san-antonio-

International

Iran rejects Trump’s demand for changing nuclear deal

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/13/iran-rejects-trump-changing-nuclear-deal-339516

Russian, Iranian foreign ministers discuss Syria and Iran nuclear deal

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-iran/russian-iranian-foreign-ministers-discuss-syria-and-iran-nuclear-deal-idUSKBN1F5177

Russia has underwater nuclear drones, leaked Pentagon documents reveal

http://www.newsweek.com/russia-drones-nuclear-weapons-pentagon-leak-781075

Pakistan slams India for “Invitation for Nuclear Encounter”

https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-slams-india-inviting-nuclear-encounter/4206639.html

New SIPRI report: Export controls, human security and cyber-surveillance technology

https://www.sipri.org/publications/2017/other-publications/export-controls-human-security-and-cyber-surveillance-technology-examining-proposed-changes-eu-dual

General Interest

How to prepare and survive a nuclear bombing

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2018/01/15/how-to-prepare-and-survive-nuclear-bombing.html

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