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Policy News – September 9, 2025
United
States
Tech Companies Show Off for Trump’s
‘Golden Dome’
New York Times
September 8, 2025
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Article
Tech companies are displaying A.I.,
lasers and more as they compete for a
piece of President Trump’s ambitious
plan for a missile defense shield.
OPINION: The Nuclear Force
Requirements of a Protracted
Conventional War
The Heritage Foundation - Eli Glickman
and Robert Peters
September 3, 2025
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Article
The United States needs a nuclear
posture that can credibly deter
limited, non-strategic nuclear war
without either forcing it to escalate
to central, strategic war or forcing
it to lose an ongoing conventional
fight.
Europe/Russia
France has begun development of a
new nuclear ballistic missile M51.4,
which will cost 7.5 billion euros
Defense Express
September 8, 2025
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This was officially announced by
French Defense Minister Sebastian
Lecornu, adding that "an autonomous
and sovereign deterrence potential is
the foundation of the defense system."
Russia Reveals Nuclear Submarine
Mission in Pacific
Newsweek
September 8, 2025
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Article
Russia continues to flex its naval
power in the Pacific as one of its
submarines armed with long-range
nuclear missiles concluded a
three-month deployment in the region.
Middle
East
Iran Releases Statement on Missing
Nuclear Materials
Newsweek
September 9, 2025
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Article
Iran said Tuesday that its stockpiles
of enriched uranium were inaccessible
as its top diplomat arrived in Cairo
for crunch talks with the U.N.'s
atomic watchdog over the future of its
nuclear program.
IAEA's Grossi to Iran: not much
time left in talks on inspections
Reuters
September 8, 2025
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The International Atomic Energy Agency
has not had access to Iran's key
nuclear facilities since the United
States and Israel bombed them in June.
Iran passed a law after the attacks
suspending cooperation with the IAEA
and saying any inspections had to be
approved by its Supreme National
Security
Council.
OPINION: Iran caught in
nuclear standoff between Trump,
Europe and Khamenei
Le Monde - Ghazal Golshiri
September 7, 2025
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Article
Tehran, which has a vested interest in
resuming negotiations on its nuclear
program, is facing Washington's
intransigence and the supreme leader's
inertia.
East
Asia
North Korea conducts engine test
for new long-range nuclear missile
NK News
September 9, 2025
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Article
Kim Jong Un oversees test after
inspecting rocket motor development
last week before China trip.
OPINION: The Real Meaning of
China’s Nuclear Parade
The National Review - Kyle Balzer
September 9, 2025
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Article
Chinese General-Secretary Xi Jinping
has wanted desperately to display his
growing nuclear power for all the
world to see. Last week, the Chinese
military delivered. It is vital that
America’s leaders understand just what
this means for the security of the
West.
OPINION: What we learned about
North Korea at the summit in Beijing
The Conversation - Jim Hoare
September 8, 2025
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Article
Absent from both meetings was any
reference to the denuclearisation of
the Korean peninsula. This seems to
indicate that both Russia and China
accept that North Korea is a nuclear
state.
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