AM Nukes Roundup – December 2 – Trump talk on nuke testing turns focus to New Mexico's role in decades of blasts

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Putin’s Satan II missile explodes on take-off

You can view this email in your browser if it gets cut off.  Peace & Security AM Nukes Roundup December 2, 2025   Top Six Trump talk on nuke testing turns focus to New Mexico's role in decades of blasts Alaina Mencinger, Santa Fe New Mexican - December 1 Putin’s Satan II missile explodes on take-off Antonia Langford, The Telegraph - December 1 Whatever happened to Iran’s nuclear programme? China Collins, BBC - December 1 Timecard fraud at nuclear weapons plant led to quality issues, delays Davis Winkie, USA TODAY - December 1 Maya Carlin: Taiwan Is All-In on Funding Its Own Iron Dome OPINION: National Interest - December 1 Christina Krawec: A Guide to Satellite Imagery Analysis for the Nuclear Age – Assessing China’s CFR-600 Reactor Facility OPINION: Federation of the American Scientists - December 1 Peace and Security Editorial Calendar (click here for more): December 8: Anniversary of INF Treaty (1987) December 10: Anniversary of Nobel Win for ICAN (2017)                            Anniversary of Nobel win for IPPNW (1985) December 15: Anniversary of Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapons Ban (1995) Amplify this post   News Clips   US NUCLEAR Timecard fraud at nuclear weapons plant led to quality issues, delays Davis Winkie, USA TODAY - December 1 Trump’s Nuclear Test Rhetoric and Reality Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Today - December 1 Trump talk on nuke testing turns focus to New Mexico's role in decades of blasts Alaina Mencinger, Santa Fe New Mexican - December 1 US MISSILE DEFENSE Camgian opens office to power next-gen missile defense Derek Lacey, Axios - December 1 RUSSIA NUCLEAR Putin’s Satan II missile explodes on take-off Antonia Langford, The Telegraph - December 1 IRAN Whatever happened to Iran’s nuclear programme? China Collins, BBC - December 1 Bombing raid on Iran nuclear sites caused severe damage but not elimination, Israeli think tank says Bill Gertz, Washington Times - December 1   Opinion & Commentary Christina Krawec: A Guide to Satellite Imagery Analysis for the Nuclear Age – Assessing China’s CFR-600 Reactor Facility OPINION: Federation of the American Scientists - December 1 Maya Carlin: Taiwan Is All-In on Funding Its Own Iron Dome OPINION: National Interest - December 1   China Non-Nuclear Brief Trump, After Call With China’s Xi, Told Tokyo to Lower the Volume on Taiwan Lingling Wei, Brian Schwartz, Meridith McGraw, Jason Douglas, Wall Street Journal - November 28 Is China winning the innovation race? Edward White, Financial Times - November 28 Spat With China Becomes an Asset for Japan’s New Leader River Akira Davis, Hisako Ueno, New York Times - November 26 Taiwan’s President to Seek an Extra $40 Billion for Military Chris Buckley, Amy Chang Chien, New York Times - November 25 China eyes Ukraine rebuilding as strategic entry point, as it waits in wings of peace talks Shi Jiangtao, South China Morning Post - November 25   China Non-Nuclear Opinion Ex-PLA colonel Zhou Bo on Taiwan reunification, lessons from the Ukraine war INTERVIEW: South China Morning Post - December 1 Jennifer Lind: Can Chinese Authoritarianism Stay Smart? OPINION: Foreign Policy - November 26 Mike Mochizuki: Takaichi 101: How to torpedo relations with China in a month OPINION: Responsible Statecraft - November 26 ### Sign up for the AM Nukes Roundup Email our Peace & Security Team Copyright © 2025 ReThink Media, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email from the Peace & Security collaborative at Rethink Media. Our mailing address is: ReThink Media 2443 Fillmore St #380-7140 San Francisco, CA 94115-1814