AM Nukes Roundup – November 18 – China rapidly expands nuclear test site as Trump revives Cold War tension

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AM Nukes Roundup

November 18, 2025

  Top Six


China rapidly expands nuclear test site as Trump revives Cold War tension
Cate Cadell, Washington Post - November 17
Is the world entering a new age of nuclear testing?
Serhii Plokhy, BBC - November 17
Golden Dome faces challenges of size, scope and scale from every angle
Casey Laughman, Breaking Defense - November 17
Lucas Ruiz: Trump Should Accept Putin’s New START Offer
OPINION: American Conservative - November 17
John Laforge: Nuremberg Law Should Apply to Nuclear Weapons Before They’re Used Again
OPINION: Counterpunch - November 17
Marshall Kaplan: How Golden Dome could make nuclear weapons irrelevant
OPINION: Space News - November 17
Peace and Security Editorial Calendar (click here for more):
November 20: Anniversary of the release of "The Day After" (1983)
November 27: Anniversary of the denuclearization of Belarus (1996)
December 1: Anniversary of Antarctic Test Ban Treaty (1960)
December 8: Anniversary of INF Treaty (1987)
December 10: Anniversary of Nobel Win for ICAN (2017)
                           Anniversary of Nobel win for IPPNW (1985)

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  News Clips

 

US NUCLEAR


George W Bush ‘prepared nuclear weapons after 9/11’
Tom Cotterill, The Telegraph - November 17

The Mind-Bending Challenge of Warning Future Humans about Nuclear Waste
Vincent Ialenti, Scientific American - November 17


US MISSILE DEFENSE


Golden Dome faces challenges of size, scope and scale from every angle
Casey Laughman, Breaking Defense - November 17


CHINA NUCLEAR


What to know about China’s newly modernized nuclear arsenal
Christian Shepherd, Washington Post - November 17

China rapidly expands nuclear test site as Trump revives Cold War tension
Cate Cadell, Washington Post - November 17

China military reaches 'war footing' with new missile silos and advanced AI warfare systems
Morgan Phillips, Fox News - November 17


IRAN


Tehran says no uranium enrichment happening as bombed facilities remain untouched
Washington Times - November 17


EUROPE


Redundancy plans at nuclear weapons factories
Katie Waple, BBC - November 17


INTERNATIONAL


Is the world entering a new age of nuclear testing?
Serhii Plokhy, BBC - November 17


POP CULTURE


‘A House of Dynamite’ Offers a Chilling Reminder of How Close We Sit to Nuclear Oblivion
Arya Zade, Trill - November 17

  Opinion & Commentary


Najam Ul Hassan Naqvi: The many follies of Trump’s Golden Dome
OPINION: Asia Times - November 17

Lucas Ruiz: Trump Should Accept Putin’s New START Offer
OPINION: American Conservative - November 17

Tom Karako: Golden Dome: Loosen the gag order, and start talking
OPINION: Breaking Defense - November 17

Marshall Kaplan: How Golden Dome could make nuclear weapons irrelevant
OPINION: Space News - November 17

Paul Deaton: Nuclear Testing Again?
OPINION: Blog for Iowa - November 17

John Laforge: Nuremberg Law Should Apply to Nuclear Weapons Before They’re Used Again
OPINION: Counterpunch - November 17


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