AM Nukes Roundup – May 15 – US Senate warns of China’s nuclear capabilities hours before Xi-Trump summit

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May 15, 2026

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PEACE & SECURITY EDITORIAL CALENDAR

May 18: Anniversary of India's first nuclear test (1974)
May 21: Anniversary of Ukraine denuclearization agreement (1996)

May 26: Anniversary of ABM Treaty (1972)

May 27: Anniversary of Pres. Obama's visit to Hiroshima (2016)

June 2: Anniversary of the Moscow Treaty (2002)

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NEWS CLIPS

US MISSLE DEFENSE

 

Pentagon Pushes Back on CBO’s Trillion-Dollar Golden Dome Estimate

Air and Space Forces Magazine - May 14

 

Golden Dome chief pushes back on $1.2 trillion CBO estimate

Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews - May 14

 

CBO’s $1.2 trillion Golden Dome estimate based on bad data: Guetlein

Theresa Hitchens, Breaking Defense - May 14

 

‘I cannot bankrupt the nation:’ Golden Dome director rejects $1.2-trillion CBO estimate

Kayode Crown, AL.com - May 14

 

CHINA

 

US Senate warns of China’s nuclear capabilities hours before Xi-Trump summit

Yuanyue Dang, South China Morning Post - May 14

 

White House readout on Trump, Xi meeting omits Taiwan, as China centers on that issue with warning

Alex Nitzberg, Fox News - May 14

 

US ramps nuclear weapons production to Cold War levels as China pursues ‘unprecedented’ buildup

Morgan Phillips, Fox News - May 14

 

IRAN

 

President Obama on Iran: ‘We pulled it off without firing a missile’

Sophie Brams, The Hill - May 14

 

Trump, Xi agree Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon

Lauren Irwin, Desert News - May 14

 

Trump, Xi agree Strait of Hormuz must stay open and Iran can’t have nukes: White House

Samuel Chamberlain, New York Post - May 14

 

White House says Xi agreed Iran can ‘never have a nuclear weapon’

Christian Datoc, Washington Examiner - May 14

 


OPINION & COMMENTARY

Lee Min-Yong: Why stability must come before denuclearisation on the Korean peninsula

OPINION: South China Morning Post - May 14

 

Dan Plesch, Manuel Galileo: Trump-Xi summit: a new arms control era can begin in Beijing

OPINION: Asia Times - May 14

 

Hamish de Bretton-Gordon: Putin’s Satan missile test is no more than the rattling of a brittle, rusty sabre

OPINION: The Telegraph - May 14

 

Mallory Stewart, Jackson du Pont: How Trump can play a strong hand at the Beijing Summit

OPINION: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - May 14

 

François Diaz-Maurin: ‘Earth in flames,’ Brian Toon and Alan Robock on whether humans will die from an asteroid or nuclear war first

INTERVIEW: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - May 14

 

John Wester: Speak out on pit production at hearing

OPINION: Santa Fe New Mexican - May 14

 

Saif Zaman: The Age of Post-Truth

OPINION: Counterpunch - May 14

 

Peter Suciu: The US Space Force Is Watching Iran Very Closely

OPINION: National Interest - May 14

 


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