US
NUCLEAR
Pentagon wants ‘expanding options’ for nuclear
weapons,
officials say
Ashley
Roque, Aaron
Mehta,
Breaking
Defense -
August 7
US
MISSLE DEFENSE
Pentagon Sets Funds, Dates for Secret Golden Dome
Space Program
Sana
Pashankar,
Bloomberg -
August 7
Pentagon plots new nuclear options for Trump as
America’s
biggest
adversaries
raise stakes:
report
Morgan
Phillips, Fox
News - August
7
CHINA
US weighs tactical nukes as China, Russia raise
escalatory
stakes
Gabriel
Honrada, Asia
Times - August
9
KOREA
US unlikely to send tactical nuclear weapons back
to Korean
Peninsula
Bahk
Eun-ji, Korea
Times - August
7
IRAN
Trump Thought Opening the Strait of Hormuz Was
Imminent. Iran
Had Other
Plans.
Alexander
Ward, Wall
Street Journal
- August 9
Trump claims he’s ‘low-keying it’ with Iran after
report he
could walk
away without
nuclear deal
Josh
Marcus, The
Independent -
August 9
Trump could consider taking out Pickaxe Mountain
entrances to
stop Iran from
rebooting
nuclear
weapons:
expert
Geoff
Earle, New
York Post -
August 8
Trump Vowed to Thwart Iran’s Nuclear Program.
Here’s Where
That Stands.
Lara
Jakes, New
York Times -
August 7
Is Israel’s Netanyahu preparing to fight Iran
alone?
Simon
Speakman
Cordall, Al
Jazeera -
August 6
EUROPE
Burnham told to trade nuclear umbrella for access
to single
market
Joe
Barnes, The
Telegraph -
August 9
Switzerland is a neutral nation but has more
nuclear
bunkers than
any country in
the world
Rob
Schmitz, NPR -
August 8
MIDDLE
EAST
The US-Saudi nuclear deal raises radioactive
questions
Ernest
Moniz, The
Economist -
August 7
ASIA-PACIFIC
On Hiroshima anniversary, Japan’s premier shifts
tone on
nuclear policy
Chie
Tanaka,
Washington
Post - August
9
Nagasaki warns of risk of nuclear war on 81st
A-bomb
anniversary
Keinosuke
Taga, Kyodo
News - August
9
A-bomb survivors' no-nuclear goal faces
challenges
amid
deterrence
The
Mainichi -
August 9
Nagasaki marks 81st atomic bomb anniversary as
mayor says
nuclear
deterrence
only increases
risk
Mari
Yamaguchi, AP
News - August
9
A-bomb victims' group Hidankyo renews no-nukes
pledge ahead
of 70th anniv.
Keinosuke
Taga, Kyodo
News - August
8
Takaichi keeps future anti-nuke policy vague in
Hiroshima
Asahi
Shimbun -
August 7
INTERNATIONAL
As treaties die, a new nuclear arms race ignites
across the
globe
Asako
Hanafusa,
Asahi Shimbun
- August 7
RECA/NUCLEAR
WASTE
Intermountain Health holds downwinders meetings
and clinics
Jonathon
Downard, Daily
Utah Chronicle
- August 8
POP
CULTURE
When Fred Astaire went nuclear: The strange story
of On the
Beach
Tim
Robey, The
Telegraph -
August 9
