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Navy Kicks Out 34 for Nuke Cheating

IN THIS ISSUE: Navy kicks out 34 for nuke cheating, Iran moving to meet terms of nuclear deal, missile seasoning spices up the Ukrainian dish, this is INS Arihant, DOD to test army-developed conventional prompt global strike candidate, top secret Air Force bomber program moves forward.

Published on August 21, 2014

Navy Kicks Out 34 for Nuke Cheating 

Robert Burns | Associated Press

At least 34 sailors are being kicked out of the Navy for their roles in a cheating ring that operated undetected for at least seven years at a nuclear power training site, and 10 others are under criminal investigation, the admiral in charge of the Navy's nuclear reactors program told the Associated Press.

Iran Moving to Meet Terms of Extended Nuclear Deal - IAEA

New York Times

Iran has started taking action to comply with the terms of an extended agreement with six world powers over its disputed atomic activities, a U.N. nuclear watchdog report obtained by Reuters on Wednesday showed. 

Missile Seasoning Spices Up the Ukrainian Dish

Alexei Arbatov | Eurasia Outlook

As if the escalation of the Ukrainian crisis did not provide the requisite excitement, the tensions between Russia and the West were also heightened at the end of July over the issues of compliance with the INF.

This is INS Arihant, First Made-in-India Nuclear Submarine

Pallava Bagla | NDTV

NDTV's Science Editor Pallava Bagla has accessed the first images of the 6,000-tonne vessel, the first of a class of three nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines with a displacement of 6,000 tonnes. 

DOD To Test Army-Developed Conventional Prompt Global Strike Candidate

Inside Defense 

DoD plans next week to conduct a second test of the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon with a 3,500-mile shot from Alaska to the Marshall Islands that could build a case for integrating the Army-developed capability on submarines.

Top Secret Air Force Bomber Program Moves Forward 

Stew Magnuson | National Defense

After a half-decade of discussions about what the Air Force's new long-range strike bomber should be in unclassified settings, 2014 has seen some revelations and movement in the program.

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