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South Korea, US, Japan Cement Trilateral Response to North Korea’s Nuclear Threats

IN THIS ISSUE: South Korea, US, Japan Cement Trilateral Response to North Korea’s Nuclear Threats, IAEA Chief in Seoul to Discuss N. Korea Nukes, Russia Releases Video of Nuclear-Capable ICBM Being Loaded into Silo, Following Reports that US is Preparing to Send Patriot Missiles to Ukraine, American, British Ballistic Missile Submarines Join For Highly Unusual Show Of Force, Breakthrough in Nucle

Published on December 15, 2022

 South Korea, US, Japan Cement Trilateral Response to North Korea’s Nuclear Threats

Mitch Shin | The Diplomat

Kim Gunn, the South Korean special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, met his U.S. and Japanese counterparts – Sung Kim and Funakoshi Takehiro – on Tuesday in Jakarta, Indonesia…“The international community has firmly pursued a denuclearization of North Korea as a common goal for the past 30 years and will not reconsider it in a million years,” Seoul’s special representative Kim said.

IAEA Chief in Seoul to Discuss N. Korea Nukes

Choi Si-young | The Korea Herald

UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi will discuss North Korea, among other issues, during his three-day trip to South Korea, the Foreign Ministry said Wednesday. Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will meet with Foreign Minister Park Jin on Thursday to debate steps to curb North Korea’s nuclear ambitions. The watchdog chief has recently stressed the role of his agency, saying that North Korea is clearly preparing for another nuclear test and that the move poses a threat to the world. Grossi and Park will also address concerns over contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan

Russia Releases Video of Nuclear-Capable ICBM Being Loaded into Silo, Following Reports that US is Preparing to Send Patriot Missiles to Ukraine

Sinéad Baker | Business Insider

Russia's defense ministry shared a video of a intercontinental ballistic missile being loaded into a launch silo, days after reports surfaced that the US is preparing to send an advanced Patriot air defense system to Ukraine. The Russian ministry shared the video on Telegram on Thursday, saying that it showed the loading of an "intercontinental ballistic missile into silo launcher" in Kozelsk, a town in western Russia.

American, British Ballistic Missile Submarines Join For Highly Unusual Show Of Force

JOSEPH TREVITHICK | The Drive

The U.S. Navy has released an exceptionally rare picture showing the Ohio class ballistic missile submarine USS Tennessee, sailing on the surface alongside an unnamed British Vanguard class ballistic missile submarine somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean.This is just the latest example this year of a highly unusual disclosure related to the Navy's 14 Ohio class ballistic missile submarines, or SSBNs, as well as the four other Ohios that have been converted into guided missile submarines, or SSGNs. 

Breakthrough in Nuclear Fusion Energy Announced

 Esme Stallard | BBC News

A major breakthrough has been announced by US scientists in the race to recreate nuclear fusion. Physicists have pursued the technology for decades as it promises a potential source of near-limitless clean energy. On Tuesday researchers confirmed they have overcome a major barrier - producing more energy from a fusion experiment than was put in. But experts say there is still some way to go before fusion powers homes.

Shelters, Backpacks and FM Radios: Kyiv Prepares for Nuclear War

Liz Sly and Kostiantyn Khudov | The Washington Post

To varying degrees, residents of Kyiv are contemplating the once unthinkable possibility that their city could be targeted by a nuclear bomb…Kyiv already has a network of nuclear-ready shelters in the form of its subway system, which was constructed by the Soviets during the Cold War to double as nuclear bunkers — including the world’s deepest station, Arsenalna, 346 feet below ground. The province is preparing an additional 425 shelters to serve those living outside the city, equipping them with food, water and radio equipment, said Kyiv’s regional governor, Oleksiy Kuleba

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