U.S. Ramping Up Major Renewal in Nuclear Arms
IN THIS ISSUE: US ramps up major renewal in nuclear arms, U.S. hopes face-saving plan offers path to Iran nuclear pact, Iran: no agreement on centrifuges, Pakistan eyeing sea-based nuclear weapons, Rogozin: Russia to fully renew strategic nuclear arsenal by 2020, Japan's nuclear power push plan B.
U.S. Ramping Up Major Renewal in Nuclear Arms
William J. Broad and David E. Sanger | New York Times
Supporters of arms control, as well as some of President Obama’s closest advisers, say their hopes for the president’s vision have turned to baffled disappointment as the modernization of nuclear capabilities has become an end unto itself.
U.S. Hopes Face-Saving Plan Offers a Path to a Nuclear Pact With Iran
David E. Sanger | New York Times
Mixing face-saving diplomacy and innovative technology, negotiators are attempting a new approach, suggesting that the Iranians call in a plumber.
Iran: No Agreement on Number of Centrifuges, Cascades Disconnection
Fars News Agency
A source close to Iran's negotiating team categorically rejected a news report by the New York Times about a new US proposal for disconnecting Iran's centrifuge cascades instead of reducing their number as "media ballyhoo to ruin the atmosphere of the negotiations."
Pakistan is Eyeing Sea-Based and Short-Range Nuclear Weapons, Analysts Say
Tim Craig and Karen DeYoung | Washington Post
In one of the world’s most volatile regions, Pakistan is advancing toward a sea-based missile capability and expanding its interest in tactical nuclear warheads, according to Pakistani and Western analysts.
Deputy PM Rogozin: Russia to Fully Renew Strategic Nuclear Arsenal by 2020
RIA Novosti
Russia will renew its strategic nuclear forces (SNF) not by 70 percent as expected now, but by 100 percent, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin told Rossiya-24 television.
Politicians Discuss Plan B in Nuclear Power Push: Underground Reactors
Eric Johnston | Japan Times
While most of the discussion in Japan is focused on whether to continue running or decommission nuclear power plants, there is an interesting — to be polite — school of thought among certain politicians that says they should be replaced with underground reactors.
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