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Verification and the Iran Deal

IN THIS ISSUE: Verification and the Iran deal, trillion dollar nuclear triad, claims that nuke file taken from Zarif, FM prove false, S. Korea, US resume nuclear energy talks, US to start cutting submarine missile-launchers next year, sensitive Japan asks India to address safe use of nuclear energy.

Published on January 7, 2014

Verification and the Iran Deal

Mark Hibbs | Trust & Verify

The success in concluding the initial step of the Iran deal was bought at the price of lack of clarity about how all seven countries should proceed in negotiating the final step during the next 12 months. 

Trillion Dollar Nuclear Triad: US Strategic Modernization over the Next Thirty Years

Jon B. Wolfsthal, Jeffrey Lewis, and Marc Quint | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies

The United States will likely spend over $1 trillion during the next three decades to maintain its current nuclear arsenal and purchase their replacement systems. 

Claims That Nuclear File Taken From Zarif, Foreign Ministry Prove False

Arash Karamia | Al-Monitor

Reformist newspaper Shargh has reported that claims by hard-line media that the nuclear file has been taken away from the Foreign Ministry and handed back over to the Supreme National Security Council are inaccurate.

South Korea, U.S. Resume Talks on Nuclear Energy Pact

Korea Herald 

South Korea and the United States began their ninth round of talks on Tuesday on whether to allow Seoul to enrich uranium and reprocess spent nuclear fuel, the foreign ministry here said. 

U.S. to Start Cutting Submarine Missile-Launchers Next Year

Rachel Oswald | Global Security Newswire

The United States next year is slated to begin reducing launch tubes on each of its Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines, a new independent report states.

Sensitive Japan Asks India to Address Safe Use of Nuclear Energy

Hindu 

An influential lawmaker from Tokyo indicated on Monday that the path ahead was still not smooth and India should make concessions keeping in mind Japanese sensitivities.

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