Current Nuclear Weapons Development

http://www.defensenews.com/articles/james-new-icbm-cost-question-will-not-impact-next-budget
 
http://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/tactical-nuclear-weapons-modern-nuclear-era
 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/10/03/putin-scraps-deal-to-dispose-of-bomb-grade-plutonium-in-swipe-at/
 
http://aviationweek.com/blog/hillary-clinton-inclined-cancel-nuclear-cruise-missile

As the Pentagon moves ahead with a trillion-dollar modernization of its nuclear arsenal, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton seems to be breaking with the Obama administration’s posture, signaling she might cancel a planned replacement of the legacy nuclear-tipped cruise missile.

Reports emerged this week that Clinton broke her silence on the administration’s planned modernization of strategic submarines, bombers and siloed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM ), expressing doubts during a February fundraiser about whether the U.S. should go forward with the overhaul.

“The last thing we need are sophisticated cruise missiles that are nuclear armed,” Clinton said, according to reports of an audio recording of the fundraiser that appeared on the website of The Washington Free Beacon.
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http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2016/10/04/BAE-Boeing-receive-Trident-missile-contracts/2951475587250/
 
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/deterring-nuclear-terrorism?utm_content=buffer765c2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Downloadable E-book at the link.
 
http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Russia_suspends_US_joint_nuclear_energy_research_999.html
 
http://www.defenseone.com/business/2016/10/us-air-force-just-dropped-two-fake-nukes/132180/?oref=DefenseOneFB
 
https://news.usni.org/2016/10/07/ohio-replacement-program-milestone-b-decision-set-for-november-after-shipyard-deep-dive-this-week
 
http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Activity_at_N_Korea_nuclear_site_fuels_test_fears_999.html
 
https://youtu.be/-z9x6d9v1F0

http://cdrsalamander.blogspot.ie/2016/10/i-see-your-ken-bone-and-raise-you.html​
 
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-11/russia-says-it-s-joining-china-to-counter-u-s-missile-defense
 
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/introducing-the-successor-class-the-largest-submarines-ever-18064
 
http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/10/uk-begins-next-generation-nuclear.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2Fadvancednano+%28nextbigfuture%29&utm_content=FaceBook
 

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https://news.usni.org/2016/10/21/u-k-revives-dreadnought-name-sucessor-ssbns
 
http://thediplomat.com/2016/10/russia-test-fires-nuclear-capable-hypersonic-glider-warhead/
 
http://www.foreigndesknews.com/world/middle-east/iran-threatens-shelve-nuclear-deal-museum-u-s-non-compliant-government-official/
 
http://news.trust.org/item/20161109162444-vzdxw
http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-iran-nuclear-idUKKBN1342S5
 
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/obama-admin-staking-iran-deal-legacy-doomed-bid-sell-tehran-aircraft/
 
Grey Havoc said:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/iran-nuclear-powered-war-ships-response-us-sanctions-a7471566.html

http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-to-build-nuclear-powered-ships-after-us-breaches-atomic-deal/
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https://news.usni.org/2016/12/13/secnav-mabus-to-officially-designate-first-orp-boat-uss-district-of-columbia-ssbn-826
 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/22/donald-trump-vladimir-putn-signal-renewal-nuclear-arms-race/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/donald-trump-says-he-wants-to-greatly-strengthen-and-expand-us-nuclear-capabilitiy-a-radical-break-from-us-foreign-policy/2016/12/22/52745c22-c86e-11e6-85b5-76616a33048d_story.html
 
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003429214

AFP


SEOUL (AFP-Jiji) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is planning a “prime time” nuclear weapons push in 2017 to take advantage of leadership transitions in South Korea and the United States, a high-ranking defector said Tuesday.

In his first press conference since fleeing his post as North Korea’s deputy ambassador to Britain in August, Thae Yong Ho said Kim had issued a directive at a rare ruling party congress in May to “complete” nuclear development by the end of next year.

“With South Korea holding presidential elections and the U.S. undergoing an administration transition, the North sees 2017 as the prime time for nuclear development,” Thae told local reporters.

“That’s based on a calculation that the U.S. and South Korea will not be able to take physical, military measures because they are tied up with domestic politics,” he added.

North Korea carried out two nuclear tests in 2016 and numerous missile launches in pursuit of its ultimate goal of a deterrent capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to the U.S. mainland.

Analysts are divided as to how close Pyongyang is to realizing that ambition, especially as it has never successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile.

But all agree it has made enormous strides in that direction since Kim took over as leader from his father, Kim Jong Il who died in December 2011.

According to a transcript of his press conference, Thae said Kim would never trade away the North’s nuclear arsenal — no matter how large a financial incentive might be offered.

The North Korean leader’s main aim is to open a new dialogue with the United States from the position of a confirmed nuclear power, he said.

Washington has repeatedly vowed that it would never accept the North as a nuclear state.

Thae said he was ignorant of how much progress the North had really made with its nuclear weapons program. “Even the foreign minister doesn’t know,” he added.

Thae was living in London when he escaped to the South with his wife and two sons — becoming one of the highest-ranking diplomats to defect.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/diplomats-world-powers-ok-natural-uranium-shipment-iran-132551463.html
 
https://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2017/01/f34/DOE%20State%20of%20the%20National%20Labs%20Report%2001112017_0.pdf

Report on the State of the National Labs
 

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