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Putin’s Nuclear Provocations Proliferate
Putin’s Nuclear Provocations Proliferate
Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group’s aborted munity in Russia has demonstrated the weakness of the Kremlin in controlling the situation inside the country, which, as shown by the so-called “march for justice,” can rapidly deteriorate in a matter of hours. While moving toward Moscow on June 24, the Wagnerites came dangerously close to facilities housing nuclear weapons in Borisoglebsk …
·jamestown.org·
Putin’s Nuclear Provocations Proliferate
Russia’s dangerous nuclear consensus | The Strategist
Russia’s dangerous nuclear consensus | The Strategist
Putin’s provocative nuclear rhetoric has lately been echoed by other high-profile Russians. In a recent commentary, the honorary chair of Russia’s Council for Foreign and Defense Policy, Sergei Karaganov, made the case for pre-emptive nuclear strikes. By hitting ‘a bunch of targets in a number of countries,’ he argued, Russia could ‘bring those who have lost their mind to reason’ and ‘break the West’s will’. Even coming from a hawk like Karaganov, that is a shocking proposition. But perhaps more worrying are similarly incendiary statements from historically moderate figures. Dmitri Trenin—the former director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, who had long been considered a voice of reason in Russia—now advocates inserting the ‘nuclear bullet’ into the ‘revolver drum’. Trenin suggests that a pre-emptive strike could ‘dispel the mythology’ about NATO’s collective-defence clause and lead to the alliance’s dissolution.
·aspistrategist.org.au·
Russia’s dangerous nuclear consensus | The Strategist
Foreign Intel Agencies Say Iran On Cusp of Testing First Nuke
Foreign Intel Agencies Say Iran On Cusp of Testing First Nuke
Iran continues to pursue illicit nuclear weapons technology across Europe and is on the cusp of testing its first nuclear warhead, according to intelligence estimates from three separate countries. "The Iranian regime has consistently sought to obtain technology for its illegal nuclear program and ballistic missile apparatus," according to a summary of separate intelligence products published by […]
·freebeacon.com·
Foreign Intel Agencies Say Iran On Cusp of Testing First Nuke
China's nukes to rival US by 'turn of the decade'
China's nukes to rival US by 'turn of the decade'
China led the world in building more nuclear weapons last year and could have an arsenal as big as the United States by the end of the decade according to new research.
·skynews.com.au·
China's nukes to rival US by 'turn of the decade'
New IDF intel unit preparing for possible Israel-Iran war
New IDF intel unit preparing for possible Israel-Iran war
The unit's objective is to prepare for a potential conflict between Israel and Iran; its establishment is a major step in the Israeli military's strategic planning - the unique nature of such conflict necessitates a different approach compared to previous military operations
·ynetnews.com·
New IDF intel unit preparing for possible Israel-Iran war
Exclusive: ‘If You Make A Mistake, We’ll Enter Al-Jalil’, Hezbollah Warns Israel - Politics news - Tasnim News Agency
Exclusive: ‘If You Make A Mistake, We’ll Enter Al-Jalil’, Hezbollah Warns Israel - Politics news - Tasnim News Agency
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Chief of Lebanese Hezbollah's Executive Council Sayyid Hashim Safiuddin has made important remarks about the regional situation and the struggle between the resistance and the Zionist regime in an interview with Tasnim.
·tasnimnews.com·
Exclusive: ‘If You Make A Mistake, We’ll Enter Al-Jalil’, Hezbollah Warns Israel - Politics news - Tasnim News Agency
Think Tanks Say Nuclear Arsenals Expanded, Modernized Last Year
Think Tanks Say Nuclear Arsenals Expanded, Modernized Last Year
Nuclear-armed states have continued to expand and modernize their atomic arsenals amid a deterioration of the world's geopolitical situation, investing huge sums of money diverted from other development goals, an influential think tank said in a report published on June 12.
·rferl.org·
Think Tanks Say Nuclear Arsenals Expanded, Modernized Last Year
Why Israel’s Intel on Iran Changed So Drastically - Israel News - Haa…
Why Israel’s Intel on Iran Changed So Drastically - Israel News - Haa…
archived 9 Jun 2023 10:39:20 UTC The most important development was reported in Haaretz on Wednesday: Substantial progress has been made in the Iran-U.S. talks on a limited, interim nuclear agreement under which Tehran would stop enriching uranium to high levels in exchange for the easing of international sanctions, beginning with the release of $20 billion held in frozen Iranian bank accounts abroad. Nothing has been signed, but Israeli defense officials say that could happen within a few weeks.
·archive.is·
Why Israel’s Intel on Iran Changed So Drastically - Israel News - Haa…