ACDC News and Views (April 24-30, 2025)

1.

Iran signals willingness to hold nuclear talks with Europeans

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/24/iran-signals-willingness-to-hold-nuclear-talks-with-europeans

2.

 Iran ‘extremely cautious’ about success of nuclear talks with the US

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/26/iran-us-resume-talks-in-oman-to-hammer-out-deal-on-nuclear-programme

3.

US Approves Strategic Military Sale of Patriot Air Defense System to Strengthen Romania’s Security.

https://armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2025/us-approves-strategic-military-sale-of-patriot-air-defense-system-to-strengthen-romanias-security

4.

US Army launches hypersonic missile from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/us-army-launches-dark-eagle-hypersonic-missile-from-cape-canaveral-space-force-station

5.

 Trump wants denuclearization and a ‘Golden Dome.’ He can’t have both

https://thebulletin.org/2025/04/trump-wants-denuclearization-and-a-golden-dome-he-cant-have-both/

6.

 Price of US nuclear weapons jumps 25% to nearly $1 trillion by 2034, budget office says

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/25/us-nuclear-weapons-price-increase-trillion/83270485007/

7.

UK steps up counter hypersonic missile efforts

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-steps-up-counter-hypersonic-missile-efforts/

8.

 Breaking News: Russian Navy’s Submarine “Krasnoyarsk” Successfully Launches Kalibr Cruise Missile Over 1,100 km.

https://armyrecognition.com/news/navy-news/2025/breaking-news-russian-navys-submarine-krasnoyarsk-successfully-launches-kalibr-cruise-missile-over-1-100-km

9.

 Alpha launch of Lockheed tech demo satellite fails

https://spacenews.com/alpha-rocket-suffers-stage-separation-anomaly-during-launch-of-lockheed-tech-demo-satellite/

10.

 New record! 6 rockets launch in less than 24 hours

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/new-record-6-rockets-launch-in-less-than-24-hours#

11.

Lack of understanding holding back military AI adoption, leaders say

https://defensescoop.com/2025/04/29/lack-of-understanding-holding-back-military-ai-adoption/