ACDC News and Views (Dec 27 – Jan 1, 2025)

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1. PPP vows to safeguard Pakistan’s nuclear, missile programme

https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1267186-ppp-vows-to-safeguard-pak-nuclear-missile-programme

2. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission gets licence to build Chashma-5 nuclear plant

https://www.dawn.com/news/1881748

3. Toshiyuki Mimaki: Let’s save humanity from nuclear weapons

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/world/news/2024-12/mimaki-nihon-hidankyo-nobel-peace-prize-elimination-nuclear-arms.html

4.  Japan, US to communicate on possible use of nuclear weapons

https://asianews.network/japan-us-to-communicate-on-possible-use-of-nuclear-weapons/

5.  Iran says 2025 ‘important year’ for nuclear issue

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-says-2025-important-year-nuclear-issue-2024-12-28/

6. Russia Inducts Yasen-M-Class Nuclear-Powered Submarine; Can Be Armed With Tsirkon Hypersonic Missile

https://www.eurasiantimes.com/despite-ukraine-war-can-be-armed-with-hypersonic-missile/

7.  China suffers commercial rocket failure but sets record for annual launches

https://spacenews.com/china-suffers-commercial-rocket-failure-but-sets-record-for-annual-launches/

8. Next-gen French aircraft carrier gets cutting-edge U.S. tech

https://spacenews.com/spacecoin-deploys-first-satellite-for-decentralized-space-connectivity/

9.  Spacecoin deploys first satellite for decentralized space connectivity

https://spacenews.com/spacecoin-deploys-first-satellite-for-decentralized-space-connectivity/

10.  India launches its first space docking mission

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/30/india-launches-its-first-space-docking-mission

11. India’s defence exports crossed record ₹21,000 crore over decade: Rajnath

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/indias-defence-exports-crossed-record-21000-crore-over-decade-rajnath/article69043236.ece

12.  Japan’s defence budget to hit record US$55bil; government to develop new counterattack capabilities

https://asianews.network/japans-defence-budget-to-hit-record-us55bil-government-to-develop-new-counterattack-capabilities/

13. Defence Ministry signs two contracts on AIP modules, heavy torpedoes for Scorpene submarines

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/defence-ministry-signs-two-contracts-on-aip-modules-heavy-torpedoes-for-scorpene-submarines/article69043810.ece

 

Team ACDC
Arms Control & Disarmament Centre (ACDC)
Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI)
Sector F-5/2, Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan