ACDC News and Views (May 9 – 15, 2024)

1.

Pakistan’s satellite sends first images from space

https://www.dawn.com/news/1832747

2.

 Putin defends Russia’s planned tactical nuclear weapons drill, calling exercise ‘nothing unusual’

https://www.foxnews.com/world/putin-defends-russias-planned-tactical-nuclear-weapons-drill-calling-exercise-nothing-unusual

3.

Iran warns it will change nuclear doctrine if ‘existence threatened’

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/9/iran-warns-it-will-change-nuclear-doctrine-if-existence-threatened

4.

What has the AUKUS alliance accomplished in the last year?

https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2024/05/09/what-has-the-aukus-alliance-accomplished-in-the-last-year/

5.

France wants to extend its nuclear umbrella to Europe. But is Macron ready to trade Paris for Helsinki?

https://thebulletin.org/2024/05/france-wants-to-extend-its-nuclear-umbrella-to-europe-but-is-macron-ready-to-trade-paris-for-helsinki/

6.

Second NATO Nation Mulls Hosting US Nuclear Weapons

https://www.newsweek.com/sweden-nato-us-nuclear-weapons-1899847

7.

 China and US envoys will hold the first top-level dialogue on artificial intelligence in Geneva

https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-china-united-states-biden-xi-geneva-a0be57e1fe1cc573118af7fccbf1597e

8.

US revokes licences for sales of chips to Huawei

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgxwpql2e82o

9.

US bans China crypto-miner from nuclear base area

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c03dd6g1l4zo

10.

Philippines, US simulate mock invasions in largest ever war games

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/9/philippines-us-simulate-mock-invasions-in-largest-ever-war-games

11.

China, Cambodia to hold joint military exercises

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/china-cambodia-to-hold-joint-military-exercises/articleshow/110087468.cms?from=mdr

12.

Biden signs into law ban on Russian nuclear reactor fuel imports

https://www.deccanherald.com/world/biden-signs-into-law-ban-on-russian-nuclear-reactor-fuel-imports-3021360

13.

UK picks companies for billion-dollar hypersonic missile program

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2024/05/14/uk-picks-companies-for-billion-dollar-hypersonic-missile-program/

14.

Defense space policy chief calls Russia’s space nuke threat “a thing apart”

https://spacenews.com/defense-space-policy-chief-calls-russias-space-nuke-threat-a-thing-apart/