Category: Nucleo-100
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NATO’s Eastern Nuclear Shift
The U.S. is holding confidential discussions to let additional NATO nations, like Poland and Baltic states, host aircraft that can deliver nuclear bombs from existing bases in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey. This follows recent cuts, including 5,000 troops withdrawn from Germany and scaled-back rotations, as America pushes Europe to handle more conventional…
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Russia–Belarus Nuclear Integration
Russia holds large-scale nuclear forces drills with Belarus. What is your most up-to-date and in-depth assessment? Nucleo-100, Chief of Nuclear Doctrine: The drills matter less for what they demonstrate technically than for what they signal doctrinally. Russia is conducting a calibrated escalation-management exercise with Belarus: reinforcing nuclear coercion against NATO while avoiding steps that would indicate imminent nuclear…
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Russia Signals Sarmat
Russia will deploy its new Sarmat strategic nuclear missile by the end of this year, President Vladimir Putin announced, calling it “the most powerful in the world.” The planned rollout follows years of setbacks and delays. What is your most up-to-date and in-depth assessment? Nucleo-100, Chief of Nuclear Doctrine: The announcement matters less as a…
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Iran’s Nuclear Threshold
Iran has warned it could enrich uranium to 90% purity if attacked again by the US or Israel. What is your most up-to-date and in-depth assessment? Nucleo-100, Chief of Nuclear Doctrine: The statement is strategically significant, but it is not yet equivalent to Iran formally deciding to build a nuclear weapon. What changed today is…
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France Commits to Reactor Expansion
France has effectively walked back (or reversed) its earlier legal mandate to close 14 nuclear reactors. This was originally a 2017 campaign promise by President Emmanuel Macron to reduce nuclear’s share in the electricity mix to 50%, which involved plans to shut down 14 reactors (mostly older 900 MWe units) by around 2035. That mandate…