News of the nuclear industry and energy

The Army of the People's Republic of China, presumably, already has a nuclear triad. This is stated in the report of the US Department of Defense, distributed on Wednesday, November 3.

Stavros Atlamazoglu, a veteran of the Greek army, said that NATO is preparing to launch nuclear strikes against Russia. He wrote about this in an article for 19Fortyfive.

China continues to develop its nuclear weapons program. November 3, portal cbsnews.com He reported that a new report from the US Department of Defense indicates that by 2030, China will be able to have thousands of nuclear weapons.

To achieve success at the Vienna talks on the restoration of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), it is necessary that all parties to the negotiation process take into account each other's interests, stressed Deputy Foreign Ministers of China Ma Zhaoxu and Russia Sergey Ryabkov.

Engaged in the implementation of large-scale projects in the field of nuclear technology, General Atomics (San Diego, California) has created a giant magnet for the largest thermonuclear reactor in history – ITER, which will begin operation in 2023 in the south of France.

Scientists of the Russian Federal Nuclear Center — the All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Physics (RFNC-VNIITF, Snezhinsk, Chelyabinsk region) are creating a new munition designed to more effectively combat small-sized drones and aerial bombs, follows from a document posted on the Rospatent website.

The basis of the US nuclear strategy is criminal stupidity.Such a statement on Tuesday, November 2, was made by Russian Senator Alexei Pushkov, commenting on the technological strengthening of American nuclear missiles.

Washington is not behaving responsibly in connection with the October 2 incident with the US Navy nuclear submarine USS Connecticut in the South China Sea and is withholding information, the Associated Press (AP) reported on Tuesday, citing Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin.

The Russian R-30 Bulava-30 sea-based ballistic missile, which encountered numerous difficulties during the tests, is inferior to its Western counterparts in a number of characteristics. Criticism of Russian weapons was published by the American magazine The National Interest.

The Global Thunder 22 exercises, which will focus on testing the readiness of nuclear forces, have begun in the United States. This was announced by the Strategic Command (STRATCOM) of the US Armed Forces on its website.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov, congratulated the sailors on the Day of the Seaman and the Day of the foundation of the Russian Regular Fleet. These two dates are celebrated on October 30.

In the Altai Territory, anti-sabotage exercises with the Barnaul missile compound have ended, in which more than 1,000 servicemen and 100 pieces of equipment took part, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Monday.

Russia fully supports the return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on the Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA) in the form in which the agreement was concluded, without exceptions and additions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

Allies fear that the United States will reconsider its nuclear policy and move to the principle of a "single goal— - it implies that Washington uses nuclear weapons solely for deterrence or as a retaliatory measure

The head of the Civil Defense Organization of Iran, Gholamreza Jalili, who oversees the country's cybersecurity sphere, accused the United States and Israel of carrying out a cyberattack that this week led to unrest in the field of providing Iranian gas stations with fuel.

The United States has made significant progress in increasing the power and accuracy of nuclear weapons, which have become significantly more reliable and effective than ever before, The Washington Post says, citing interviewed experts.

US allies hope that US President Joe Biden at the G20 summit will confirm the immutability of the principles of the use of nuclear weapons, The Financial Times newspaper reports.

US allies in Europe and the Pacific are trying to influence the White House and are calling on American leader Joe Biden not to change Washington's current nuclear policy, the Financial Times newspaper reports.

On the eve of the climate summit in Glasgow, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said that Russia is ready to accept spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from other countries for storage.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov discussed with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kyani the prospects for international efforts to restore the JCPOA, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported.