CND Press Digest: Monday 29th January 2024
Posted: 29th January 2024
NATO / Europe
- NATO should ‘prepare for Russian missile strikes in Europe.’ Alliance may have only three years before a possible offensive with Putin’s forces targeting military infrastructure in Germany, senior generals warn.
- US ‘disappointed’ Hungary taking so long to approve Sweden joining NATO.
- It comes as US lawmakers greenlight F-16s for Turkey after Erdoğan approvedSweden’s NATO bid.
- Britain has offered Germany a swap of cruise missiles that could allow the German government a way to overcome concerns over a suggested delivery of missiles to Ukraine, German newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Wednesday. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/uk-offers-cruise-missile-swap-germany-aid-ukraine-handelsblatt-... Under the plan, Germany would send stocks of its Taurus missiles to Britain who would then supply Ukraine with its Storm Shadow missiles. However, Politico reports that German defense minister Boris Pistorius said he doesn’t ‘know anything’ about missile swap with UK.
Middle East & North Africa
- Iran nuclear weapons: WW3 fears as expert warns Iran has enough uranium to make 12 bombs
AUKUS / Indo-Pacific
- North Korea says leader Kim supervised tests of cruise missiles designed to be fired from submarines.
Nukes in Britain
- Over the weekend, The Telegraph said that US nuclear weapons would return to RAF Lakenheath with the aim of countering Russia. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/01/26/us-nuclear-bombs-lackenheath-raf-russia-threat-hir…
- Subsequent pick up from The Times, The Morning Star, The Guardian, CGTN, Sky News, The Independent, and East Anglian Daily Times.
UK Nuclear Energy
- Hinkley Point: endless setbacks at nuclear plant highlight political choice to destroy EDF.
- The Telegraph: How France left the British taxpayer on the hook as Hinkley costs go nuclear.
- Cost of UK’s flagship nuclear project blows out to more than $A92 billion.
- The Times: Hinkley Point C: why can’t Britain build new nuclear power stations?
- The Stop Hinkley Campaign: Hinkley Point C cost ballooning amid further delays.
- MP wants public vote on nuclear waste disposal.
Nuclear Energy
- Ukraine to start building four new nuclear reactors this year.
- Putin, Sisi mark new phase of Egypt’s Russian-built nuclear plant.
Best,
Pádraig McCarrick
Press and Communications Officer
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
