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EXCLUSIVE: In recent weeks, Iran has dramatically escalated efforts to seal off its cache of near bomb-grade uranium, deliberately collapsing tunnels and booby-trapping entrances with explosive mines, according to five sources familiar with US intelligence.
www.cnn.com/2026/06/13/p...
NEW (w/ @marshall-cohen.bsky.social): A provision in the House's draft defense policy bill would bar troops and Pentagon civilians from betting on prediction markets where they "could reasonably obtain" nonpublic info. Part of a growing backlash against insider trading.
www.cnn.com/2026/06/02/p...
Davis news: Monday was my first day covering nukes and defense for @CNN.com’s national security team!
I’m excited to get to work alongside incredible colleagues (& my dear pal @halbritz.bsky.social).
Let’s chat — [email protected] or Winkie.11 on Signal.
NEW for @usatoday.com: The long shadow of DOGE cuts left a remote Army base in Alaska scrambling to feed its soldiers as temperatures slipped to 50 below zero. The base, Fort Greely, is responsible for shooting down nuclear and other missiles targeting the US.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Curious about America’s nuclear missile silos?
Join our reporter @winkie.bsky.social and nuclear weapons historian @wellerstein.bsky.social for a Reddit AMA in r/Military, where they’ll answer your questions about their project “The Nuclear Sponge. Ask them anything here: bit.ly/3Z3w6Pi
I had a really fun time working on the code that was used to make these fallout visualizations for this USA Today article. I will soon be incorporating some of it into the NUKEMAP and probably making a version of this "mass attack fallout mapper" for public use. www.usatoday.com/graphics/int...
What could happen if the U.S.'s nuclear missile silos were attacked? An interactive map in @usatoday.com paints a bleak picture.
Feat. expertise from grantees @wellerstein.bsky.social, Sébastien Philippe, @armscontrolnow.bsky.social, w/ support from @outrider.org
www.usatoday.com/graphics/int...
