However, Iran has refused to allow the IAEA to see images from cameras placed in nuclear facility near Karaj until sanctions are lifted. Meanwhile, international talks regarding Iran’s nuclear programme have restarted and the head of the CIA says United States does not have evidence that Iran is weaponizing its nuclear programme. The International Atomic Energy Agency reports that Iran has increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium, with totals of 113.8 kg (251 lbs) enriched to 20 percent, up from 84.3 (186 lbs) in September, and 17.7 kg (39 lbs) enriched up to 60%, up from 10 kg (22 lbs). China is planning to establish permanent base in Equatorial Guinea, placing it close to the United States. Meanwhile, Russia and China have conducted a joint patrol over Sea of Japan. Additionally, China now boasts the world’s largest navy. The United States Department of Defense says that China is expanding its nuclear weapon capabilities much faster than predicted. forces that come to aid Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion. Meanwhile, the United States has successfully tested a laser weapon.Ĭhina states it will attack U.S. Space Force says the United States is behind Russia and China when it comes to hypersonic technology. Additionally, Vice Chief of Space operations of the U.S. The United States, for its part, says it will reactivate a European theater artillery command that had been defunct for the past three decades. Meanwhile, NATO has rejected a Russian offer to talk about medium range missiles. NATO says it has no plans to deploy new missiles in Europe and that any deployment would be conventional only. Russia has also said it will deploy intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe if NATO does the same. Additionally, Russia is to deploy hypersonic missiles capable of nine times the speed of sound and has deployed a Bastion coastal defense system at new military facility in disputed Kuril Islands. In the meantime, Russia has successfully tested an anti-satellite weapon, while Russia and China have signed a roadmap for closer military cooperation. The next couple weeks should reveal more information. The DEFCON Warning System has expressed great concern that both sides are moving into intractable positions that will leave no option but war. Other analysts have said that Russia is gearing up for war. Some analysts believe that Russia is making these threats as a diplomatic move to make NATO capitulate in the former Soviet Union sphere. NATO has rejected the demands made by Russia, but it also says it is going to meet to discuss them. Russia has increased the threats it has made regarding the situation in Ukraine, going so far as to say it is willing to accept “great difficulty” and “great economic costs” to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO and that it is to begin “creating counter-threats” should NATO not accept Russian proposals of security guarantees. There are currently no imminent nuclear threats at this time, however there are events occurring in the world theatre which require closer monitoring. Alert status for 2 P.M., Monday, December 20th, 2021.
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