“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity” ~llaw
Jul 03, 2025
LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD NEWS TODAY and the GLOBAL RISKS & CONSEQUENCES TOMORROW
In My Opinion:
So the Pentagon has softened their initial “few months” downtime to Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities to a “one or two years” delay, allowing Trump to save enough face to allow at least one of his lies to be no more than a downtime prediction mistake.
But the Pentagon does not go so low as to say that Trump’s “obliteration” claim is a fact nor anywhere near-so. And the extended lies (see yesterday’s Post) piled on top of one-another cannot be softened no matter the “erroneous” time estimate. We must remember that a year or two is not a long time. For instance, I have been writing this blog for nearly three years, which is hard for even me to believe! llolloll!
I also want to add here that this “In My Opinion” section as well as the daily lead-in media article will no longer be a part of this blog, and the blog will become only known as and titled as LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD NEWS TODAY, leaving out the GLOBAL RISKS & CONSEQUENCES TOMORROW.
But rest assured the media stories will remain in their collected categories here, allowing users to read or not read any or all the 15 or so individual stories in whatever category of nuclear sections you may prefer to follow.
I will explain the changes and the abridgement in more detail in tomorrow’s 4th of July Post, which will be the last one in the present format. ~llaw
US says its strikes degraded Iran’s nuclear programme by one to two years
Pentagon says its intelligence assessments show that Iran’s nuclear sites were destroyed in ‘bold’ US attacks.
Published On 3 Jul 20253 Jul 2025
Washington, DC – The Pentagon has announced that United States military strikes against Iran set back the country’s nuclear programme by one to two years, an assessment that follows President Donald Trump’s claims that the programme was “obliterated”.
Defense Department spokesperson Sean Parnell said on Wednesday that the three Iranian nuclear facilities targeted by Washington were destroyed, echoing the president’s remarks. He praised the strikes as a “bold operation”.
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“We have degraded their programme by one to two years at least,” Parnell told reporters. “Intel assessments inside the department assess that.”
Since the US sent a group of B-2 stealth bombers to Iran on June 21, Trump has consistently lashed out at any suggestions that the attacks did not wreck the country’s nuclear facilities.
He has maintained that Iran’s nuclear programme has been “obliterated like nobody’s ever seen before”.
An initial US intelligence assessment, leaked to several media outlets last month, said the strikes failed to destroy key components of Iran’s nuclear programme and only delayed its work by months.
For its part, Tehran has been coy about providing details about the state of its nuclear sites.
Some Iranian officials have said that the facilities sustained significant damage from US and Israeli attacks. But Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said last week that Trump had “exaggerated” the impact of the strikes.
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TODAY’s NUCLEAR WORLD’s NEWS DIGEST, Wednesday, (07/02/2025)
There are 7 categories, with the latest addition, (#7) being a Friday weekly roundup of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) global nuclear news stories. Also included is a bonus non-nuclear category for news about the Yellowstone caldera and other volcanic and caldera activity around the world that play an important role in humanity’s lives. The feature categories provide articles and information about ‘all things nuclear’ for you to pick from, usually with up to 3 links with headlines concerning the most important media stories in each category, but sometimes fewer and occasionally even none (especially so with the Yellowstone Caldera). The Categories are listed below in their usual order:
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A current Digest of major nuclear media headlines with automated links is listed below by nuclear Category (in the above listed order). If a Category heading does not appear in the daily news Digest, it means there was no news reported from this Category today. Generally, the three best articles in each Category from around the nuclear world(s) are Posted. Occasionally, if a Post is important enough, it may be listed in multiple Categories.
TODAY’s NUCLEAR WORLD’s NEWS DIGEST, Thursday, (07/03/2025)
All Things Nuclear
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WCBU
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Iran cracking down on people suspected of aiding Israel in war last month – WSIU
WSIU
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Nuclear Power
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Extreme Heat Shuts Down Some Nuclear Reactors in Europe – The New York Times
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Nuclear Power Emergencies
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… Organization (WHO) concluded its participation in a 36-hour nuclear emergency exercise organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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In an effort to support the development of floating nuclear power plants (FNPPs), ABS, CORE POWER and Athlos Energy have formed a consortium to …
Nuclear War Threats
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Amid Warnings of Iranian Sleeper Cells, a History of Failed Plots – The New York Times
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Stratcom Provides ‘Tailored Deterrence’ Against Threats – DVIDS
DVIDS
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Implications of Strikes on Iran’s Nuclear Sites for IAEA Credibility – RUSI
RUSI
Military strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and Tehran’s criticism of the IAEA threaten … The war in Ukraine and the recent strikes on Iranian …
Nuclear War
NEWS
After US and Israeli strikes, some nuclear experts say Iran could be more dangerous
ABC News – The Walt Disney Company
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US says its strikes degraded Iran’s nuclear programme by one to two years – Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
There has been no independent assessment of the aftermath of the US attacks, which came as part of a 12-day war between Israel and Iran. Visual …
Pentagon says US strikes set back Iran nuclear program ‘one to two years’ – The Guardian
The Guardian
… nuclear weapons and meant it delayed the nuclear program by years. … war with Iran signals perilous shift from showman to strongman. 23 Jun …
Yellowstone Caldera
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How the US tops volcano list | Te Awamutu News
Te Awamutu News
I can’t talk about US volcanoes without mentioning Yellowstone—the “supervolcano” that sparks questions nearly every time I talk to Americans: Is it …