“End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity”
Dec 29, 2025
LLAW’s Nuclear World News’ Image and/or Lead Story for Today . . .
from WVTF
In this photo released by Roscosmos State Space Corporate on Friday, July 25, 2025, a Soyuz rocket lifts off from a launch site in Vostochny in far eastern Russia carrying an Iranian satellite along with Russian satellites into orbit.
TEHRAN, Iran — Russia on Sunday sent three Iranian communications satellites into orbit, the second such launch since July, Iranian state television reported.
The report said that a Russian rocket sent the satellites to circle the Earth on a 500-kilometer (310-mile) orbit from the Vostochny launchpad in eastern Russia. The three satellites are dubbed Paya, Kowsar and Zafar-2.
The report said that Paya, weighing 150 kilograms (330 pounds), is the heaviest satellite that Iran has ever deployed into orbit. Kowsar weighs 35 kilograms (77 pounds), but the report didn’t specify how heavy Zafar-2 is.
The satellites feature up to 3-meter resolution images, applicable in the management of water resources, agriculture and the environment. Their life span is up to five years.
Russia occasionally sends Iran’s satellites into orbit, highlighting the strong ties between the two countries. In July, a Russian rocket sent Iranian communications satellite Nahid-2 into orbit.
Russia, which signed a “strategic partnership” treaty with Iran in January, strongly condemned the Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran that came during a 12-day air war in June and killed nearly 1,100 Iranians, including military commanders and nuclear scientists. Retaliatory missile barrages by Iran killed 28 people in Israel.
As a long-standing project, Iran from time-to-time launches satellite carriers to send its satellites into space.
The United States has said that Iran’s satellite launches defy a U.N. Security Council resolution and called on Tehran to undertake no activity involving ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear weapons. U.N. sanctions related to Iran’s ballistic missile program expired in 2023.
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All Things Nuclear
NEWS (and Link just below or also below at Nuclear World News, Monday, (12/29/2025))
Russia sends 3 Iranian satellites into orbit, report says – WVTF
WVTF
All Things Considered · BBC World Service · Fresh Air · Full Disclosure · Here … nuclear scientists. Retaliatory missile barrages by Iran killed 28 …
LLAW’s Thoughts, Concerns, and Fears about Today’s Nuclear World and beyond . . .
This most recent event added to the less-recent others, including Trump’s and Netanyahu’s ill-considered twelve day war with Iran, including Trump’s now “infamous” “Operation Midnight Hammer” weekend war that failed miserably — and now Iran, more than ever supported by Russia — the two having signed a “strategic partnership” treaty in January, has strongly condemned the Israeli and U.S. strikes .
The Trump/Netanyahu June attacks apparently killed nearly 1,100 Iranians, including military commanders and nuclear scientists. Retaliatory missile barrages by Iran killed 28 people in Israel, and, for sure, the new satellite-sharing between Russia and Iran is related to my comments on the same subject in yesterday’s Post and others.
This is all extremely scary news that could easily be the beginning of an eventual nuclear war that includes nuclear bomb strikes using space as the carrier rather than from slower and less accurate air or ground-based missiles, airplanes, trucks, and trailers, that could be more easily intercepted by the USA and other NATO countries.
What I see here is the coming-together of the two most dangerous and irresponsible leading, but poorly and dangerously guided or lead, countries — the US and Russia along with their allies. Yet, China hasn’t even been considered in this scenario . . . and then there is North Korea, too. ~llaw
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There are 7 categories, including a bonus non-nuclear category for news about the Yellowstone caldera and other volcano and caldera activity around the world that also play an important role in the survival of human and other life.
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Nuclear World News, Monday, (12/29/2025)
All Things Nuclear
NEWS
The Age of Nuclear-Powered Commercial Ships May Be Getting Closer – The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
All Things with Kim Strassel Podcast · Opinion Video · Notable & Quotable … “The converted ship design satisfies all safety standards to survive a …
The U.S. offers Ukraine a 15-year security guarantee for now, Zelenskyy says | WVTF
WVTF
All Things Considered · BBC World Service · Fresh Air · Full Disclosure · Here … nuclear power plant, one of the 10 biggest in the world. Trump …
Russia sends 3 Iranian satellites into orbit, report says – WVTF
WVTF
All Things Considered · BBC World Service · Fresh Air · Full Disclosure · Here … nuclear scientists. Retaliatory missile barrages by Iran killed 28 …
Nuclear Power
NEWS
States Nudge Nuclear Forward With Power Demand in Focus for 2026
Bloomberg Law News
States this year advanced an array of legislation to support nuclear energy, focused on anything from funding new industry projects to more …
Securing the nuclear fuel supply chain for a growing energy future – Nature
Nature
Bolstered by innovation and investment in new reactor technologies, as well as increasing policy support, nuclear power is experiencing a global …
Nuclear Energy Demand For AI Fuels Rosy Outlook For This Uranium Producer
Investor’s Business Daily
The company also said it signed two new long-term uranium sales contracts with U.S. nuclear power generating companies. Energy Fuels reported early …
Nuclear Power Emergencies
NEWS
Belarus Has ‘Solid’ Emergency Arrangements In Place, Says IAEA – NucNet
NucNet
17 Oct (NucNet): Belarus, which is building its first nuclear power station at Ostrovets, has “solid arrangements” in place for emergency …
Chernobyl in danger? Plant manager warns of collapse if Russia strikes again
Facilities Management
… reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant after a Russian drone attack. © Uncredited/Ukrainian Emergency Service/dpa On this photo provided by …
Grossi: Ceasefire agreed near Zaporozhye nuclear power plant – ISNA News Agency
ISNA News Agency
… emergency power systems. The disruptions have raised concerns over nuclear safety. Ukraine, in turn, has accused Russia of severing power lines …
Nuclear War Threats
NEWS
As 2025 Draws to a Close, the Threat of Nuclear War Looms: Is Humanity on the Brink?
Daily News
The threat of accidental or intentional nuclear war continues to emerge. A recently declassified intelligence report reveals that cyber threats to …
Scientists Say Public Engagement and Pressure Are Key to Reducing Nuclear Risks
Truthout
Threat of Nuclear War Is Rising, But Scientists Say the Public Can Change That … nuclear threats forever.” Major arms control achievements like …
Hacking the Apocalypse: How Cyberattacks Could Trigger Nuclear Escalation
Global Security Review
This doctrinal shift, however, carries significant risks, notably the unintentional lowering of the nuclear threshold. … threats that the war in …
Nuclear War
NEWS
Iran in ‘full-scale’ war with US, Israel and Europe, president says – ABC News
ABC News
Senior military, IRGC and nuclear research personnel were among those killed. Retaliatory missile attacks by Iran killed 28 people in Israel. In the …
Lavrov Issues Chilling Warning As Iran Flexes Billions On Missiles, Israel | US & Europe On Edge?
YouTube
… nuclear talks. #Russia #Iran #Lavrov … Iran-Backed Houthis Celebrate As Two Major Arab Nations Declare War| U.S. On Alert| Iran-Israel War.
As 2025 Draws to a Close, the Threat of Nuclear War Looms: Is Humanity on the Brink?
Daily News
A 2007 report by the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War suggested that even a limited nuclear exchange could lead to the …
Yellowstone Caldera
NEWS
Idaho’s forgotten eruptions—the Challis volcanics | U.S. Geological Survey – USGS.gov
USGS.gov
The other volcanic range in the Yellowstone region: The Absarokas! Yellowstone Volcano receives ample attention for being a large, active, caldera- …
Geothermal minerals paint Wyoming canyon walls yellow orange above turquoise winter water
journee-mondiale.com
The Yellowstone Caldera continues influencing thermal circulation that creates these colorful canyon walls. Recent geological surveys confirm …
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