AP News is reporting that the United States and Russia have both recently threatened to resume nuclear testing after several decades. AP said that these threats are alarming the international community and jeopardizing a global norm against such tests. Experts say these threats from the world’s two largest nuclear powers put pressure on nonproliferation efforts and endanger global peace and security.
In other news, The Washington Times reports that a joint U.S.-Israel operation to bomb Iran’s uranium enrichment facilities resulted in severe damage to Tehran’s nuclear program but failed to completely eliminate it, according to an Israeli think tank report.