USAF Center for Unconventional Weapons Studies (CUWS) Outreach Journal CUWS Outreach Journal 1201 5 February 2016 Feature Item: “America’s Delicate Dance Between Deterrence and Assurance”. Authored by David Santoro and John K. Warden; published by The National Interest; February 1, 2016. http://nationalinterest.org/feature/americas-delicate-dance-between-deterrence-assurance- 15076?page=show U.S. security guarantees are extraordinary and complex commitments. The United States puts at risk its deployed forces and personnel, and potentially its homeland, for the sake of shared interests with allies. While the benefits of each alliance are unique, they provide the United States with security and economic partners that help to maintain international stability, promote economic growth and trade, and protect liberal values. But in extending deterrence to cover allies, the United States also increases its likelihood of being drawn into an unwanted war. As a result, the United States must sometimes deter its allies from undertaking certain actions and, conversely, assure its adversaries that it will behave in a measured manner. Plainly, it must balance assurance and deterrence both among and between its allies and potential adversaries. U.S. Nuclear Weapons 1. Ex-Y-12 Contractor Cited for Mishandling Classified Documents U.S. Counter-WMD 1. Russia’s Cutting-Edge S-500 Missile System to Begin Tests This Year 2. U.S. Missile Defense Agency Claims Success in Non-Intercept Test U.S. Arms Control 1. Fresh START: US, Russia Should Resume Dialogue on Nuclear Arms Reductions 2. Under START-3 Russia to Cut Nuclear Arms Along with US — Academician Homeland Security/The Americas 1. Exclusive: U.S. Budget Plan Includes over $13 Billion for New Submarine – Sources 2. Former Energy Dept. Employee Pleads Guilty in Nuclear Secrets Sting Case Asia/Pacific 1. Senior Politician Calls for S. Korea to Have Nuclear Weapons 2. S. Korea Repeats Need for Deploying U.S. Missile Defense System 3. North Korea Says It Can Control Destructive Power of Hydrogen Bomb 4. North Korea Says It's Capable of Making Unlimited Hydrogen Bombs 5. China's Military Regrouped into Five PLA Theater Commands Issue No.1201, 5 February 2016 United States Air Force Center for Unconventional Weapons Studies| Maxwell AFB, Alabama https://cuws.au.af.mil \ https://twitter.com/USAF_CUWS Phone: 334.953.7538 USAF Center for Unconventional Weapons Studies CUWS Outreach Journal Maxwell AFB, Alabama 6. Russia Alarmed by S. Korea-U.S. Contacts over THAAD: Ambassador 7. Tokyo Orders SDF to Shoot Down North Korean Missile if Threat to Japan 8. NK Rocket Test Is to Hit any City in US Mainland 9. N.Korea 'Building H-Bomb Plant' 10. NK Readying Long-Range Missile Launch, Defense Ministry says 11. Telling Tales: Brother of Disgraced Chinese Presidential Aide Ling Jihua Defects to US and Reveals State Secrets, says Report 12. Park, Xi Discuss NK Threats 13. N. Korea Says It Has No Intent to Attack S. Korea with Nukes 14. North Has Prepared a Backup Missile: Sources Europe/Russia 1. Russians to Skip Nuclear Terrorism Summit in March 2. Jeremy Corbyn Accused of Trying to Turn Trident into a 'Taxi Service' Middle East 1. Iran Says It Has ‘Doubled’ Efforts to Develop Ballistic Missiles 2. IRGC to Show “Rational” Reaction to US Stance on Iran’s Missile Program 3. Leader Confers Badge of Honor on IRGC Navy Command for Capturing US Marines 4. “Extensive Information” Obtained from US Sailors Captured by IRGC 5. AEOI: Iran Hopes to Start Construction of 2 Nuclear Reactors This Year 6. Iran's Salehi, US's Moniz among 2016 Nobel Peace Prize Nominees: Report 7. US House Passes Bill Restricting Removal of Iran Sanctions 8. Iran after More Sophisticated Missile Program: Top General India/Pakistan 1. India Is Putting Part of Its Nuclear-Missile Maker Up For Sale Commentary 1. Build up Defense to Thwart US Provocation 2. Known Unknowns: Iraqi WMD, 13 Years Later 3. The Cyber Threat to Nuclear Deterrence 4. Pay Attention, America: Russia Is Upgrading Its Military 5. The Non-Existent Nuclear Weapons Debate Return to Top Issue No.1201, 5 February 2016 United States Air Force Center for Unconventional Weapons Studies| Maxwell AFB, Alabama https://cuws.au.af.mil \ https://twitter.com/USAF_CUWS Phone: 334.953.7538 USAF Center for Unconventional Weapons Studies (CUWS) Outreach Journal Knoxville News Sentinel – Knoxville, TN Ex-Y-12 Contractor Cited for Mishandling Classified Documents By Frank Munger of the Knoxville News Sentinel February 3, 2016 OAK RIDGE — The National Nuclear Security Administration this week cited B&W Y-12 — the government's former contractor at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant — for repeated mishandling and improper disposal of classified documents. The preliminary notice identified three violations based on the U.S. Department of Energy's investigation of a "security event" uncovered in 2014. The report proposed fines totaling $240,000, but the NNSA waived the fines because of the contractor's timely response to concerns and because B&W was already penalized by having its management fee reduced for fiscal year 2014. In June 2014, a contractor worker at Y-12 reportedly identified a "work-related paper" that contained markings for "Secret/Restricted Data" in an unclassified waste bag. The waste bag had already been moved out of the plant's high-security "material access area." The bag contained about 19 additional papers that were either marked as classified or appeared to contain classified information. That discovery led to an examination of other waste containers, and more problems — with unclassified containers potentially bearing classified information — were found at Y-12. "B&W Y-12 then decided not to search any additional containers because they were, given the prior results, presumed likely to contain additional classified information and further searches would have added to the cost and potential safety concerns associated with low-level waste," the investigation report stated. The report said one of the three violations of classified security requirements was determined to be Severity Level I, with "actual or high potential for adverse impact on the national security." The other two violations were Level II, which "represent lack of attention or carelessness" in protection of classified information that can affect national security if not corrected. The investigation, based on talks with some workers, indicated the problem with improper disposal of potentially classified information at unclassified burial sites had been going on for years. The notice said containers were sent to an "off-site burial location" that was intended for unclassified waste, but the location was not specified. The DOE confirmed the investigation of the security event in 2014, and some aspects of the former contractor's missteps were reported in correspondence obtained at the time by the News Sentinel. At the time the problems were made public, Consolidated Nuclear Security — the contractor that replaced B&W on July 1, 2014 — emphasized an internal investigation had determined that no classified information had been "compromised" and told employees that news reports had exaggerated the concerns. According to the notice of violations, B&W Y-12 — during an enforcement conference held in April 2015 — disagreed with the "conclusions and representations" in the DOE investigation report. Issue No.1201, 5 February 2016 United States Air Force Center for Unconventional Weapons Studies| Maxwell AFB, Alabama https://cuws.au.af.mil \ https://twitter.com/USAF_CUWS Phone: 334.953.7538 USAF Center for Unconventional Weapons Studies CUWS Outreach Journal Maxwell AFB, Alabama Jud Simmons, a spokesman for B&W —now called BWXT — said the former Y-12 contractor carried out a corrective action plan during its tenure. He said it was "appropriate" the federal agency did not impose a civil penalty. "We do not intend to further contest the NNSA's conclusions," Simmons said. In February 2015, following the initial probe into the classification issue and another security incident, Steven Simonson,the DOE's director of enforcement, noted the problems occurred before Consolidated Nuclear Security took over as manager of Y-12 and that the DOE would not pursue enforcement against CNS. http://www.knoxnews.com/news/local/ex-y-12-contractor-cited-for-mishandling-classified- documents-2ae1ec4a-6f8c-3062-e053-0100007ff32d-367585991.html Return to Top Sputnik International – Russian Information Agency Russia’s Cutting-Edge S-500 Missile System to Begin Tests This Year 01 February 2016 The first prototypes of the next-generation S-500 air defense system will reach completion and begin its pre-tests in 2016. This is a new generation system, capable of destroying aerial offensive targets as well intercontinental ballistic missiles and near space targets. The new system not only combines the best feats of the previous systems, but also offers completely new possibilities in the field of air, missile and space defense, according to the member of advisory council of the Military-Industrial Commission Viktor Murakhovski. Almaz-Antei Defense Company is working on a complex of S-500 ‘Promethey’ surface-to-air missiles from 2010. The long-range system is said to have a range of 600 kilometers (more than 370 miles). The system could simultaneously intercept up to ten ballistic missiles traveling at a speed of 5 kilometers per second. The technical aim consists of creating self-intercept medium-range ballistic missiles and intercontinental ballistic missiles with the possibility of changing trajectory midflight. The new complex also aims at destroying hypersonic cruise missiles and other aerial targets at speeds of higher than Mach 5 and as well as spacecraft. The Deputy Commander of the Russian Air Defense Lieutenant-General Sergei Razygraev said earlier that the S-500 can shoot down missiles in near space thus it will become an element of strategic missile defense. In June 2014 a long-range anti-missile for the new complex was tested successfully.