n a report to be issued today by Global Zero, retired General James Cartwright, the former Vice Chairman of the JCS, argues that the current level of U.S. nuclear forces is an anachronism from the Cold War.

With the House Armed Services Committee issuing their version of the FY13 NDAA, Pakistan test firing another nuclear-capable missile, and the IAEA meetings with Iran, this past week was a big one for nuclear security news. Keep up to date with these stories and more in this weeks The Nuke Review.

Over the past two weeks there have been a series of amazing and promising developments with the Iranian nuclear program and its situation. Beginning with the P5+1-Iran meeting two weeks ago, the American view on Iran’s intractability for dealing with its nuclear program has begun to soften. But it is not clear yet whether or not these negotiations that will take place on the 23rd will do much to achieve a peaceful resolution to this issue.

Pakistan launched a new nuclear-capable missile, Iran is considering a Russian proposal, and North Korea may detonate another nuclear weapon. Stay up to date on the news in Washington and around the world.

North Korea has already tested two nuclear weapons in 2006 and 2009 and there is a high probability that North Korea will test again three reasons. Fortunately, with the monitoring stations run by the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization and U.S. National Technical Means, the international community will be able to quickly pinpoint the source and yield of the nuclear explosion.

With the conclusion of the P5+1-Iran meeting stay up to date on the news in Washington and around the world.