The Burlington City Council has approved a resolution opposing the basing of any nuclear weapon delivery system at the Vermont Air National Guard Base. It comes a month before the first F-35 fighter jets are scheduled to arrive at the Burlington facility, which opponents fear will be nuclear capable. Wamc.org In a January 2015 meeting, an executive for Westinghouse, the lead contractor in the now-abandoned V.C. Summer nuclear plant expansion made the mistake of asking the project’s owners if they were confident in a new construction schedule that estimated the project would be completed by June 2020. greenvilleonline.com Priyanka Chopra has been accused of “encouraging nuclear war” over comments she made amid worsening tensions between India and Pakistan. Theguardian.com Russia said on Wednesday it had flown two nuclear-capable TU-160 bombers to a far eastern Russian region opposite Alaska as part of a training exercise that state media said showed Moscow’s ability to park nuclear arms on the United States’ doorstep. Reuters.com
