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John Batchelor interview with Henry Sokolski clarifies what documents the Trump administration has made available to the public on the U.S.–Saudi nuclear deal & what’s been kept under wraps & why & reviews the bidding on reported U.S. attacks that have killed innocent Iranians.

 

September 4, 2026

John Batchelor interview with Henry Sokolski spotlights how Iran could get hundreds of bombs’ worth of plutonium from Bushehr; why Musk shouldn’t make critical military decisions regarding Starlink; how accurate Trump’s estimate is that North Korea has 57 nuclear bombs; how Russia is waging gray-zone warfare against the West; and how the Golden Dome’s cost depends on what its mission is.

 

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New DIA report () essentially confirms Russian development, in breach of Outer Space Treaty, of a satellite constellation-killer nuclear armed satellite. (my reporting here from Feb. 2024: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/2856704/us-fears-russia-preparing-to-put-nuclear-weapons-in-space/)

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