AM Nukes Roundup – May 11 – Trump news at a glance: Trump wants to ‘go in’ to Iran to secure nuclear material, Netanyahu claims

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NEWS CLIPS

US NUCLEAR

 

Air Force pilots receive prestigious award for strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities last year

Stars and Stripes - May 10

 

University Claims Withholding Water From Nuclear Weapons Data Center Is 'Unlawfully Discriminatory' to Data Centers

Matthew Gault, 404 Media - May 8

 

Nuclear officials in Kansas City to discuss building more bombs.

Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star - May 7

 

Kansas City: Inside America’s Nuclear Weapons Capital, As It Builds the Newest American Bomb

Ryan S., Kansas City Defender - May 6

 

CHINA

 

China’s nuclear thinking has shifted

J.D. Capelouto, Semafor - May 7

 

KOREA

 

North Korea May Have Nuclear Response If Kim Jong Un Assassinated

Billal Rahman, Newsweek - May 10

 

North Korean constitution now requires nuclear missile strike if Kim Jong Un is killed by foreign power

Emily Crane, New York Post - May 10

 

North Korea updates constitution to require automatic nuclear strike if Kim Jong Un is assassinated: report

Michael Sinkewicz, Fox News - May 9

 

North Korea’s New Nuclear-Capable Warship Poses Fresh Threat to South Korea, U.S.

Dasl Yoon, Wall Street Journal - May 8

 

North Korea says it will deploy new nuclear-armed warship in ‘mid-June’

Colin Zwirko, NK News - May 8

 

North Korea ‘will fire nuclear weapon’ if Kim is killed

Julian Ryall, The Telegraph - May 8

 

IRAN

 

Netanyahu says Iran war is ‘not over’ as Trump rejects latest Iranian offer

Garrett Downs, CNBC - May 10

 

Trump news at a glance: Trump wants to ‘go in’ to Iran to secure nuclear material, Netanyahu claims

The Guardian - May 10

 

Trump calls Iran’s response to peace plan ‘totally unacceptable’ as ceasefire frays

Julian Borger, The Guardian - May 10

 

Trump says US will not allow Iran to reach enriched uranium

Al Jazeera - May 10

 

Iran war ‘not over’, uranium must be removed, Israel’s Netanyahu says

AFP - May 10

 

Iran rejects Trump’s peace plan and rules out nuclear hand-over

Iona Cleave, The Telegraph - May 10

 

Netanyahu Says War With Iran Isn’t Over, Need to Secure Uranium

Yash Roy, Bloomberg - May 10

 

Trump vows to confiscate Iran’s nuclear material, says it’s monitored by Space Force

Ryan King, New York Post - May 10

 

Trump responds with warning after Iran refuses to discuss nuclear program in latest peace offer: ‘They will be laughing no longer’

Ronny Reyes, Ryan King, New York Post - May 10

 

Trump rejects Iran’s latest peace offer after Tehran refuses to negotiate its nuclear program: ‘TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!’

Ronny Reyes, Ryan King, New York Post - May 10

 

Iran refuses to address nuclear program in latest peace deal response to US

Emily Crane, New York Post - May 10

 

Trump Rejects Iran’s Latest Response as ‘Totally Unacceptable’ — ‘They Will Be Laughing No Longer’

Joshua Klein, Breitbart - May 10

 

The Iran war has changed. Trump’s talking points have not

Zachary Wolf, CNN - May 9

 

Trump calls Iran’s response to peace plan ‘totally unacceptable’ as ceasefire frays

Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera - May 9

 

Experts warn Trump administration any Iran deal must close plutonium pathway to nuclear bombs

Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News - May 9

 

Inside the US military playbook to cripple Iran if nuclear talks collapse

Morgan Phillips, Fox News - May 9

 

Rep. Zinke to Newsmax: Iran 'Cannot Have Nuclear Weapons'

Solange Reyner, Newsmax - May 9

 

One big glow': Did Trump just threaten to hit Iran with nukes?

Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, Responsible Statecraft - May 8

 

US intel community agreed before war 'Iran wasn't developing a nuclear weapon': ex-counterterrorism chief

Alex Nitzberg, Fox News - May 8

 

Holt to Newsmax: Trump Won't OK Mere Delay of Iran Nukes

Jim Thomas, Newsmax - May 7

 

EUROPE

 

I bought a house with a nuclear bunker under it'

Edd Smith, George King, BBC - May 10

 

MIDDLE EAST

 

What Is Behind Turkey’s Pursuit Of An ICBM?

Thomas Newdick, The War Zone - May 8

 


OPINION & COMMENTARY

Emily Feng: Understanding China’s ambition to expand its nuclear program

PODCAST: NPR - May 10

 

Mikhail Ulyanov: rescuing Iran nuclear talks

INTERVIEW: BBC - May 10

 

John Crisp: There are better ways to prevent a nuclear Iran

OPINION: Seattle Times - May 10

 

Peter Suciu: Can Iran’s Nuclear Program Really Be Stopped?

OPINION: National Interest - May 10

 

Rudy Boschwitz, Henry Cooper: One Iranian nuclear weapon could black out America

OPINION: Washington Times - May 10

 

Stephen Prager: Nuclear holocaust threat just another day in Trump World

OPINION: Asia Times - May 9

 

Fareed Zakaria: Iran is no match for America. Why hasn’t Washington defeated it?

OPINION: Washington Post - May 8

 

Zeeshan Aleem: It’s time to officially acknowledge Israel’s nuclear arsenal

OPINION: MS Now - May 8

 

Diya Ashtakala: How China uses the Non-Aligned Movement to avoid nuclear accountability

OPINION: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - May 8

 

Michael Makovsky, Blaise Misztal: The US Blockade of Iran Is a Means, Not an End

OPINION: National Interest - May 8

 

John Laforge: Blind Eyes at the United Nations While the U.S. Bombs for Nonproliferation

OPINION: Counterpunch - May 8

 


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