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Peace &
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AM Nukes Roundup
February 20, 2026
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 News
Clips
US
NUCLEAR
First
Sentinel ICBM test
flight unlikely until
2028, GAO says
Gary Warner, Stars and
Stripes - February 19
US
MISSILE DEFENSE
SpaceX
and Blue Origin abruptly
shift priorities amid US
Golden Dome push
Brooke Griswold, Defense
News - February 19
CHINA
NUCLEAR
China
fears U.S. bomber
strikes on nuclear sites
Bill Gertz, Washington
Times - February 19
KOREA
North
Korea shows Kim Jong Un
at the wheel of a mobile
rocket launcher
Brad Lendon, CNN -
February 19
New
Photos Show North Korea
Leader Showing Off
Nuclear-Capable Missiles
Micah McCartney, Newsweek
- February 19
North
Korean leader deploys 50
new rocket launchers
ahead of major party
congress
Kim Tong-hyung, AP News -
February 18
IRAN
As
Trump Weighs Iran
Strikes, He Declines to
Make Clear Case for Why,
or Why Now
David Sanger, New York
Times - February 19
Trump
appears ready to attack
Iran as U.S. strike
force takes shape
Dan Lamothe, Susannah
George, Júlia Ledur,
Washington Post - February
19
Trump
Weighs Initial Limited
Strike to Force Iran
Into Nuclear Deal
Alexander Ward, Wall
Street Journal - February
19
Trump
says Iran has 10 days to
reach nuclear deal to
avoid military action
Bart Jansen, USA TODAY -
February 19
Trump
confronts his options on
Iran — from targeted
attacks to potentially
toppling regime
Kevin Liptak, Kristen
Holmes, Zachary Cohen,
Natasha Bertrand, CNN -
February 19
Trump
considering initial
limited strike against
Iran, source says
Martha Raddatz, Anne
Flaherty, Luis Martinez,
ABC News - February 19
Iran
nuclear material "still
there, in large
quantities," IAEA chief
says, calling for urgent
deal with U.S.
Mariia Kashchenko, CBS
News - February 19
Iran
dangles investment
proposals as off-ramp
from Trump's gunboat
diplomacy
Margaret Brennan, CBS News
- February 19
As
Trump pushes Iran to
make a deal, scores of
U.S. warplanes join
"armada" heading for the
region
Joanne Stocker, CBS News -
February 19
It
really looks like we’re
about to bomb Iran again
Joshua Keating, Vox -
February 19
Is
Trump About to Go to War
With Iran?
Fred Kaplan, Slate -
February 19
US
Builds Up Air Power
Reminiscent of Iraq
Invasion as Trump Mulls
Iran Attacks
Sharon Zhang, Truthout -
February 19
Trump
warns of “bad things” if
Iran doesn’t agree to
“meaningful” nuclear
deal
Garrett Owen, Salon -
February 19
Trump
gives Iran 15 days to
strike a deal or ‘bad
things will happen’
Financial Times - February
19
Donald
Trump says he will
decide in next 10 days
if US will strike Iran
Financial Times - February
19
The
race to avert a US-Iran
war
Financial Times - February
19
US
military ready for
possible Iran strikes
but Trump yet to make
decision, reports say
Cecilia Nowell, Robert
Mackey, The Guardian -
February 19
Iran
deal prospects will be
clear within 10 days,
Trump says as military
buildup grows
Dan Sabbagh, The Guardian
- February 19
Forget
the Board of Peace,
Trump may be closer than
thought to attacking
Iran
Patrick Wintour, The
Guardian - February 19
Trump
news at a glance:
president weighs
ordering ‘bad things’
against Iran as nuclear
deal sits in limbo
The Guardian - February 19
UK
has not given US
permission to use RAF
bases for Iran strikes
Jonathan Beale, Joe Pike,
BBC - February 19
Trump
says world has 10 days
to see if Iran agrees
deal or 'bad things
happen'
Bernd Debusmann Jr, BBC -
February 19
Will
Trump Go to War With
Iran?
John Haltiwanger, Rishi
Iyengar, Foreign Policy -
February 19
The
moment of reckoning
between America and Iran
The Economist - February
19
Trump
Warns Iran Of ‘Bad
Things’ As U.S. Troop
Buildup Hits Middle East
Sara Dorn, Forbes -
February 19
Trump
warns Iran of 'bad
things' if no deal made,
sets deadline of 10-15
days
Trevor Hunnicutt, Matt
Spetalnick, Reuters -
February 19
Russia's
Lavrov warns against any
new US strike on Iran
Reuters - February 19
Trump
warns of ‘bad things’ if
Iran doesn’t make a
deal, as second US
carrier nears Mideast
Jon Gambrell, AP News -
February 19
US
Amasses Forces as Trump
Says Iran Has Just Days
for Deal
Courtney McBride, Anthony
Capaccio, Skylar
Woodhouse, Bloomberg -
February 19
Iran’s
Diplomatic Window Is
Closing, UN Atomic
Watchdog Says
Jonathan Tirone, Francine
Lacqua, Bloomberg -
February 19
Iran
rebuilding nuclear
program despite Trump
talks, opposition figure
claims
Emma Bussey, Fox News -
February 19
Trump
says US contributing
$10B to Board of Peace,
Iran must reach nuclear
deal or 'bad things
happen'
Rachel Wolf, Fox News -
February 19
Trump’s
Military Options As Iran
War Feared: Four
Scenarios
Tom O'Connor, Newsweek -
February 19
Iran
Stages Naval Drills With
Russia Against Huge US
Military Buildup
Ellie Cook, Newsweek -
February 19
UN
nuclear watchdog chief
urges US to secure Iran
deal: ‘We don’t have
much time’
Ronny Reyes, New York Post
- February 19
Rubio
plans to update
Netanyahu on US-Iran
talks in Israel next
week, officials say
Matthew Lee, Konstantin
Toropin, AP News -
February 18
EUROPE
Poland’s
Top Diplomat Slams
President Over Nuclear
Weapon Remark
Piotr Bujnicki, Bloomberg
- February 19
MIDDLE
EAST
US
removing guardrails from
proposed Saudi nuclear
deal, document says
Timothy Gardner, Jonathan
Landay, Reuters - February
19
RECA/NUCLEAR
WASTE
Experts
sound alarm after
officials continue to
ignore ticking time bomb
near nuclear lab: 'A
longstanding lack of
urgency'
Christine Dulion, The Cool
Down - February 19
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