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Peace &
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AM Nukes Roundup
February 25, 2026
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 News
Clips
US
NUCLEAR
Air
Force accelerates B-21
bomber production amid
push to modernize
nuclear forces
Phillip Wellman, Stars and
Stripes - February 24
US
MISSILE DEFENSE
A
banner year for military
space funding— with an
unclear path beyond
Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews -
February 24
Pentagon’s
spending plan doubles
down on land, air, sea
robots
Patrick Tucker, Defense
One - February 24
RUSSIA
NUCLEAR
UK
hits out at Putin’s
‘heinous’ acts in
Ukraine after Russia’s
nuclear claim
David Hughes, The
Independent - February 24
Ukraine
denies 'absurd' Russian
claims on nuclear
weapons
Olena Harmash, Reuters -
February 24
Russia
accuses Ukraine of
seeking to acquire
nuclear weapon with help
from UK and France
Reuters - February 24
Russia
issues statement warning
of risks of clash
between nuclear powers
Reuters - February 24
Russia
can't match NATO's
conventional strength,
so it's betting on
submarines and nuclear
asymmetry, commander
says
Jake Epstein, Business
Insider - February 24
Russia
ramps up nuclear threats
against West
Mike Glenn, Washington
Times - February 24
Russia
Uses Fourth Anniversary
of Ukraine Invasion to
Float Nuclear Bomb
Allegations
Oliver Lane, Breitbart -
February 24
CHINA
NUCLEAR
Allegations
of a Chinese nuclear
blast may reignite
weapons testing
Richard Stone, Science -
February 24
U.S.
Warns China Is Rapidly
Expanding Nuclear
Arsenal, Conducted
Secret Test
John Hayward, Breitbart -
February 24
KOREA
ROK
envoy urges North Korea
to comply with nuclear
treaty, return to talks
Jooheon Kim, NK News -
February 24
IRAN
Over
150 U.S. aircraft sweep
into Europe, Middle East
as Trump mulls strikes
Meg Kelly, Imogen Piper,
Washington Post - February
24
Iranian
Oil Loadings Soar as
Regional Risks Intensify
Ahead of U.S. Talks
Giulia Petroni, Wall
Street Journal - February
24
Senate
Democrats emerge from
secret Iran briefing
warning of ‘serious’
moment
Laura Kelly, The Hill -
February 24
Trump
Is on the Verge of War.
Previous Presidents Did
It Differently.
Jeff Greenfield, Politico
- February 24
7
Experts on the Risk of a
Wider War with Iran
Politico - February 24
Marco
Rubio delivers rare
briefing to top US
lawmakers on Iran amid
tensions
Andrew Roth, The Guardian
- February 24
Iran
says deal with US
'within reach' ahead of
talks in Geneva
France 24 - February 24
State
of the Union could be
Trump's best chance to
sell voters on Iran
plans
Patricia Zengerle, Reuters
- February 24
A
look at the long,
fraught timeline of Iran
nuclear tensions as
talks with US loom
AP News - February 24
Iran
vows to do 'whatever it
takes' to make a nuclear
deal happen: report
Greg Norman-Diamond, Fox
News - February 24
Rubio,
Ratcliffe to deliver
classified Iran briefing
to Gang of Eight ahead
of Trump's State of the
Union
Morgan Phillips, Fox News
- February 24
Rubio
briefs Iran plans to
congressional leaders as
Trump claims Tehran
‘desperately wants a
deal’
Steven Nelson, Emily
Goodin, New York Post -
February 24
Trump
said Iran’s nuclear
program was
‘obliterated.’ So why is
he looking to strike
again?
Aaron Blake, CNN -
February 23
Trump
confronts his 3 main
options on Iran — from
diplomacy to trying to
topple a regime
Kevin Liptak, Kylie
Atwood, Zachary Cohen,
Jennifer Hansler, CNN -
February 23
A
new U.S. attack on Iran
could risk large-scale
retaliation
Dan De Luce, Gordon
Lubold, Natasha Lebedeva,
Keir Simmons, NBC News -
February 23
EUROPE
Growing
Tensions With US Could
Lead Europe Deeper Into
Nuclear Proliferation
Jon Letman, Truthout -
February 24
ASIA-PACIFIC
Takaichi
Draws a Red Line on
Nuclear Sharing Amid
Japan’s Security Review
Takahashi Kosuke, The
Diplomat - February 24
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China
Non-Nuclear Brief
The
Looming Taiwan Chip
Disaster That Silicon
Valley Has Long Ignored
Tripp Mickle, New York
Times - Feburary 24
China
slams dozens of Japanese
companies with export
curbs
Ryan McMorrow, Joe Leahy,
Harry Dempsey, Leo Lewis,
Financial Times - Feburary
24
Seoul’s
protest over stand-off
seen as reluctance to
let US Forces Korea
confront China
Dewey Sim, South China
Morning Post - Feburary 24
Trump
Looks Ahead to Summit
With China’s Xi, but
Tariffs and Taiwan Loom
Chris Buckley, New York
Times - Feburary 22
Ruling
against Trump’s tariffs
creates new uncertainty
in US trade relations
with China
Didi Tang, AP - Feburary
21
U.S.
Arms Sale to Taiwan in
Limbo Amid Pressure
Campaign From China
Alex Leary, Lingling Wei,
Michael Gordon, Wall
Street Journal - Feburary
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