AM Nukes Roundup – February 13 – Israel likely to strike Iran in coming months, warns U.S. intelligence

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February 13, 2025

  Top Six


Israel likely to strike Iran in coming months, warns U.S. intelligence
John Hudson, Michael Birnbaum, Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post - February 12
Trump Says Call With Putin Is Beginning of Ukraine Peace Negotiations
Maggie Haberman, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Anton Troianovski, New York Times - February 12
Democratic US lawmakers ask Energy Department about any DOGE access to nuclear data
Timothy Gardner, Reuters - February 12
Imran Khalid: Will Trump’s ‘tough love’ on Kim yield results or backfire?
OPINION: The Hill - February 12
Richard Turco, Owen Brian Toon: The fires of Hiroshima and Los Angeles: Apocalypse redux
OPINION: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - February 12
Andrew Day: Iran Diplomacy Can’t Wait
OPINION: The American Conservative - February 12
Peace and Security Editorial Calendar (click here for more): 
February 13: Anniversary of France's First Nuclear Test (1959)
February 14: Anniversary of Treaty of Tlatelolco (1966)
February 17: Anniversary of the start of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (1958)
March 1: Anniversary of Castle Bravo Nuclear Test (1954)

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  News Clips

 

US


Democratic US lawmakers ask Energy Department about any DOGE access to nuclear data
Timothy Gardner, Reuters - February 12

Democratic lawmakers question Energy Department over DOGE nuclear data access
Zack Budryk, The Hill - February 12

State Department Insider on Elon Musk Accessing Nuclear Weapons: “If You Make Something Idiot-Proof, the World Will Build a Better Idiot”
Noor Al-Sibai, Futurism - February 12

Deeply Concerned' Dems Want to Know If DOGE Can Access Nuclear Weapons Data
Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams - February 12

Public rails against plutonium pit production during LANL meeting
Hannah Grover, New Mexico Political Report - February 12

Billionaires Are Preparing for the End of the World, Here’s What They Know That You Don’t
Daniel Stella, New Jersey Digest - February 12

Sen. Markey, Rep. Beyer Highlight Concerns Over DOGE Access to Nuclear Security Information
Fall Church News-Press - February 12

Share Your Experiences at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Alicia Inez Guzmán, New York Times - February 11

JUST IN: Trump’s Iron Dome Order Sends Important Signal to Allies, Experts Say
Laura Heckmann, National Defense Magazine - February 11

Critics at hearing speak out against expansion plan, pit production at LANL
Nicholas Gilmore, Santa Fe New Mexican - February 11

Illinois Named a Safest State to Live During a Nuclear War Maybe
Doc Holliday, WBKR - February 11

 

RUSSIA


Trump Says Call With Putin Is Beginning of Ukraine Peace Negotiations
Maggie Haberman, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Anton Troianovski, New York Times - February 12

Did Hegseth give up Washington’s leverage over Russia?
Eric Bazail-Eimil, Robbie Gramer, Amy MacKinnon, Politico - February 12

Putin Sticks With Goal to Roll Back NATO, Estonian Report Says
Ott Tammik, Bloomberg - February 12

Russia to target Americans with ‘nuclear winter’ propaganda, Estonia intelligence says
Mathias Hammer, Semafor - February 12

Trump wants Ukraine’s rare earth elements and Zelenskiy is willing to ‘sign an agreement’
Cristian Segura, El Pais - February 12

 

CHINA


China fielding new strategic bombers
Bill Gertz, Washington Times - February 12

 

KOREA


Seoul says North Korea is destroying facility that hosted reunions of war-separated families
Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press - February 12

North Korea warns of "armed force conflict" after nuclear-powered U.S. submarine docks in South Korea
CBS / AFP - February 11

US cyber vulnerabilities fuel N. Korea’s nuclear arsenal, but solutions are near: DARPA official
Carley Welch, Breaking Defense - February 11

 

IRAN


Israel likely to strike Iran in coming months, warns U.S. intelligence
John Hudson, Michael Birnbaum, Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post - February 12

Israel Sees Opening for Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Sites, U.S. Intelligence Finds
Jared Malsin, Alexander Ward, Dov Lieber, Wall Street Journal - February 12

Israel plotting attack on Iranian nuclear sites now that Trump is in office: report
Alex Oliveira, New York Post - February 12

Iranian Lawmakers Demand Nuke to Stop Trump
John Hayward, Breitbart - February 12

Iran's UN Mission Slams 'Reckless' Trump Remarks On Nuclear Deal
Agence France Presse - February 11

 

INTERNATIONAL


How AI could be incorporated into nuclear weapons
Errol Barnett, CBS News - February 12

Global war fears rising among security experts: Survey
Filip Timotija, The Hill - February 12

Why experts say the world will be "worse" 10 years from now
Colin Demarest, Axios - February 12

UK Unable to Defend Against Ballistic Missile Attack, IISS Warns
Ellen Milligan, Bloomberg - February 12
 

  Opinion & Commentary


Imran Khalid: Will Trump’s ‘tough love’ on Kim yield results or backfire?
OPINION: The Hill - February 12

Rebecca Grant: If Iran goes nuclear, B-2 bomber will get the call
OPINION: Fox News - February 12

Andrew Day: Iran Diplomacy Can’t Wait
OPINION: The American Conservative - February 12

Richard Turco, Owen Brian Toon: The fires of Hiroshima and Los Angeles: Apocalypse redux
OPINION: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - February 12

John Schuessler, Christopher Preble, William Ruger, Ransom Miller, Elizabeth Shackelford: American Restraint Might Not Look Like What You’d Expect
OPINION: Inkstick Media - February 12

Bradley Bowman, Mark Montgomery: Trump is Right to Prioritize Homeland Missile Defense
OPINION: Real Clear Defense - February 12

Join us for a mass protest against US nuclear weapons on UK soil
LTE: The National - February 12

Henry Cooper: Trump's 'Iron Dome' Viable, Needed
OPINION: Newsmax - February 11

  Russia Non-Nuclear News


Trump Says Call With Putin Is Beginning of Ukraine Peace Negotiations
Maggie Haberman, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Anton Troianovski, New York Times - February 13

Hegseth Says Return to Ukraine’s Pre-2014 Borders Is ‘Unrealistic’
Steven Erlanger, New York Times - February 13

Treasury Secretary Bessent to Visit Kyiv as Trump Seeks Minerals
Natalia Drozdiak, Annmarie Hordern, Jenny Leonard, Bloomberg - February 11

Zelenskyy proposes to trade land with Putin, offers to return Kursk
Veronika Melkozerova, POLITICO Europe - February 11

Russia withdraws North Korean troops in Kursk after losses, Seoul says
Justin McCurry, The Guardian - February 7

  Russia Non-Nuclear Opinion


Editorial Board: Talking to Putin Won’t Be Enough to End Ukraine War
EDITORIAL: Bloomberg - February 11

Benjamin Friedman, Jennifer Kavanagh: Trump the 'peacemaker' faces many obstacles
OPINION: Responsible Statecraft - February 11

Christopher Chivvis: Can Trump keep his promise to end the war in Ukraine? It’s possible – but it won’t be easy
OPINION: The Guardian - February 10


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