AM Nukes Roundup – April 23 – Trump Wants to Double Production of New Nuclear Weapon Cores

[Ellen Thomas]

I extracted uranium from top-secret labs. Here’s how Trump can do it in Iran

You can view this email in your browser if it gets cut off.  Peace & Security AM Nukes Roundup April 23, 2026   Top Six Trump Wants to Double Production of New Nuclear Weapon Cores Matthew Gault, 404 Media - April 22 I extracted uranium from top-secret labs. Here’s how Trump can do it in Iran Natasha Leake, The Telegraph - April 22 New Mexicans receive first $100K payments under radiation exposure law Elva Österreich, KRWG - April 21 Rich Batey, Frank Floyd: An Iran Deal Kicks the Nuke Down the Road LTE: Wall Street Journal - April 22 Christina Pazzanese: Deterring the next nuclear arms race OPINION: Harvard Gazette - April 22 Jeff Hecht: Space-based missile defense: Golden Dome or gold brick? OPINION: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - April 22 Peace and Security Editorial Calendar (click here for more): May 8: Anniversary of Pres. Trumps withdrawal from JCPOA (2018) May 18: Anniversary of India's first nuclear test (1974) May 21: Anniversary of Ukraine denuclearization agreement (1996) Amplify this post   News Clips   US NUCLEAR Trump Wants to Double Production of New Nuclear Weapon Cores Matthew Gault, 404 Media - April 22 US MISSILE DEFENSE SpaceX Tapped for Industry Group Developing Golden Dome Software Sana Pashankar, Kiel Porter, Katrina Manson, Bloomberg - April 22 The ups and downs of Trump's Golden Dome gambit Colin Demarest, Axios - April 21 Pentagon seeks funds for Golden Dome, drones, AI in largest-ever budget request Tanya Noury, Military Times - April 21 IRAN Trump eyes Iran deal with many of the trade-offs he blasted Obama for accepting Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post - April 22 Trump’s ‘dirty ceasefire’ tested as Iran hits shipping Andrew England, Financial Times - April 22 The Memo: Can Trump realistically better Obama’s Iran deal? Niall Stanage, The Hill - April 22 What is uranium enrichment and how quickly could Iran build a nuclear bomb? Hanna Duggal, Al Jazeera - April 22 I extracted uranium from top-secret labs. Here’s how Trump can do it in Iran Natasha Leake, The Telegraph - April 22 GOP Senator Suggests Trump Should “Finish” Iran With Nuclear Bomb Sharon Zhang, Truthout - April 22 Can the US and Iran Agree to a Lasting Deal to End the War? Patrick Sykes, Bloomberg - April 22 Nuclear Dust—What Is It and Can Trump Actually Get It Out Of Iran? Ellie Cook, Newsweek - April 22 CPAC Chair Schlapp to Newsmax: Keep Nuclear Weapons From Iran at All Costs Solange Reyner, Newsmax - April 22 RECA/NUCLEAR WASTE New Mexicans receive first $100K payments under radiation exposure law Elva Österreich, KRWG - April 21   Opinion & Commentary Rich Batey, Frank Floyd: An Iran Deal Kicks the Nuke Down the Road LTE: Wall Street Journal - April 22 Steven Harper: Trump’s Iran war: three goals, three failures, one debacle OPINION: Asia Times - April 22 Tianran Xu: Why KN-25 guided rockets are North Korea’s most unique nuclear weapon OPINION: NK News - April 22 Jeff Hecht: Space-based missile defense: Golden Dome or gold brick? OPINION: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - April 22 Qurat-Ul-Ain Shabbir: Hybridizing nuclear command, control and communications systems puts space infrastructure at risk OPINION: SpaceNews - April 22 Brian Chow: Could NATO Reform Be a ‘Trump Card’ for a Midterm Win? OPINION: National Interest - April 22 Christina Pazzanese: Deterring the next nuclear arms race OPINION: Harvard Gazette - April 22 Joseph DeTrani: Beware a nuclear North Korea aligned with China, Russia OPINION: Washington Times - April 22 Mel Gurtov: Reality Proves Again and Again Trump’s Attack on Iran Was Horrible Decision OPINION: Common Dreams - April 22 Please Note: This is an abridged version of the regular China Digest. The China Digest will return to normal next week.   China Non-Nuclear Xi Alludes to Trump’s Policies to Make a Case for Closer Ties to Vietnam David Pierson, Tung Ngo, New York Times - April 16 Why China Won’t Lean Hard on Iran Lily Kuo, David Pierson, New York Times - April 16 Trump says China has agreed not to send weapons to Iran Cate Cadell, Washington Post - April 16 Iran used Chinese spy satellite to target US bases Miles Johnson, Peter Andringa, Alison Killing, Charles Clover, Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times - April 15 Trump will head to Beijing amid warming trend in sentiment about China at home Lucy Quaggin, South China Morning Post - April 15 Exclusive: Trump-Xi summit shaped by uncertainty, not strategy Mark Magnier, Khushboo Razdan, William Zheng, Dewey Sim, South China Morning Post - April 15     China Non-Nuclear Opinion Da Wei: Europe Still Needs China OPINION: Foreign Affairs - April 17 Yi-Chuan Chiu: China’s Taiwan Calculus Ahead of the Trump-Xi Summit OPINION: The Diplomat - April 16 Gabriela Bernal: Why North Korea is rekindling China relations OPINION: South China Morning Post - April 16   ### Sign up for the AM Nukes Roundup Email our Peace & Security Team Copyright © 2026 ReThink Media, All rights reserved. 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