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AM Nukes Roundup

April 3, 2026
Note: In observance of Easter, ReThink will not publish the AM Nukes Roundup on Monday, April 6. The Roundup will resume on Tuesday, April 7.

  Top Six


Trump: U.S. will bomb Iran "back to stone ages" over next 2-3 weeks
Dave Lawler, Marc Caputo, Axios - April 2
What happened when they installed ChatGPT on a nuclear supercomputer
Joshua Keating, Vox - April 2
Golden Dome, ships and missiles top Trump's $1.5 trillion fiscal 2027 defense wish list
Mike Stone, Reuters - April 2
George Perkovich: How the Iran War undermines the nuclear nonproliferation regime
OPINION: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - April 2
Jack Buckby: Trump’s Two to Three Week Deadline Doesn’t Matter — Iran Must Never Have Nuclear Weapons
OPINION: 19FortyFive - April 2
Christine Keiner: Bypass the Strait of Hormuz with nuclear explosives? The US studied that in Panama and Colombia in the 1960s
OPINION: The Conversation - April 2
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  News Clips

 

US NUCLEAR


What happened when they installed ChatGPT on a nuclear supercomputer
Joshua Keating, Vox - April 2


US MISSILE DEFENSE


‘Golden Dome’ statue adds to wave of satirical Trump sculptures in D.C.
Liam Scott, Washington Post - April 2

Golden Dome, ships and missiles top Trump's $1.5 trillion fiscal 2027 defense wish list
Mike Stone, Reuters - April 2

Golden Dome as a Leaky Golden Shower: Trump’s $4 Trillion Missile Defense System Ridiculed in DC
Jon Queally, Common Dreams - April 2

New sculpture of Trump with his ‘Golden Dome’ is up at National Mall and was created by Ben & Jerry’s co-founder
Mike Bedigan, The Independent - April 1


RUSSIA NUCLEAR


Russian nuclear missile forces hold drills in Siberia
Dmitry Antonov, ​Mark Trevelyan, Reuters - April 2


IRAN


Trump: U.S. will bomb Iran "back to stone ages" over next 2-3 weeks
Dave Lawler, Marc Caputo, Axios - April 2

Trump says ‘I don’t care about Iran’s uranium’ in stunning U-turn on key justification for war
Maira Butt, The Independent - April 2

Trump makes his best case for the war — but fails to ease worries about how it will end
Stephen Collinson, CNN - April 2

Can the US seize Iran’s enriched uranium – and what are the risks?
Virginia Pietromarchi, Al Jazeera - April 2

Trump’s First Speech About the War With Iran Explained Absolutely Nothing
Fred Kaplan, Slate - April 2

Trump unleashes on Obama's 'disaster' Iran nuclear deal, says he was 'honored' to rip it apart
Alec Schemmel, Fox News - April 2

Iran’s Nuclear Sites Reduced to ‘Dust’ Says Trump, Promising Instant Retribution For Any Attempt to Restart
Oliver Lane, Breitbart - April 2

5 Takeaways From Trump’s Address on Iran
Luke Broadwater, Tyler Pager, New York Times - April 1

Trump addresses war with Iran
Greg Myre, Deepa Shivaram, Jackie Northam, NPR - April 1

Trump warns US will hit Iran ‘extremely hard’ over next two to three weeks
Diana Nerozzi, Politico - April 1

Rationale for Iran war questioned after Trump says ‘I don’t care’ about regime’s uranium stockpiles
Julian Borger, The Guardian - April 1

U.S. Negotiators Were Ill-Prepared for Serious Nuclear Talks With Iran
Kelsey Davenport, Arms Control Today - April 1

Trump says it would be ‘intolerable’ for Iran to have nuclear weapons
Jeff Mordock, Washington Times - April 1


RECA/NUCLEAR WASTE


As RECA expands, Navajo patients still struggle to get cancer care
Donovan Quintero, Navajo Times - April 2

  Opinion & Commentary


Tom Nichols: Maybe Trump Should Not Have Given This Speech
OPINION: The Atlantic - April 2

Kenneth Roth: Trump’s surreal speech on Iran shed no light on his goals
OPINION: The Guardian - April 2

Paul Waldman: What was missing from Trump’s oddly low-energy Iran address: A case for war
OPINION: MS Now - April 2

George Perkovich: How the Iran War undermines the nuclear nonproliferation regime
OPINION: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - April 2

Jack Buckby: Trump’s Two to Three Week Deadline Doesn’t Matter — Iran Must Never Have Nuclear Weapons
OPINION: 19FortyFive - April 2

Christine Keiner: Bypass the Strait of Hormuz with nuclear explosives? The US studied that in Panama and Colombia in the 1960s
OPINION: The Conversation - April 2

John Duncan: Why Donald Trump will try to declare victory in Iran well before November
OPINION: The Conversation - April 1


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