AM Nukes Roundup – March 16 – If Seizing Iran’s Nuclear Material Is the Endgame, Here’s What It Would Take

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March 16, 2026

  Top Six


If Seizing Iran’s Nuclear Material Is the Endgame, Here’s What It Would Take
Michael Gordon, Laurence Norman, Wall Street Journal - March 15
Japan to join Trump's 'Golden Dome' project, expects missile requests
Tamiyuki Kihara, Yukiko Toyoda, Reuters - March 13
DPRK says it fired 12 nuclear-capable rockets, figure at odds with ROK analysis
Anton Sokolin, NK News - March 15
Editorial Board: The Real Nuclear History of Iran
EDITORIAL: Wall Street Journal - March 15
Zhao Tong: Why Iran strikes may drive Asian nuclear race, hit China in the Middle East
INTERVIEW: South China Morning Post - March 16
Karim Haggag: Military spending alone does not guarantee security: SIPRI chief
INTERVIEW: Nikkei Asia - March 14
Peace and Security Editorial Calendar (click here for more):
March 16: Anniversary of SALT I (1972)
March 19: Anniversary of invasion of Iraq (2003)
March 29: National Vietnam War Veteran's Day
April 5: Anniversary of Obama's Prague Speech (2009)

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  News Clips

 

US MISSILE DEFENSE


Air Force cuts ribbon on first Sentinel military construction project
Ivy Secrest, Wyoming Tribune Eagle - March 15

The US may move its anti-missile system out of South Korea - and it's sparking unease
Yvette Tan, BBC - March 13

Japan to join Trump's 'Golden Dome' project, expects missile requests
Tamiyuki Kihara, Yukiko Toyoda, Reuters - March 13

Voyager opens defense and space tech hub in Long Beach
Sandra Erwin, SpaceNews - March 12


CHINA NUCLEAR


Top nuclear weapons, radar and missile experts vanish from Chinese Academy of Engineering site
Holly Chik, South China Morning Post - March 15


KOREA


Kim Jong Un and daughter oversee test of 12 nuclear-capable rocket launchers: ‘Very deadly yet attractive weapon’
Shweta Sharma, The Independent - March 15

DPRK says it fired 12 nuclear-capable rockets, figure at odds with ROK analysis
Anton Sokolin, NK News - March 15

Kim Jong Un Oversees Test of Tactical-Nuke Launchers
Timothy Martin, Wall Street Journal - March 14

North Korea fires missiles into the sea as US and South Korea conduct military drills
The Guardian - March 14

North Korea fires 10 ballistic missiles during US-South Korea military drills
Daewoung Kim, Anton Bridge, Reuters - March 14

North Korea fires about 10 missiles toward sea in show of force, Seoul says
Kim Tong-hyung, AP News - March 14

North Korea Launches Suspected Ballistic Missile, Japan Says
Soo-Hyang Choi, Bloomberg - March 14

North Korea Fires Missiles Amid US-South Korea Joint Exercise
Aliss Higham, Newsweek - March 14


IRAN


Trump is eager to declare victory, but a battered Iran still has cards to play
Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post - March 15

If Seizing Iran’s Nuclear Material Is the Endgame, Here’s What It Would Take
Michael Gordon, Laurence Norman, Wall Street Journal - March 15

Why did US and Israel attack Iran and how long could the war last?
BBC - March 15

Israeli And U.S. Officials Indicate War Could Go On For Another Three Weeks
Tyler Rogoway, Howard Altman, The War Zone - March 15

Trump is searching for an endgame to the Iran war
Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times - March 15

Why has Trump left Iran’s nuclear stockpile untouched?
Abigail Hauslohner, Lauren Fedor, Financial TImes - March 15

Trump Adviser Warns of Possible Israel Nuclear Escalation in Iran Conflict
Marni Rose McFall, Newsweek - March 14

Iranian Foreign Minister Admits Mentioning Nuclear Bombs Like Witkoff Said, Claims It Wasn’t a Threat
Ian Hanchett, Breitbart - March 14

Trump-Iran Timeline: Key Moments Leading Up to War
Chris Cameron, New York Times - March 13

Seven reasons why Trump hasn’t won the Iran war
Stephen Collinson, CNN - March 13

Already won' or 'got to finish the job': The Trump administration's mixed messages on Iran
Amanda Terkel, NBC News - March 13

Trump rejected Putin offer to move Iran's uranium to Russia
Barak Ravid, Marc Caputo, Axios - March 13

Gingrich: If Iranians Had Their Way, Threat Would Be Nuclear Weapons Taking Out a U.S. City
Jeff Poor, Breitbart - March 13

Dem Sen. Welch: We ‘Obliterated’ Iran Nuke Program, ‘Severely Degraded’ Missiles
Ian Hanchett, Breitbart - March 13


EUROPE


Davey to call on Starmer to replace nuclear deterrent to end Britain’s reliance on Trump’s America
David Lynch, The Independent - March 15

Liberal Democrats call for ‘genuinely’ independent UK nuclear deterrent
Mari Novik, George Parker, Financial Times - March 15

UK needs nuclear deterrent independent from US, Ed Davey to say
Geraldine McKelvie, The Guardian - March 15

UK must build own nuclear missiles, say Lib Dems
Brian Wheeler, BBC - March 15

Lost nuclear bunker rediscovered in castle grounds
Oli Constable, BBC - March 13

Finland does not intend to host nuclear weapons in peacetime, president says
Anne Kauranen, Reuters - March 13


ASIA-PACIFIC


Iran war challenges nuclear latency strategy of Japan, South Korea
Daniel Sneider, Asia Times - March 14


INTERNATIONAL


These People Want Us to Let Them Hook Up AI to a Nuclear Weapon
AJ Dellinger, Gizmodo - March 14


RECA/NUCLEAR WASTE


Cracks appear in Runit Dome amid sea level rise in Marshall Islands
Kyle Evans, Australian Broadcasting Corporation - March 14

Nuclear Past, Present, and Future: Art in Action'
Christina Stock, Roswell Daily Record - March 14


POP CULTURE


The Oscars Are This Weekend. The Movie We Should All Be Talking About Isn’t Even Nominated.
Ian Prasad Philbrick, Slate - March 13

  Opinion & Commentary


Zhao Tong: Why Iran strikes may drive Asian nuclear race, hit China in the Middle East
INTERVIEW: South China Morning Post - March 16

Jason Willick: The Senate filibuster debate has lessons for Trump’s war on Iran
OPINION: Washington Post - March 15

Editorial Board: The Real Nuclear History of Iran
EDITORIAL: Wall Street Journal - March 15

Jack Kaczorowski: An Uncertain Future vs. Certain Nukes in Iran
LTE: Wall Street Journal - March 15

Moon Keun-sik: Toward mature Korea-US nuclear cooperation
OPINION: Korea Times - March 15

Joe Cirincione: Trump's Nuclear Hoax
OPINION: Strategy & History - March 15

Ali Vaez: What Trump Didn’t Know About Iran
INTERVIEW: New York Times - March 14

Karim Haggag: Military spending alone does not guarantee security: SIPRI chief
INTERVIEW: Nikkei Asia - March 14

Joshua Keating: Beware of nuclear arms’ popularity
OPINION: The Columbian - March 13

Rich Lowry: Trump is obliterating Obama’s Iran-appeasement plan — to America’s benefit
OPINION: New York Post - March 13

David Boies: Past presidents claimed Iran couldn’t have nuclear weapons — Trump is the only one to take action
OPINION: New York Post - March 13

Eve Ottenberg: The Middle East Is in Flames. Will the Israeli-American Attackers Resort to Nukes?
OPINION: Counterpunch - March 13

Hely Desai: Southeast Asia’s Nuclear Blind Spot: Latent Pathways and Explicit Pressures
OPINION: War on the Rocks - March 13

David Boies: Partisanship on Iran Is Dangerous for America
OPINION: Wall Street Journal - March 12


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