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I can't be the only one that finds this cringe, right? It's not like nations have a big red "get nukes" button at their governments' central office. And Israel has bombed Iraq's, Syria's and now Iran's nuclear power plants, all of which were civilian energy projects. Iran is even a signatory to the NPT and has been under IEAE surveillance for decades at this point. I don't know about the cases of Iraq and Syria, but I assume they are similar.
My point is, if these countries were trying to get nukes, they would get thwarted immediately.
It's a meme, obviously it should be phrased "develop nuclear capabilities in secret".
I doubt it's easy to keep it secret, especially in the middle east where american presence is high. I admit I do not know a lot about the DPRK's nuclear weapons program, but a quick search shows it wasn't really a secret.