Writing on ACW 2004–2026 · 2,079 posts
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Every time I think about shuttering the blog for good, someone is always kind enough to write or say something that reminds me why I started the infernal thing in the first place. Today’s lesson: This image shows a North…
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South Korean government sources tell Japanese NHK that satellite images and other data reveal increased activity “at a missile base in Musudanri, North Hamgyeong Province, in the northeastern part of North Korea.” Check out the english language news segment. Kyodo…
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A couple of technical bits about Iran’s nuclear programs, related to whether Iran can make clean hex (maybe not, still) and whether Iran is telling the truth about the source of its plutonium (um, doesn’t look like it). Hex No,…
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Stephen Rademaker (my buddy) has introduced a draft fissile material cut-off treaty at the Conference on Disarmament. Shorter Rademaker: Article 1. States Party undertake to kiss my bony ass. Sadly, this is only vaguely hyperbole. The treaty, as it were,…
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Well, some big developments today. Louis Charbonneau at Reuters reports that IAEA samples of equipment from Lavizan-Shian suggest the presence of highly enriched uranium: “Preliminary analysis by the IAEA showed traces of highly enriched uranium in the (pump) samples,” a…
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And the frickin’ 721 report for 1 January-31 December 2004 is online. Woo hoo! Thanks Secrecy News! *** I knew the verdict on China’s activities would be relatively positive after Gertz claimed that NIC officials were reworking the report to…
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Believe nothing you read here or, at least, don’t blame me for your being a busybody. Why was former Special Assistant to the DCI Charles Duelfer sitting at an al fresco table outside Potbelly’s yesterday at 6:20? asks one loyal…
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A couple of weeks ago, a reader asked whether a military aide still acompanies the President carrying the “nuclear football”—otherwise known as the presiden’t emergency satchel. I said that I assumed so, but that I hadn’t seen anything in a…
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Not to be outdone, Hassan Rohani, former Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has an open letter in Time. I was particularly taken by this line: Could it be that the extremists all around see their interests — however…
