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Final NEAR Shoemaker Descent Images of Eros from February 2001 at 1,150 meters. Nothing says holiday cheer like the reminder that total planetary annihilation is a statistical fact of existence in our universe. Astronomers spotted an near earth object after…
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Someone from Air Force Office of Special Investigations googled “counterspace AND SAP”—as in “Special Access Program”—and then clicked on my post about the Microsatellite Payload Experiment. (Bet you didn’t know I logged all visitors like that, eh?) 10:29 on December…
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Keep no-fist use. Now, how ‘bout those dumplings? Zhu Guangya, one of the fathers of China’s nuclear weapons programs, received a visit from Chinese President Hu Jintao to solicit “opinions and suggestions … on the country’s development of science and…
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Il-matic. ACW Reader DS passes along this nugget, from the Dong-A Ilbo. It pretty much speaks for itself: According to U.S. special envoy to North Korea Jack Pritchard on December 23, the U.S. notified North Korea of the so-called “nuclear…
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Today’s Washington Times reports: Mr. Rumsfeld said in a recent interview that unless measures are taken to halt proliferation, as many as five additional nuclear-weapons powers could emerge. Just talking outta his ass, per usual … FIVE? Which ones? The…
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Wing-nut Ariel Beery, arguing the case for a clandestine Iraqi nuclear weapons program, asks: “Can anyone explain how Uranium can be used for peaceful purposes?” Fortunately, Areva has a very simple explanation of the nuclear fuel cycle, using animation to…
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An SS-18 dismantled under START I. Jonathan Landay of Knight-Ridder reports that the intelligence community cannot verify the terms of the Moscow Treaty. The article is fascinating because of the revelations about how the Bush Administration approached the issue of…
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A wild hair up his ass, as well as his nose, that day. No one is exactly sure, but India’s External Affairs Minister seems to have indicated regret over India’s decision to go nuclear. The whole thing started when the…
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Remember a couple of weeks ago when Iran nearly scuppered its accord with the EU-3 over its continued production of uranium tetraflouride (UF-4), which may have been considered “feed material” for highly enriched uranium? (No? Read my post dated 10…
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I somehow missed the Post’s Al Kamen kicking Rick Lehner and MDA in the jimmy on Monday: Opponents of the Bush administration’s Star Wars missile defense system jumped all over Wednesday’s failed launch, saying the setback showed the administration was…
