Carlson on Syria
John Carlson sent along a comment about Mark’s post,A Bridge Too Far? Syria & GOV/40. It was too important to bury in the comments, so I thought I would put it here: Syria and safeguards non-compliance – a “new paradigm”?…
Jeffrey Lewis
ENR Transfers, Pending
I just wrote a long post about not getting the Additional Protocol in the new NSG guidelines — but there is some language in a different spot that I skipped over. Hold that thought … it may not be so…
Nuclear Matters 2011
The Office of the Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Matters — DATSD(NM) — has issued the 2011 edition of Nuclear Matters, which is significantly revised and expanded from the copy I have. (Here is a link…
Reflections of A Nuclear Weaponeer
Most readers probably know how much I love books and that I have amassed a formidable library of rare books relating to nuclear weapons. There are some holes in the collection, though and Frank Shelton’s privately printed memoir, Reflections of…
B61 Mod 12 Revisited
Question: What’s a national lab to do when the GAO releases a report warning that a major effort, the B61 Lifetime Extension Program, is headed for trouble? Answer: Write an article about how essential the B61 LEP is to “21st…
More on the Gerdab Nuke Test Story
Well, we finally have some clarity on that very strange post on an IRGC website about the day after Iran’s first nuclear test. It appears that the website in question, Gerdab.ir, reposted content from an Iranian blog. The blogger-in-question appears to…
Day After Iran’s First Nuclear Test
If you don’t own Michael Light’s 100 Suns, you should. I keep seeing references to this story, posted on an IRGC website, entitled The Day After the First Iranian Nuclear Test: A Normal Day. It is a very strange story —…
Greetings from Seoul
I am in Seoul to attend the Asan Plenum, which the Asan Institute is hosting in advance of the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul. I am on four panels — no, that is not a typo. Buy me a drink…
Full Text of GOV/2011/40
As you probably know, the IAEA Board of Governors is meeting June 6-10 in Vienna, with a major fight looming over Syria. The US and 12 other countries will table a resolution at the BOG to find Syria in breach…
More Saudi/Storm Shadow/MTCR
We have a pretty impressive discussion thread going on the issue of the UK sale of the Storm Shadow LACM to Saudi Arabia. If you read the original post, you should also take a look at the comments. We’ve got…
