Writing on ACW 2004–2026 · 2,079 posts
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A former intelligence contractor is claiming that China finally got around to selling Saudi Arabia some new missiles to replace the ones it bought two decades ago. Jonathan Scherck decided he couldn’t wait for classification review and has been emailing…
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Bharath Gopalaswamy and Martin Senn at the great blog “C x I” have posted a paper by Robert Schmucker and Markus Schiller titled The DPRK Missile Show – A Comedy in (Currently) Eight Acts. They elegantly lay out the case…
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Those of you who have read Bob Kelley’s 30 page report on Burma’s nuclear efforts will notice that he mentions our discussions on the blog about the BOB — the Box-o’-Burma. Bob sends along this invitation to Arms Control Wonk…
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The first press stories are beginning to appear based on some information that the Democratic Voice of Burma that suggests Burma may have a nuclear weapons program, beginning with Senator Jim Webb’s decision to postpone a scheduled trip to Myanmar.…
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Here are the most recent Director-General’s reports on Iran and Syria. Since it is Memorial Day, I am not going to even bother reading these until tomorrow. Update | May 31, 7:59 am I’ve edited the post a couple of…
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We have been following the Cheonan incident on the blog — from Geoff Forden’s initial post indicating Torpedo damage (ROK Ship: Typical Torpedo Damage), to Josh Pollack’s posts on the report that concluded, yes, indeed North Korea had torpedoed the…
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Or are Japanese officials just having some fun at his expense? Japanese officials are leaking an account of an exchange between Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Japanese Foreign Minister Okada. The basic story is that Okada on May 15…
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I am in Tokyo for the week for a New America Foundation project on extended deterrence. It’s already been totally surreal — Mort Halperin was met by NHK, which is filming him for a documentary. At least we got a…
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It seems Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan have convinced Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to send 1200 kg of low enriched uranium to Turkey in exchange for new fuel for the TRR.…
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We have a bunch of New START documents now, including the article-by-article analysis and an unclassified summary of the 1251 report. I am still a little puzzled by the proposed treaty compliant force structure, but I think — think —…
