Years · 2006

August 2006

25 posts

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Appeal On India-US Nuclear Deal

I’ve seen a couple of news stories about the Appeal to Parliamentarians on the Indo-US Nuclear Deal issud by the usual suspects—prominent Indian nuclear scientists who oppose the US-India nuclear deal. I haven’t seen a copy posted elsewhere yet, so…

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Blogjammin'

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has recently started his own blog. There’s a link to the English-language site. [RFE/RL via Payvand News]. FYI, Ahmadinejad’s 60 Minutes interview, which aired last night, can be found here. Kim Jong-il has had his own…

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Iran, P5+1 Proposal Documents

ACA has posted some documents describing proposals made by Iran, the E3, and the P5+1. As far as I know, some have never been made public before. [Such as this one, this one, and this one.] I referenced some of…

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James Van Allen, 1914-2006

James A. Van Allen, discoverer of the Earth’s radiation belts, died on Wednesday, aged 91. Others will record Van Allen’s scientific achievements and the loved ones he leaves behind. I remember Van Allen most, however, for how then-President John F.…

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Department of Ass-Clownery

I recently ran across this December article from La Repubblica which contains an interesting piece of information RE: the Iraq/Niger/uranium thing. [Translation and original link via the Leftcoaster.] Members of the “Iraq really was uranium shopping” crowd, such as Christopher…

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Chinese Nuclear Warhead Facility

Cool huh? All things considered—access control, double perimeter, revetted buildings—that looks a lot like nuclear weapons storage to me. I’ve oft noted that the intelligence community believes the Chinese keep their warheads stored seperately from their ballistic missiles. A declassified…

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Want To See Two Spy Satellites?

You may have to squint a little. The image, of the IGS 1B and Lacrosse 4 satellites moving across the night sky, was taken by Macro Langbroek. The SEESAT list has a fascinating discussion about the shape and configuration of…

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Iran and India

Next time you hear someone claim that the Iranians haven’t raised the US-India nuclear deal in discussions about its nuclear program, remember this… Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Javad Zarif, stated 31 July: “Iran’s right to enrich uranium is recognized…

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Text of P5+1 Offer to Iran

I imagine this has made the rounds, but Iran Focus has a copy: Text is below: ELEMENTS OF A PROPOSAL TO IRAN Our goal is to develop relations and cooperation with Iran based on mutual respect and the establishment of…