Years · 2006

November 2006

24 posts

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NORK Nuke Missile?

So, my initial speculation about the cause of failure for North Korea’s nuclear test—remember that I thought the NORKS tried to reduce the size of the warhead with fancy implosion techniques—seems to have gained some credibility. (See So, Like, Why…

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On sale now: Israeli bomb shelters

There are all kinds of elaborate rumors that during the Cold War, Russia built networks of shelters and tunnels underneath Moscow. Israel seems to still be working on its state of the art underground bunker and apparently theirs is not…

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More on NCRI and Iran

Adding to Jeffrey’s post… Annoyed for similar reasons, I pointed out a while back that the NCRI on its own doesn’t appear to have produced a whole lot of actionable intelligence on Iran. To an extent, though, I guess one…

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Why has North Korea decided to negotiate?

North Korea has announced that it will return to negotiations. The six party talks could resume sometime in the next two months. Up to now, North Korea’s line has been that it will return to the talks if the US…