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The Defense Science Board Task Force on Nuclear Capabilities—co-chaired by Johnny Foster and Larry Welch—has released a hilariously retro report on nuclear weapons. Concerned citizens should be aware, the authors warn, of “an entrenched set of views held by an…
Readers have probably already noted that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ventured beyond the carefully worded description of Israel’s nuclear status—Israel will not be the first country to introduce nuclear arms in the region— in effect confirming Israel’s possession of…
Sorry about being such a scatterass lately. As usual, there is big stuff under way and the blog is getting the shaft. But I am sprawled out on the oriental rug with a pot of pu-erh tea, a little Wilco…
I thought I wasn’t going to write another polonium-210 post, but this story just won’t go away. And then I saw this editorial in the Washington Post,which makes some misleading conclusions. (Note: I am not doing a wrap up, but…
Jeffrey doesn’t like me anymore, so I have a new blog. TotalWonkerr.com is now up and running. The inaugural post is here. Chenqui.
High level Russian and Iranian officials met earlier this week to discuss progress on the Bushehr reactor. They agreed, again, on the following dates, although these have changed often, and one Russian article notes (in Russian) that it is likely…
Linzer has to be f’ing kidding right? RIGHT? When the State Department recently asked the CIA for names of Iranians who could be sanctioned for their involvement in a clandestine nuclear weapons program, the agency refused, citing a large workload…
The large object at 10 Downing Street is supposed to be a submarine. Strangely reminiscent of Claes Oldenburg’s soft sculptures (more). No. 10 Downing St. has released a white paper—The Future of the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Deterrent—arguing that Britain should…
This story fell under my radar screen earlier this week, but I noticed it yesterday. Kind of interesting if it were true, but it’s not clear, and actually sounds like just gossip to me. Last Saturday, the Tokyo Shimbun (in…
Peter Zimmerman and I are giving a talk about our article, “Bomb in the Backyard” at a meeting with defense journalists. My handout—using some of the cool images by Jeffrey Smith—is here. We are also getting a couple of questions…
