Years · 2007

August 2007

26 posts

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Secret Screws

Oh, you thought this was a Larry Craig post. You are going to be very disappointed. Or maybe not. This is yet another post about our favorite form of smut here at Arms Control Wonk — wonkporn. See that picture…

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Revised Calculation on Iranian Hex

So. We know that Iran operated 8 cascades between 18 April- 19 August. That is seventeen weeks, 119 days or 2856 hours. Eight cascades, fed 70 grams of hex per hour, should have consumed 1,600 kg of hex. Assume the…

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IAEA GOV/2007/48

GOV/2007/28, like clockwork, is out on the ISIS website. Items of note: Hey, remember that David Sanger story about how, during the May 13 short notice inspection, “all the centrifuges appeared to be enriching uranium and running smoothly”? Yeah, well,…

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Nunn-Lugar to the Rescue!

We don’t get many feel good stories on a nonproliferation blog. This Washington Post piece is pretty close though. Next up, Nunn and Lugar superhero suits. Capes of course, but minus latex. PODOLSK, Russia, Aug. 29 — Heavily guarded trucks…

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Think and Drink on Thursday

This week, T&D happy hour is going classy. I know everyone will miss the greasy Big Hunt burgers and pizza, but don’t be afraid, change is good. We will be at Heritage India, about a block down Connecticut from Dupont,…

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IAEA-Iran Modalities Plan Online

The IAEA has posted the Modalities Plan, formally Understandings of The Islamic Republic of Iran and the IAEA on the Modalities of Resolution of the Outstanding Issues. (Apparently Iran and IAEA ignored my plea to name it the “Action Plan”…

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Bogus BM-25 Pic

The website Spacewar placed this photo (at right) alongside an AFP article about the inclusion of North Korean missile programs in the 6 Party process (“US to look into North Korea’s missile threat,” August 24, 2007). Although the AFP article…

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High Surety Warhead

When the-Prime Minister Tony Blair sought support to replace Britain’s Trident system, he deferred the decision on a replacement warhead to the next Parliament. I’ve wondered if that meant Britain might build an RRW: … Britain’s nuclear warhead design is…

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IAEA Action Plan

Apparently, we have an IAEA-Iran action plan. Iran, IAEA see progress on nuclear talks Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency both said on Tuesday they had made progress in talks about Tehran’s offer of more transparency aimed at defusing…

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Geeks and Wonks, Working Together

I am reminded of that Old Onion headline: Gaywads, Dorkwads Sign Historic Wad Accord. Anyway. About a week ago Greg broadcast a request for some website help. Six brave volunteers have managed to crank out a years worth of updates…