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When I hear “Dimona,” I think super-secret Israeli nuke program. I mean, doesn’t everyone? Little did I know that other grand secrets can be found in this little part of the Israeli desert. Who cares about the nukes when you…
Last week, I suggested that the United States should declassify aggregate stockpile numbers for past, present and future forces and subcategorize them by purpose, delivery system, and status. I noted that, in 1992, then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Colin Powell…
U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill, center, sits with his delegate members attending the 2nd working group meeting on North Korea’s nuclear program at the Liaoning Friendship Convention Center in Shenyang, northeastern China, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007. Envoys to talks on…
In February 2007, Gazeta Wyborcza reported that four sites were under consideration for the US interceptor site in Poland: Zegrze Pomorskie, Debrzno, and Slupsk-Redzikowo. Since then, Redzikowo — a now defunct Polish airbase — has been looking like the place.…
On December 31, 2012, when the Moscow Treaty both takes effect and expires, the United States will have the lowest force levels since the Eisenhower Administration, or at least that is what the latest State-Defense-Energy white paper says: In 2001,…
I didn’t know the University of California ran KAERI, too: The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) is having a hard time searching for 2.7 kilograms of uranium sent to an incinerator by accident in May. The state-run institute learned…
“I would certainly take nuclear weapons off the table.” Hilary Clinton in an interview with Bloomberg Television in April 2006, responding to a question about how the Bush administration should try to dissuade Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. “I don’t…
I’m having some technical issues right now with the Wonk feed. Hopefully I’ll have the problems resolved for you all very shortly. Update: I think the feed’s back online. Please post any remaining issues in the comments of this post…
CNN’s Barbara Starr reports that three U.S. sources from the military and intelligence communities are independently confirming that “military intelligence officials” are assessing what will happen to Pakistan’s nuclear weapons in the event of a coup against General Musharaf: The…
Back when experts were predicting 3,000 centrifuges at Natanz by the end of the July, I said I needed to see it to believe it. There is no evidence that Iran can mass produce the components of 3,000 centrifuges. The…
