Years · 2007

August 2007

26 posts

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Remembering Louis Martin

You may know that Matt Martin – a program officer at the Stanley Foundation, an occasional guest blogger here at Arms Control Wonk.com, and my friend – lost his father, Louis Martin last week under terrible circumstances. The family asks…

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Security Violation at LANL, Yawn

Yesterday, the Project on Government Oversight “confirm[ed] another breach involving unauthorized release of classified data via email that occurred last week. The Lab has officially designated the incident an Impact Measurement Index-1 (IMI-1), the highest threat level …” The Albuquerque…

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Six DF-31s?

The Economist (sorry, no bylines) states that China “is deploying six road-mobile, solid-fueled (which means quick to launch) intercontinental DF-31s …” The Economist does not provide a citation, but six is an interesting number. (I don’t think it is from…

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Sneaky Terrorists and Smoky Bombs

Given my prior obsession with the Litvinenko polonium-210 poisoning case, this op-ed in IHT, “How to Stop Radiation Terrorism” caught my attention. The authors, Peter D. Zimmerman, James M. Acton and M. Brooke Rogers, outline some of the dangerous radiological…

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IAEA & Iran: Meetings, Inspections, Oh My!

IAEA inspectors are back in Iran. A lot has happened since my last update (Olli, Ali, Oxen-Free: IAEA-Iran Action Plan). Making sense of the press reports is tough, though, without some context. Here is what I can piece together on…

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Big Throwdown At the Big Hunt Thursday

Just a friendly little reminder that Jane and I are throwing a little blog-tastic happy hour at the Big Hunt tomorrow. 1345 Connecticut Ave., NW, near the Dupont Circle Metro (South Exit) I’ll probably get there around six or so.…