Nuclear Black and Gray Market
David Isenberg has a cool new blog devoted to the nuclear black (and gray) market — and, in particular, you know who … Check it out.
September 2007
24 posts
Samore, Fitzpatrick on Iran
Yesterday, we had a pretty full room and Voice of America’s Persian TV service to hear Gary Samore talk about “Countering a Nuclear-Armed Iran”. The audio for the event is online. Gary was pretty pessimistic about the current course of…
Gary Samore Today At New America
I am hosting Gary Samore today for a talk at 3:00pm, on what to do if diplomacy fails to persuade Iran to suspend enrichment. Should be a heck of a show. Countering a Nuclear-Armed Iran Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:00…
Iran Event on Thursday
Jeffrey will be participating in an event tomorrow at the New America Foundation. He and Gary Samore, Vice President and Director of Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, will be speaking about Iran’s nuclear program. More details here, and…
"Pief" Panofsky, renowned physicist and arms control advocate, dies at 88
Wolfgang Panofsky, director emeritus at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, died of a heart attack on Monday evening. He was 88. There is much to be said about Dr. Panofsky’s contributions, from his pioneering research at Los Alamos, Stanford, and…
Syria's Nuclear Program
I was planing a little summary of Syria’s nuclear program. Mark Hibbs, however, beats me to the punch in Syria, IAEA ignore US media reports that Israel attacked nuclear site (it will be posted eventually, subscription only): Officials at the…
Fire Resistant Pits
Scott Sagan observes that the W80 warhead — you know the type accidentally transported from Minot to Barksdale — doesn’t have a fire-resistant pit (FRP). Why does that matter? Well, this is an old discussion, but when an aircraft carrying…
What Went Wrong At Minot
Joby Warrick and Walter Pincus have the scoop on how those six nuclear warheads went missing. One mistake at the beginning enabled a chain reaction that allowed the warheads to be out of custody for 36 hours: A munitions custodian…
Syria-NORK Nuclear Cooperation
Though it has long sold its missile technology — to Syria, Iran, Pakistan and other customers — North Korea has never been known to export nuclear technology or material. Mark Mazzetti and David Sanger, “Israeli Raid on Syria Fuels Debate…
Say My Name
From Ashley Tellis’ article in Survival entitled, China’s Military Space Strategy: US policymakers, too, were aware of the preparations leading up to the test as well as its successful outcome but, after considerable internal deliberations, chose to keep silent. A…