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Did the Israeli’s hit a Scud shipment? That is what Chris Nelson suggested on 9/19: In fact, as our headline, above, notes, we have absolutely solid information that the Israeli bombing raid on Syria was aimed at…and took out…missiles and/or…
So, the early reports on this Israeli airstrike in Syria emphasized the prospect that Syria was extracting uranium from phosphates: The expert, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid compromising his sources, said the target of the attack…
No. Okay, I don’t even know where to start on this bullshit “Israeli airstrike on the clandestine Syrian nuclear program.” I don’t know what the Israelis hit, but I don’t see any reason to believe it was a nuclear weapons…
Thats me — along with Gregory Kulacki, Lisbeth Gronlund and Stephen Young from the Union of Concerned Scientists — standing under a statue of Deng Jiaxian, who designed China’s first nuclear weapon. Oh, and apologies for not blogging this Syrian…
Earlier this week, AP reported that Russia tested a conventional bomb, which Russian television described as the “world’s most powerful non-nuclear air-delivered bomb.” The TV station highlighted the importance of this weapon. In other words, our bomb is bigger than…
Hey folks. Posting may be a little light over the next couple of days. Jane is still settling in at Hahvahd, and me … well … I am heading off to Beijing and Mianyang for two weeks. (The picture is…
The National Security Archive has published an essay, as well as declassified documents, describing the 1991 crisis that ensued after the discovery that Algeria was constructing an unsafeguarded nuclear reactor: The Algerian situation is an example of the complexities and…
Looks like we are starting to get a sense of what “disablement” of the Yongbyon reactor might mean. Chris Hill explains that a US team will visit Yongbyon to conduct a site survey, and hints at some of the disablement…
I do not find compelling the speculation, suggested by Larry Johnson and others, that the nuclear-armed Advanced Cruise Missiles that mistakenly ended up at Barksdale Air Force Base were being staged for an attack on Iran. Pilots, crews and all…
That is the headline, no kidding, on an August 30 press release on the Minot Air Force Base website: 8/30/2007 – MINOT AIR FORCE BASE, N.D. — Warbirds, It’s hard to believe that Labor Day weekend is already here! Though…
