Off to Beijing (and Mianyang)!
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…
2007
344 posts
The Great Algerian Nuclear Weapons Scare
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…
Disablement, Revisited
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…
Org Theory and the Barksdale Bombs
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…
Enjoy A Safe Labor Day Weekend!
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…
US Bomber Accidentally Transports Nukes
On August 30, the first time since 1968, a U.S. bomber transported missiles armed with six nuclear warheads. By accident. The story is front page CNN.com, but here is the more detailed version at Military Times. The article quotes Hans…
Iran: Fuel Cycles, Verification and MNAs
I am sitting in a very cool meeting that the New America Foundation is co-sponsoring with the Stanley Foundation and American Association for the Advancement of Science. The meeting is invitation only, and off-the-record, but I can share the agenda:…
High Surety Warhead, 2
Looks like Ian Bruce of the Glasgow Herald secured a statement from MOD on the High Surety Warhead: An MoD spokesman said: “No decisions on any replacement for Trident have yet been taken and there is no programme to build…
More on that Bogus BM-25 Pic
Last week, I wrote that Space Daily tried to pass off a picture of a Russian missile as the “BM-25” which may or may not be North Korea’s newest IRBM. Anatoly Zak writes in to confirm that he took the…
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…