ElBaradei Quotes On Iran
In two recent posts—Iran’s ‘Big Gains’ at Natanz and More on Iran’s ‘Big [Hairy] Gains’ At Natanz—I have taken issue with a story by David Sanger in the New York Times that “all the centrifuges [at Natanz] appeared to be…
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More on Iran's "Big [Hairy] Gains" At Natanz
More cautious assessments on Iran’s progress, from the Los Angeles Times’ Bob Drogin and the Associated Press’ William Kole. Both carry balanced, sensible comments by David Albright: “Iran’s been making slow but steady progress,” [Albright] told The Associated Press in…
Iran's "Big Gains" at Natanz
Sometimes, I think the New York Times David Sanger is just Judy Miller without the creepy love notes from Scooter Libby. Then I think, I’ve never read David Sanger’s mail. Sanger cites diplomats and nuclear experts who claim that Sunday’s…
NAS: Partially Fund Conventional Trident
That National Academies Panel on Prompt Global Strike has released its interim letter on the Conventional Trident Modification (CTM) program. As expected, the interim letter calls for funding only RDT&E efforts in FY ‘08: In FY 08, fund research, development,…
NORK IRBM, Musudan-1?
Yeah, so I’ve been wondering (more) about the reports that North Korea was developing a new IRBM based on the Soviet SS-N-6. Now Asahi Shimbun reports (full text in comments) that “North Korea unveiled the new missile loaded on a…
Tenet, Libya and Soccer
I was contemplating a new section called “Sunday Tenet Blogging” where I patiently comb through Tenet’s memoir, picking our interesting chapters or stories for scrutiny. Yesterday was supposed to deal with his account of the disarmament of Libya … at…
Strategic Posture Commission
Representative Ellen Tauscher (D-CA), chair of the Strategic Forces subcommittee, has inserted language into the FY2008 Authorization Bill creating a Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States. Congresswoman Tauscher said the Commission will “create a public discussion about…
Pakistan Completing Reprocessing Facility
In January, David Albright and Paul Brannan released satellite images demonstrating that Pakistan had resumed construction at a facility near Pakistan’s Chasma reactor. The facility is basically a set of empty buildings, but the story is how they came to…
Submarine Dismantlement Trudges On
In mid-April I attended the Nuclear National Dialogue in Moscow, a conference sponsored by Green Cross, Global Green, Rosatom, and others. I have few good details to report, but there was one presentation that may be interesting to folks who…
@#$! Mangoes
And, oh, by the way, Mr. Prime Minister, the United States is looking forward to eating Indian mangos.” President Bush, quipping about the trade deal during the March 2006 press conference with Indian PM Singh annoucning additional measures in the…