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The wolves are at the doorstep of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Several months into the Obama Administration, we still don’t have a new Administrator. Part of the issue is that, in a few years, NNSA may no longer exist.…
an•tip•o•dal 1: of or relating to the antipodes ; specifically : situated at the opposite side of the earth or moon (an antipodal meridian, an antipodal continent) 2: diametrically opposite (an antipodal point on a sphere) 3: entirely opposed (a…
Given the topicality of nuclear testing, today’s entry from the shoe box files deals with General Curtis LeMay on the perils of an atmospheric nuclear test ban treaty. In 1991, Dan Caldwell and I edited a book on The Politics…
[Cross-posted from TotalWonkerr.com. Yep, it’s back up.] What should we expect from North Korea? A good place to start might be the Foreign Ministry statement of April 29: In case the UNSC does not make an immediate apology [for the…
As always when the DPRK tests, I’m in a seminar somewhere else. This time, I was discussing FMCT verification with the good people of SIPRI and the diplomats of the Conference on Disarmament. The plot is based on the Mb…
The DPRK apparently told China before its 2006 test that they were aiming for a yield of about 4 KT but they only acheived a yield around ½ KT. This implies that there was a significant problem with that design.…
Ack, there is a reason I have a rule about blogging before a cup of coffee. In an earlier post, I made a math mistake (actually several, including a data entry error in a spread sheet). Anyway, here is the…
Sorry, I hit “live” accidentally before I finished proof-reading. This one looks big(ger).
North Korea announced today that they have conducted test of a test of a nuclear weapon. Coming on the heals of their failed satellite launch attempt April 5th, the DPRK made sure to point out in their announcement that this…
Michael Krepon here … Last month, Foreign Policy magazine’s website ran a series of top ten best and worst book lists drawn up mostly by policy-oriented academics. I tried my hand at the best books ever written on arms control…
