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North Korean scientists have, without warning, solved the problem of nuclear fusion. So reported the official daily Rodong Sinmun the other day, prompting bafflement worldwide. KCNA has the highlights: DPRK Succeeds in Nuclear Fusion Pyongyang, May 12 (KCNA) — Scientists…
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, in a Wall Street Journal oped, has announced the force structure for the New START treaty: Based on the recommendations of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, we plan to meet the Treaty’s limits by retaining…
When talking to Jeffrey earlier today, I said that I was planning to write a post or two from the Review Conference. However, as Rebecca Johnson and Carol Naughton are already covering the meeting excellently at their Acronym Institute Blog,…
I was going to announce the IISS dossier on Iran’s Ballistic Missile Capabilities: A Net Assessment, but Geoff beat me to it. Nevertheless, I cannot resist, because I am in the dossier. And I mean that literally. On page 131.…
The Iranian missile development program holds a special place in the hearts of armscontrolwonkers. We have discussed it on numerous occasions but we have never had the sort of in-depth and yet comprehensive discussion that it deserved. The International Institute…
Rebecca Johnson, our stanchion on all matters multilateral and nuclear, has blogged about the passing of Steve Ledogar, the U.S. Ambassador to the CD who led the U.S. negotiating team on both the Chemical Weapons Convention and the CTBT. Steve…
Bob Einhorn has a pretty good track record of prognosticating proliferation. Let’s hope it continues, at least with respect to Egypt. Before going back into the State Department, Bob wrote a chapter on Egypt in The Nuclear Tipping Point, Why…
It’s a red-letter day for Norkologists. For one thing, Kim Jong-il’s in Beijing, taking what’s almost certainly his last train trip outside the country. According to the LA Times, he’s dispensed with the usual pair of decoy trains. Perhaps he’s…
The United States will not develop new nuclear warheads or pursue new military missions or new capabilities for nuclear weapons. Statement by President Barack Obama on the Release of Nuclear Posture Review, April 06, 2010 I gather that the President…
5,113. That’s the number of active nuclear weapons in the US stockpile as of Sept. 30, 2009. The Defense Department has released aggregate stockpile numbers for 1962-2009, as well as annual warhead dismantlements from 1994-2009 in a fact sheet entitled,…
