There has been a lot of back-and-forth on the blog, especially in the comments, about the ongoing revelation of Iran’s enrichment facility near Qom. A couple of points: 1. Iran has unequivocally violated its safeguards obligations James Acton laid this…
GoogleEarth image, taken on 25 March 2005, Image of potential site of second Iranian enrichment center near Qom, blinked with ISIS image of the same site taken on 26 September 2009. As usual, ISIS has produced a wonderful set of…
It is difficult to understate overstate the severity of the present crisis. President Obama had it exactly right on Friday morning when he said, Iran’s decision to build yet another nuclear facility without notifying the IAEA represents a direct challenge…
Today’s The letter from Iran to the IAEA is indeed a worrying development. As Jeffrey points out, our worst fears have been realized. Iran has – using the fact that IAEA inspectors cannot venture beyond declared strategic points – constructed…
The United States, France and Britain have announced that Iran is building a second centrifuge facility at a site near Qom. Laura Rozen has QandA’s and talking points from the White House. The general reaction is that “this changes everything.”…
Iran has admitted that it has at least one (and there is no reason to believe that there are not more) secret enrichment facilities. More information will undoubtedly come out in the coming days but we can deal now with…
Back in the day, Paul Warnke and I would joke that rooting for the Red Sox was excellent training for arms control. (For non-US readers of ACW, the Red Sox are a baseball team that, until the advent of new…
The two seat SR-71 never got to fulfill its primary mission, thank goodness! Or is it an A-12? I am never so glad my phone has a camera as when I am in Los Angeles. The city has an amazing…
Things I know about Winnipeg: 1. It is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada. 2. Bobby Hull played 411 games for the Winnipeg Jets, before the WHA merged with the NHL. 3. The University of Manitoba is hosting…
Scores. No, not Scores. Scores, as in, “four score and seven years ago …” Or, as in, the US will deploy “scores” of missile defense interceptors in Europe. Bob Gates defends the Obama Administration’s shift in missile defense architecture in…
