Readers have asked me what I think of this story by Bill Broad on Syria’s decision to reconstruct a building on the foundations of the the “Box-on-the-Euphrates.” It has a vaulted roof now, so it looks rather like a Monopoly-House-on-the-Euphrates.…
So says the 1974 Special National Intelligence Assessment, “Prospects for further proliferation of nuclear weapons,” declassified the other day by the Bush administration. Avner Cohen and William Burr were able to get a portion of the document released in early…
McClatchy Newspapers’ Kevin G. Hall puts the final nail in the myth attributing “supernotes” — almost perfect counterfeit $100 bills — to North Korea. In an article titled “U.S. counterfeiting charges against N. Korea based on shaky evidence,” Hall identifies…
Now that the administrative joys of the start of term have begun to subside I have time start to posting again… Actually, my first full day back was an enjoyable one as I attended a conference organised by Dan Plesch…
Not sure how much time I have to write … We have the Chinese SSBN event today at New America (at 12:15) and, more importantly, the Happy Hour at the Big Hunt at 6:00 pm. Here is a challenge to…
If a nuclear bomb were to go off in a U.S. city, how long would it take to get info on what kind it was and where it came from? Los Angeles Times had an article about nuclear forensics and…
It’s public knowledge that the United States has helped Pakistan secure its nuclear complex in the past, but Senator Clinton’s proposal at the Democratic debate on Sunday is by far the most ambitious yet. She said she would try to…
I’ve only spoken with Michael Dobbs once, on the telephone, and he seemed like a nice guy. But, wow, is he being rude and dissmisive on the Washington Post website. It is this kind of ignorant arrogance that bothers the…
Another picture of China’s new SSBN, this one said to be at Sanya, Hainan Island. I am psyched! My Nuclear Strategy Initiative is hosting an open-to-the-public roundtable on China’s Boomers: Implications if China’s Deterrent Goes to Sea here at the…
North Korea has issued a statement on why it slowed disablement and the hangup with the declaration. The explanation for the slowdown — North Korea is slowing the unloading of fuel rods from Yongbyon, presumably to take the entire 100…
