The post you have been waiting all week for! David Horsey – LA Times | This week, both President Rouhani and President Obama addressed the UN General Assembly, but were afraid to actually be seen in mortal contact. Eric McCann – The Guardian | A few days later, the Two Presidents had a 15 minute …
Ghosts in the Machine
by | 2013-09-30 | 40 Comments
As far as I can tell, there’s nothing new in the flurry of recent press coverage about the near-detonation of an H-bomb near Goldsboro, North Carolina after a B-52 broke apart in flight on January 24, 1961. But declassified documents draw press coverage, so I am grateful to Eric Schlosser for unearthing a memo about …
Pakistan’s Next Chinese Reactor
by | 2013-09-28 | 8 Comments
Pakistani luminaries met with Chinese luminaries a few months ago, and their handshake will translate into a brand new 1,000-MW power reactor–Kanupp-2–being plunked down into the middle of Pakistan’s mega-metropolis Karachi. Maybe even two reactors. The unofficial announcement with details is here. In April, China Daily confirmed that there is a foreign contract. So it’s a …
North Korean Flow-Forming Lathes
by | 2013-09-23 | 9 Comments
Update | A video of the panel is now online. Further update | February 13, 2014 | It’s yet another flow-forming machine inside North Korea. Greetings from Seoul, where I’ll soon be speaking at the Asan Institute’s conference on North Korea. I’m joining a panel on North Korea’s nuclear capabilities. (Surprised?) By now, readers of this …
