Well, the NIE on terrorism is out. The NIE confirms, in very broad language, that Al Qaeda would like to make the biggest boom: We assess that al-Qa’ida will continue to try to acquire and employ chemical, biological, radiological, or…
What is the President talking about? Seriously, I am not even making fun. I have no idea: And, finally, we talked about how we can enhance mutual security issues. And there’s no better symbol of our desire to work for…
IAEA inspectors have confirmed that the NORKs have shut down 15-20 MWt reactor at Yongbyon. That’s a welcome bit of news, as they go about verifying the freeze that North Korea will place on five of its nuclear facilities (the…
The Kremlin has issued a decree suspending Russia’s participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty (CFE). The link is to the Russian, and the English should be up shortly at www.kremlin.ru. From Reuters: The decree suspended Russia’s role in…
The IAEA announces, and ISNA confirms, that IAEA inspectors will be able to visit the 40 MW Heavy Water Reactor near Arak. I am deeply suspicious of this reactor—which looks a lot like the reactors that were used in India,…
I’ve been waiting for press reports to see if the much awaited NIE on Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs has been completed and, if so, whether the IC has moved up its estimates on when Iran could, or is…
IAEA DDG for Safegards Olli Heinonen is in Iran to draw up what the Iranian press is calling a “modality plan.” Just what our field needs, more f’ing jargon. The editors of the OED can barely contain their contempt in…
My Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative is hosting Joe Cirincione for a discussion of his book, Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons, Wednesday at 5:30 over at Busboys and Poets. Yeah, that’s right, Busboys and Poets over…
Looks like the concrete overburden at Natanz may not be all its cracked up to be. About a year ago, I wrote that I thought the Iranian centrifuge halls at Natanz, although buried, were not likely to survive strikes by…
As you may know, I have long argued that Conventional Trident is mildly pointless —I gave a talk to the National Academies of Science panel on global strike to that effect, based in part on a detailed case study of…
