Verification
Andreas Persbo at VERTIC has begun a very promising blog on verification titled, sensibly enough, Verification.
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Disablement, A Tiny Clue
Maybe. I hear at least a few ideas have been kicked around for a while.
Disablement, Whatever That Means
Ah, the simple joys of cross-cultural communication. I was one of many observers struck by Condoleeza Rice’s awkward use of the term “disablement” to refer to an early phase in a process to “denuclearize” North Korea. Now, China Matters rails…
Resolution 1172 and the Nobitorium
Details here, but you should all appreciate this paragraph from Hassan Rowhani: As for the question of what we can do now that they all disagree with our having the fuel cycle, I submit to you that we require an…
When Did Pakistan Stop Theiving?
Yesterday, I blogged about a Mark Hibbs story in Nuclear Fuel about Pakistan’s P4 centrifuge. The P4, Hibbs wrote, was either called SLM or “was based on another centrifuge having that name …” Hibbs seemed a little confused because a…
Putin Appoints New Defense Minister
Putin has appointed Anatoly Serdyukov, formerly head of the Federal Tax Service, as Russia’s new Defense Minister. Sergei Ivanov will now assume the post of first deputy prime minister. The same post is also occupied by another very important figure…
P3 and P4 Centrifuge Data
Mark Hibbs has published specifications for Pakistan’s P3 and P4 centrifuges based on “Western government data.” I haven’t seen this anywhere else, so here it is (with rough data on the P1 and P2 for comparison): Desig. Derivation Rotor Velocity…
Russia Questions INF, Again
Russian officials have again questioned the future of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty or just INF. In March 2005, Jeffrey blogged about a feeler from Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov to then-SECDEF Rumsfeld about possible Russian withdrawal from the INF…
Six Party Deal: Implications for Iran?
Did then-Secretary of State Colin Powell sit on Iran’s 2003 offer as part of a bureaucratic tangle over Korea policy? Steve Clemons raises that disturbing question in his post on the Six Party Deal that Chris Hill has brilliantly brought…
Six-Party Joint Statement
You can find it here.