Iran Feels Out Package
ISIS has a copy of Iran’s response to the P5+1 package offered to Iran 6 June. There’s also a brief analysis which you should read.
Arms Control Wonk
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Taiyuan Space Launch Center
Crossposted at DefenseTech.org as “Eyeing China’s Missileers.” ITAR TASS reports that China test fired a DF-31 ICBM from the Taiyuan Space Launch Center: China has carried out a regular test launch of a Dongfeng-31 intercontinental ballistic missile. Itar-Tass was told…
Hunter Payload, F16 in Daytime/IR Mode
Further Update: Reader “Canuck” converts the eastings/northings (E 553870 N 3503649 Z12 N) into latitude and longitude (31.6668° N -110.43172° W) to confirm that UAV was … about 20 km from Fort Huachuca. Canuck, you have a cold one waiting…
Rumsfeld Reports on IAEA
A few weeks back, Rumsfeld gave an interview where he discussed proliferation and international institutions. He said: Q: What you said just a minute ago about, you know, this isn’t something that one country can solve, it sounded awfully close…
SSCI Iraq reports
Two of them are out. There’s one comparing the IC’s prewar assessments with the postwar results on the ground and another about the IC’s use of INC-provided information.
Best Option in a Bad Situation
Calling it “the best option in a bad situation,” Geoff Forden and John Thomson have another paper out recommending a multinational nuclear arrangement to resolve the crisis over Iran’s nuclear program: Iran would lease all its enrichment-related equipment and facilities…
UNMOVIC On Hussein's WMD Motives
UNMOVIC released a report a while back describing the commission’s lessons-learned from its work in Iraq. The whole thing is pretty interesting…I would just highlight its explanation for Iraq’s slack cooperation with the inspectors: It would appear that the following…
Random Wonk Shout Out
An idiosyncratic endeavor such as this blog can hardly be expected to produce predictable links or references. Yet even with a healthy expectation of surprise, every now and again, I am shocked to see a very random reference to my…
Feed Updates
For those of you frustrated with the wonk feed lately – I have some good news. We pushed through a major update this weekend that should stabilize a newly validated feed. So please rejoin us. And if you are (still)…
Economics of Energy Independence for Iran
The National Laboratories provide all kinds of support to the nation’s intelligence community. But try getting them to talk about it. When the Albuquerque Journal’s John Fleck tried to write about the support that Los Alamos and Sandia provide, he…