My Dad was one of five brothers — first generation American citizens whose parents emigrated from Kiev. During World War II, he worked at the Watertown (Massachusetts) Arsenal making munitions. The metallic substances he ingested there most likely caused his kidney cancer, which eventually took his life at age 48. Two of his brothers, Mickey …
On That East Coast GMD Site
by | 2012-05-25 | 13 Comments
As you probably know, the House Armed Services Committee wants to build a third missile defense site somewhere on the East Coast of the United States. Al Kamen is running a very funny contest to suggest possible sites (“Where to Put It?”). I am submitting Mianus, Connecticut. Let’s have a little fun with that, before …
Detonation Chamber at Parchin
by | 2012-05-24 | 59 Comments
Some commentators are annoyed that I haven’t written much about Iran. In my defense, I now direct a nonproliferation program focused on East Asia. Still, they have a point. This post is a small step in that direction. I wanted to write about the “detonation tank” reportedly at Parchin in Iran, where Iran may …
Pierre Noir Revisited
by | 2012-05-24 | 5 Comments
After I blogged about Pierre Noir — the IAEA official who died in 1978 during an inspection in Taiwan (formally, the Republic of China) — Matthew Harries noted that the papers of the Nuclear Control Institute, housed at the University of Texas, contain a Pierre Noir file. So, I requested a copy — and although …
