Avatar photoB61 Mod 12 Revisited

Question: What’s a national lab to do when the  GAO releases a report warning that a major effort, the B61 Lifetime Extension Program, is headed for trouble? Answer: Write an article about how essential the B61 LEP is to “21st Century Deterrence” with a seriously creepy patch that shows a Genie going bowling. I can’t …

Avatar photoMore on the Gerdab Nuke Test Story

Well, we finally have some clarity on that very strange post on an IRGC website about the day after Iran’s first nuclear test.  It appears that the website in question, Gerdab.ir, reposted content from an Iranian blog. The blogger-in-question appears to have contacted Julian Borger, who wrote the original story for The Guardian.  He also (it …

Avatar photoDay After Iran’s First Nuclear Test

If you don’t own Michael Light’s 100 Suns, you should. I keep seeing references to this story, posted on an IRGC website, entitled The Day After the First Iranian Nuclear Test: A Normal Day. It is a very strange story — a satirical look at the day after an Iranian nuclear test — that is definitely …

Avatar photoHubert Horatio Humphrey

On the 100th year anniversary of his birth, recognition is due for Hubert Humphrey’s many accomplishments, one of which was to spur the creation of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.