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Virtual Visit from the USAF Office of Special Investigations

Someone from Air Force Office of Special Investigations googled “counterspace AND SAP”—as in “Special Access Program”—and then clicked on my post about the Microsatellite Payload Experiment. (Bet you didn’t know I logged all visitors like that, eh?) 10:29 on December…

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Hu Jintao visits Zhu Guangya

Keep no-fist use. Now, how ‘bout those dumplings? Zhu Guangya, one of the fathers of China’s nuclear weapons programs, received a visit from Chinese President Hu Jintao to solicit “opinions and suggestions … on the country’s development of science and…

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Licensed to Il

Il-matic. ACW Reader DS passes along this nugget, from the Dong-A Ilbo. It pretty much speaks for itself: According to U.S. special envoy to North Korea Jack Pritchard on December 23, the U.S. notified North Korea of the so-called “nuclear…

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What the F*ck is Don Rumsfeld Talking About?

Today’s Washington Times reports: Mr. Rumsfeld said in a recent interview that unless measures are taken to halt proliferation, as many as five additional nuclear-weapons powers could emerge. Just talking outta his ass, per usual … FIVE? Which ones? The…

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Ah, Wing-nuts.

Wing-nut Ariel Beery, arguing the case for a clandestine Iraqi nuclear weapons program, asks: “Can anyone explain how Uranium can be used for peaceful purposes?” Fortunately, Areva has a very simple explanation of the nuclear fuel cycle, using animation to…

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IC Can't Verify Moscow Treaty

An SS-18 dismantled under START I. Jonathan Landay of Knight-Ridder reports that the intelligence community cannot verify the terms of the Moscow Treaty. The article is fascinating because of the revelations about how the Bush Administration approached the issue of…

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More on that Failed Missile Defense Test

I somehow missed the Post’s Al Kamen kicking Rick Lehner and MDA in the jimmy on Monday: Opponents of the Bush administration’s Star Wars missile defense system jumped all over Wednesday’s failed launch, saying the setback showed the administration was…

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Abraham on U.S.-China Nuclear Cooperation

“Can I get some more of those little boiled peanuts?” Speaking to Tsinghua University on December 17, outgoing Secretary of Energy Spencer Araham said … well, let’s dwell on what he didn’t say. He didn’t say that the US-Chinese Laboratory-to-Laboratory…