This image of a North Korean Scud (or Nodong) missile has appeared here before — in black-and-white. Wonk-reader Tal Inbar sent it along to Geoff Forden, who posted it, noting that it appeared to have been taken in the final assembly hall of a DPRK missile facility. I had forgotten the image, until I started …
A Serious Russian Space Proposal
by | 2011-02-08 | 30 Comments
In 2007, Alexei Arbatov, Vladimir Dvorkin and Sergey Oznobishchev helped the Stimson Center develop a draft Code of Conduct for responsible space-faring nations, but they were unsatisfied with the result. As Sergey writes in a fine new monograph, Outer Space: Weapons, Diplomacy, and Security (2010) published by the Carnegie Endowment, Stimson’s proposal wasn’t nearly ambitious …
A Dead End in Damascus
by | 2011-02-07 | 33 Comments
After a few years of activity, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s probe of Syria’s nuclear activities is sputtering to a halt. To their credit, even after the being denied access to sites apparently linked to the concealed reactor destroyed by the Israeli Air Force – and having had very little access to the former reactor …
A Curious Tale of Uranium Bricks
by | 2011-02-04 | 9 Comments
A couple of days ago, Wikileaks released several hundred more diplomatic cables from around the world. I was getting ready to dig through them for any interesting nuclear-related information, when the UK Daily Telegraph conveniently did it for us. Their “Nuclear Wikileaks Cables” page includes cables with CW and BW information as well, so you …
