Many have tried to define a space weapon, myself included. None of us have come up with a satisfactory definition, which is one on many reasons why a treaty banning space weapons is not in the cards. After the Bush administration disposed of the ABM Treaty, the Chinese and Russian governments dipped into the old …
Albright on AQ Khan
by | 2010-03-17 | 3 Comments
Joby Warrick of the Washington Post spotlighted the new book out by David Albright that sheds more light into the AQ Khan network: From the article: As troops massed on his border near the start of the Persian Gulf War, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein weighed the purchase of a $150 million nuclear “package” deal that …
Khan Kept A Diary?
by | 2010-03-16 | 3 Comments
A side-note on that treasure trove of documents that AQ Khan gave Simon Henderson. I keep recommending Henderson’s account of the documents in the Times as background, but allow me to make another recommendation — Henderson’s 1993 review of his involvement in the Pakistan nuclear issue in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, followed by …
Leaks and Motives of AQ Khan
by | 2010-03-15 | 22 Comments
I notice that Jeff Smith and Joby Warrick have yet another story based on documents provided by AQ Khan to Simon Henderson. (For more about the documents, read Henderson’s account in the Times online.) This story pisses me off. (I suspect the editors, not the reporters, are at fault here.) The lede to the story …
