Footballer Grenddy Perozo (L), of the Venezuelan national squad, marks An Chol Myok of North Korea during a friendly match held in San Felipe-Yaracuy, some 300 km from Caracas, on March 4, 2010. The Match ended 1-1. AFP PHOTO/Juan Barreto Because nothing involving North Korea is ever easy. North Korea, which qualified for the World …
Acton vs Joyner
by | 2010-03-08 | 38 Comments
I was going to revisit Natanz in my 14th post on the Wonk, but something more interesting came my way. I could not help noticing that Dan Joyner, a member of the powerful International Law Association, has written a response of sorts to James Acton’s article Iran Violated International Obligations on Qom Facility (Proliferation Analysis, …
New, Large Simorgh Launch Complex
by | 2010-03-08 | 10 Comments
Jane’s Information Group, and a whole bunch of other sites, have “found” a new, large launch complex in Iran that is close to the rather spartan launch pad for the Safir. What is irksome (at least to me) is that the new launch complex is visible in Google Earth images dating back a year ago. …
India To Conduct Hit-to-Kill Test
by | 2010-03-05 | 7 Comments
Update | 8 March 2010 Well, damn. That story is dated March 4, 2009. My parents used to get the year wrong when I was a kid. I’d roll my eyes and they warned me that it would happen to me someday. Wow. India is planning a test of its hit-to-kill theater missile defense system: …
