The Administration has proposed a massive increase in funding for the nuclear weapons complex, increasing the budget for NNSA by 13.4 percent (over what the FY2010 appropriation.) John Fleck has an excellent write-up of the announcement in the Albuquerque Journal. The purpose of announcing the massive increases in funding for the nuclear weapons enterprise — …
Hints From Pyongyang: No 3rd Nuclear Test
by | 2010-02-01 | 11 Comments
Funny thing about the Bomb: you can’t eat it. Going by what the North Korean government has said of late, they’re not exactly beating their swords into ploughshares or their spears into pruning hooks. But, we are told, national security goals have made way for economic goals, and a third nuclear test should not be …
Lugar on START at SW21
by | 2010-01-30 | 8 Comments
I’ve been quiet about the START negotiations, save for the occasional tweet, in large part because it doesn’t make sense to second-guess negotiators, especially before they’ve completed their work. (Buy me a beer, on the other hand …) But Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) made some remarks at the recent Strategic Weapons in the 21st Century …
Burma, Bombs and Boxes
by | 2010-01-28 | 16 Comments
ISIS has released a long-awaited trio of papers on Burma’s very odd nuclear programs. Burma: A Nuclear Wanabee; Suspicious Links to North Korea; High-Tech Procurements (January 28, 2010) A look at Burmese high tech illicit procurement efforts, the cooperation with North Korea in the areas procurement and development, and imagery analysis of several suspicious facilities. …
