Sen. Richard Lugar and former Sen. Sam Nunn near Shchuchye, Russia in 2007 (AP Photo/Douglas Birch) The Arms Control Association is holding their annual “Arms Control Person of the Year” contest. Vote for the 2009 Arms Control Person(s) of the Year As 2009 nears its end, it is time to recognize some of the most …
Bulavas Whirling Though the Sky
by | 2009-12-21 | 16 Comments
We’ve had quite a discussion in the comments over Russia’s recent failed Bulava SLBM test and the pretty spiral it made before crashing into the ocean. Oooh. Aaah. Having largely dispensed with the usual spate of extraterrestrial and paranormal hypotheses — is everyone on the internet crazy? asked one commentator — you, dear readers, have …
Death and Resurrection
by | 2009-12-17 | 9 Comments
Many have declared the practice of nuclear arms control to be dead or dying. This was especially true after the Carter administration pulled the plug on SALT II in 1979. Here’s a sampler: Arms control has essentially failed. Three decades of U.S.-Soviet negotiations to limit arms competition have done little more than to codify the …
Uranium Deuteride Initiators
by | 2009-12-14 | 77 Comments
You have no doubt seen the Times of London story, in which Catherine Philp claims to have obtained a 2007 “technical document” from from Iran that “describes the use of a neutron source, uranium deuteride, which independent experts confirm has no possible civilian or military use other than in a nuclear weapon.” (The Times published …
