So what is the separative power of the IR-1 centrifuge, really? We’ve touched on this question before, sometimes in connection with Natanz breakout scenarios. Lately, it’s come up in connection with the Qom facility, a.k.a. Fordow (see: Iran: Compliance in Defiance?, December 1, 2009). But simple answers are not forthcoming. If you follow this blog, …
Greetings from Monterey, CA
by | 2009-12-04 | 3 Comments
Greetings from Monterey, California and the 20th Anniversary Conference of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. (After convalescing in the hot tub last night, I made it half way through John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row and a demi bouteille of Ventana Pinot Noir. That was very civilized.) It is a treat to be at a …
More on Britain's Independent Deterrent
by | 2009-12-03 | 5 Comments
Last winter, after a visit to the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston — the Los Alamos or Livermore of the United Kingdom — I came away with a new understanding of how intertwined the US and UK nuclear weapons programs really are: I think it comes as a shock to most people on either side …
Naysayers and Defenders of Arms Control
by | 2009-12-03 | 8 Comments
Our son has introduced me to Drive By Truckers – a great band, but I’d be disinclined to rent them hotel rooms. My new favorite lyric (the song is Marry Me, in Decoration Day) is “Just cause I don’t run my mouth don’t mean I got nothing to say.” Those who trash and defend arms …
