On 15 July, Burundi deposited its instrument of ratification for the Treaty of Pelindaba. Africa is now a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone. The entry into force of the African Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty, (also known as the Treaty of Pelindaba) is actually sort of a big deal for a couple of reasons relating to …
Can’t Ban ‘em? Compete with ‘em!
by | 2009-08-17 | 7 Comments
India’s CIRUS reactor in Google Earth (top) and Bhuvan (bottom) I love Google Earth and don’t know how I could have ever done my job before it was invented. (The love is apparently not mutual since Google censored my work on China’s ASAT, at least in China.) However, not everyone loves Google Earth (GE). Perhaps …
Iran NSPD Coda
by | 2009-08-14 | 6 Comments
Long-time readers may recall that I was fairly vexed by the utter inability of the Bush Administration to produce a policy on Iran. And by “produce” I mean actually write an an honest-to-goodness National Security President Directive that the President signs. I observed that they never got around to it (Anybody got an Iran policy?, …
Playing Peek-A-Boo With Nuclear Opacity
by | 2009-08-14 | 13 Comments
A picture is worth… You already know the saying. But what’s a picture worth when it comes without a caption? This may sound like an off-brand Zen koan, but it’s actually the windup to a small exercise in decoding ambiguous nuclear signaling. Earlier this month, Amir Mizroch grabbed a rather unusual screen image from a …
