Since Jeff and Pavel already have done such a nice job explicating the “Joint Understanding for the START Follow-On Treaty,” I’d thought I’d chime in with a couple of thoughts about its poor cousin, the “Joint Statement by Dmitry A. Medvedev, President of the Russian Federation, and Barack Obama, President of the United States of …
Follow on to START
by | 2009-07-06 | 5 Comments
Well, we have a Joint Understanding for the START Follow-on Treaty. I observe that Reuters, in one of those irritating self indulgent news analysis pieces, frames the question “Spin or Deep Cut?” (The article, by Guy Faulconbridge is actually pretty good; not as bad as the headline would suggest.) I think this outline is neither …
DPRK Unveils New 2 Stage Missile
by | 2009-07-06 | 26 Comments
It is often very hard to ferret out hard information from media reports. That is why it is so nice to be associated with so many hard working wonk-readers who pick up real information. Wonk-reader Tal Inbar sends these two sets of photos (the above and a montage of images) of the launch of one …
DPRK: Nodong Factory Floor
by | 2009-07-06 | 10 Comments
Wonk-reader Tal Inbar sends this image of a Nodong missile on its plant floor. Presumably, it was taken in the final assembly hall. Unfortunately, it doesn’t show some of the more interesting portions of the missile (would it have killed them to show the business end of engine section?). It does show that this portion …
