At left, is an Iranian numerically controlled lathe milling machine forming cooling channels in a rocket engine. It is impossible to tell the scale of this engine — and therefore impossible to uniquely link it to the Safir second stage. However, machining these channels, as opposed to using a corrugated insert, is a major technological …
Piers Millett at New America
by | 2009-07-02 | No Comments
The first time I met Piers Millett, we were having a drink at Mr. Pickwick Pub in Geneva. Now, Piers — one of only three members of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Implementation Support Unit in Geneva — is in town. Long-time readers know one of my hobby horses is the fact that the policy …
Yinhe Revisted
by | 2009-07-02 | No Comments
James collected a couple of articles on Yinhe incident for an October 2008 post entitled, The Yinhe Incident. Worth revisiting.
Institutional Memory
by | 2009-07-01 | 4 Comments
According to David Sanger in the NYT, some folks in the Administration are thinking very carefully about the intelligence problem in interdiction: Pentagon officials are clearly not eager to confront the Kang Nam 1. The intelligence about what is on board is typically murky. Some say they suspect small arms, which are banned by the …
