The Ports of North Korea Yesterday, we started to get some ballpark numbers relevant to interdicting WMD shipments. Today, we are going to continue to try to get a feel for the problem of determining whether or not there is proscribed material onboard a ship. The first step, I think, is to considering the volume …
Did North Korea Test a Nuke?
by | 2009-06-17 | 14 Comments
I’d bet on it. But a recent statement by the ODNI is raising all sorts of eyebrows: The U.S. Intelligence Community assesses that North Korea probably conducted an underground nuclear explosion in the vicinity of P’unggye on May 25, 2009. The explosion yield was approximately a few kilotons. Analysis of the event continues. [emphasis added] …
DPRK: Practicalities of Interdicting WMD
by | 2009-06-16 | 24 Comments
UNSC Resolution 1874: 12. Calls upon all Member States to inspect vessels, with the consent of the flag State, on the high seas, if they have information that provides reasonable grounds to believe that the cargo of such vessels contains items the supply, sale, transfer, or export of which is prohibited by paragraph 8 (a), …
IC Surprised at NORK Test?
by | 2009-06-15 | 2 Comments
… well, that’s what anonymous senior intelligence official told FOX news: North Korea’s decision to detonate a nuclear device underground Monday caught the United States by surprise, officials said. “They didn’t give us any warning whatsoever,” one senior U.S. intelligence official who works on North Korean issues told FOX News. Another intelligence official, as well …
