Michael Krepon here … Last month, Foreign Policy magazine’s website ran a series of top ten best and worst book lists drawn up mostly by policy-oriented academics. I tried my hand at the best books ever written on arms control and nuclear weapons, drawing from the courses I teach at the University of Virginia. My …
Sejil Significance
by | 2009-05-21 | 22 Comments
I’ve been asked to try to express the significance of the Sejil launch. At first, I was given a choice for what was the most significant aspect, from a technical point of view: -The staging? -The fact that it was a solid propellant missile? -A reportedly new guidance system? All of those are, of course, …
Herbert F. York (1921-2009)
by | 2009-05-21 | 11 Comments
We’ve lost Herb York. Herbert Frank York, founding chancellor of the University of California, San Diego and a world-renowned physicist who helped develop the atomic bomb as a young researcher and later championed arms control, died May 19 at Thornton Hospital in San Diego, Ca. He was 87. The guy was a giant. I am …
The Year of the Rocket
by | 2009-05-20 | 54 Comments
Rocket Country Date Propellant Stages Purpose Note Kavoshgar Iran 4 Feb 08 Liquid 1 unknown successful Safir Iran 17 Aug 08 liquid 2 satellite launch failed during 2nd stage Sajil Iran 13 Nov 08 Solid 1 or 2 Solid propel. develop. successful Kavosh Iran 26 Nov 08 Solid 1 Study stage separation successful Safir-2 Iran …
