Cross-posted from TotalWonkerr.com. As visitors to the White House website know, today is the Zoroastrian new year, No Ruz (“New Day”), which is celebrated by pretty much all Iranians. It marks the vernal equinox, the transition between seasons. According to the Iranian Students News Agency, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) plans to mark …
Wonk Pissing Contest
by | 2009-03-20 | 1 Comment
Cross-posted from TotalWonkerr.com. The Iran breakout debate has officially become tiresome. Anyone bothering to read this blog will remember the instant analysis of the last IAEA report that ISIS put out. It got quite a bit of attention at the time. Some of you might also have seen what Glaser and Kemp wrote in response. …
First Guesses: DPRK’s Launcher
by | 2009-03-18 | 33 Comments
Click on the image for a larger version Everybody and his brother is using the announced splash down zones to try to model the North Korean satellite launcher scheduled to be test fired sometime between April 4th and 8th. So I thought I’d put in my two cents worth to get the ball rolling. First, …
Libya's Theory of the Hard Cases
by | 2009-03-17 | 5 Comments
Cross-posted from TotalWonkerr.com. Why the big struggles with Iran and North Korea over nuclear weapons, nuclear technology, and delivery systems? Libya’s ambassador to the UN has the Simple AnswerTM you’ve been looking for: “We gave some devices, some centrifuges, for example for America, but what do you give us? Nothing,” said Abdelrahman Shalgham, who served …
