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 …
DPRK’s Stay Clear Zones
by | 2009-03-13 | 32 Comments
North Korea has declared the stay clear zones ( as pointed out by a number of people in the comments to my alert post). You can down load a Google Earth file of these stay clear zones here. These zones imply that North Korea is launching its rocket due East. If its fired due East, …
IAEA Legal Adviser on Arak, Darkhovin
by | 2009-03-13 | 5 Comments
Greetings from Europe! A little Euroblogging from the Thalys train — I am traveling from Den Haag to Paris. My final destination is the South of France, where I am joining a tour of France’s decommissioned fissile material production facilities at Pierrelatte and Marcoule. A colleague sent me this very interesting document — a Statement …
DPRK Sets Date Range for Launch
by | 2009-03-12 | 9 Comments
The ever alert wonk-reader, Allen Thomson, has pointed out that North Korea has stated it will attempt its satellite launch between April 4 and 8th. (Thanks Allen!) Hopefully, they will release a notification about where the stay-clear zones will be, which will give us some indication of the capabilities of their rocket. (I’ve been running …
