A milestone for the Wonk yesterday: 10,000 comments submitted from readers! The 10,000th comment came from Major Lemon who asked whether Semipalatinsk stills glows in the dark. Something oddly appropriate about that… So hats off to Jeffrey who started this blog (and whose it still is, after all) but, most of all to you, our …
Test Ban Verification
by | 2009-01-24 | 9 Comments
If you are like me, you were no doubt very excited about the first-ever CTBTO on-site inspection exercise at Semipalatinsk. (Rebecca Johnson turned in a some wonderful dispatches for the Bulletin, while Oliver Meier had a nice write-uP for Arms Control Today.) Well, Andreas Persbo actually got to participate. Andreas will be in town this …
Yet more on NORK HEU
by | 2009-01-23 | 4 Comments
Since my post last week delving into the question of how big the HEU particle found on something North Korean would have to have been for the US to date it to 3.5 years old, I’ve had a number of interesting discussions on the subject—both in the comments section to this blog and elsewhere. Since …
Tinner Talks
by | 2009-01-23 | 8 Comments
Urs Tinner, AQ Khan associate and suspected CIA informant, gave an interview to SF1, a Swiss television station. According to AP’s Frank Jordans, Tinner admits to working for the US intelligence community, in particular for tipping them on the BBC China: In a documentary airing Thursday on Swiss TV station SF1, Urs Tinner says he …
