New Year’s resolution: Get back to blogging regularly. There were a couple of stories that I blogged about towards the end of last year—potential nuclear sales to Pakistan and Israel—that I had been meaning to follow up on but never got around to in the debris that was the end of 2008. For some of …
Little Lost Satellite(s)
by | 2009-01-04 | 6 Comments
It appears that six European satellites have gone missing from the NORAD tracking catalog. All are in highly elliptical orbit and, historically, were “tracked” once each orbit, which in the case of the four Cluster II satellites (used to keep track of solar weather) about once every 2.4 days. The last updates to their orbital …
India and Pakistan Facilities List Exchanged
by | 2009-01-02 | 1 Comment
The International Herald Tribune reported yesterday that Islamabad and New Delhi has exchanged the list of their respective nuclear installations and facilities on New Year’s Day, in accordance with the 1988 Agreement between India & Pakistan on Prohibition of Attack Against Nuclear Installations and Facilities. According to the agreement, the term ‘nuclear installations and facilities’ …
Urs Walks
by | 2008-12-29 | 3 Comments
Urs Tinner, alleged Khan middleman, is free — according to AP: A Swiss man suspected of involvement in the world’s biggest nuclear smuggling ring has been released from prison after more than four years of investigative detention, his family said Sunday. Urs Tinner, 43, was freed several days ago, his mother, Hedwig Tinner, said by …
