The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center has posted World at Risk, The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism. (By my count, this is the third Commission to style itself “The WMD Commission,” following efforts by Hans Blix and Charles Robb and Laurence Silberman.) It ain’t exactly the 1965 Gilpatric Report, …
Kavosh at its Peak
by | 2008-12-01 | 31 Comments
Well, I don’t know that its at its peak, perhaps the payload continued on for quite a ways. But what interested me about this picture (other than its really cool and it indicates that Iran is definitely studying its “staging” procedures using rocket-cams) is the possibility that this picture could be used to tell how …
Steps To Zero/Steps To The Bar
by | 2008-12-01 | 1 Comment
I am going to be on a panel that Jill is putting together on Tuesday, December 9, followed by a happy hour. Here are the details for the event, which will be at the Carnegie Endowment. The happy hour will be at The Big Hunt immediately after. Dear Colleagues and Friends, On behalf of Physicians …
Once again, Iran launches a space rocket…
by | 2008-11-26 | 37 Comments
Iran’s missile and rocket activity is really amazing! The media is reporting that Iran has once again launched a rocket into space. (see this Reuters report ) This time it is the “Kavosh 2”, which I assume is just a transliteration variation of last February’s Kavoshgar since both are translated as Explorer. (By the way, …
