Arms Control Wonk

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, …

There is a storm brewing over in Vienna about whether the IAEA should cease technical cooperation with Syria on account of the latter’s suspected nuclear programme. The IAEA Director General weighed in on Monday. According to Reuters IAEA Director Mohamed ElBaradei urged governors to approve the aid project, saying there was no legal basis for …

Click on the image for a larger view. Regular readers of the wonk will know that I originally thought Iran would have invested its initial time and effort in developing a new, more energetic, propellant rather than a new thrust vector control mechanism or, at the very least, do both in parallel. They may very …

Up until about a year ago, potential home owners in the US had to ask themselves “Do I want to buy new or go with an existing home?” (Now, of course, there aren’t any potential home buyers.) Missile proliferators have had to ask themselves a very similar question and they too almost always answered: “I’ll …