In an unfortunately title article in Jane’s Intelligence Review (“Safir When Ready: Iran sets its sights on long-range capability”; sorry, its subscription only) I discussed why I interpreted pictures of the test-stand version of a Safir second stage as indicating Iran was developing a new advance in its missile program: a clustering of two engines …
Chinese-English Nuclear Security Glossary
by | 2008-11-19 | No Comments
The National Academies is having a release party (ok, release event) for the English-Chinese, Chinese-English Nuclear Security Glossary. I saw Ben Rusek and Wu Jun give a joint talk on the subject in Qingdao. Be there or B 2 Sorry, math joke. The Committee on International Security and Arms Control (CISAC) of the U.S. National …
Moving ‘em Out to Move Them Up
by | 2008-11-19 | 7 Comments
Yesterday, I discussed the possibility that Iran was learning techniques that might help them utilize higher energy fuels such as UDMH and nitric acid. However, the evidence for such use is rather minimal. The case we examined yesterday was not very convincing and, while there is still room for doubt (see Jochen Schischka’s comments), I …
IAEA Reports on Iran, Syria
by | 2008-11-19 | 15 Comments
Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008) and 1835 (2008) in the Islamic Republic of Iran, GOV/2008/59 (November 19, 2008). Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Syrian Arab Republic, GOV/2008/60 (November 19, 2008). I think we beat our friends at ISIS, …
