As I mentioned a couple of days ago, Elaine Grossman had an excellent story on the B61 Mod 12 LEP. Elaine reported that NNSA was considering either increasing the size of the B61 or reducing the explosive yield to create “real estate” for new new safety and security features: However, if the Pentagon could either …
NORKs Delisted
by | 2008-10-12 | 7 Comments
The Bush Administration has removed North Korea from the State Department’s list of state sponsors of terror, following precisely the provisional delisting scenario I outlined on the blog a couple of weeks ago. I must say, I am rather proud to note “you read it here first” — on September 23. and September 28, Arms …
Merlin Redux?
by | 2008-10-09 | 9 Comments
Elaine Sciolino in the New York Times cites “European and American officials” as stating the IAEA has in its possession an Iranian document that describes assistance by a Russian scientist in developing a detonation system for a nuclear weapon design: It was described as a “five-page document in English” dealing with experimentation with a complex …
Greetings from Aldermaston
by | 2008-10-08 | 3 Comments
Or, well, Basingstoke. I am attending the PONI conference at the Atomic Weapons Establishment. I am recovering from jet lag, but should be back to posting soon.
