Yonhap has two excellent articles on the new missile and space launch facility near Tongchang-ri that was first publicly identified by Joseph Brmudez and Tim Brown: Kim Kwi-ku’n: “What Is the Missile Base in North Korea’s Tongch’ang-ri for? — ‘Likelihood of Launching Artificial Satellites — Relation to Nuclear Weapons Delivery Means’” Yonhap, September 14, 2008. …
DG Report On Iran (GOV/2008/38)
by | 2008-09-15 | 11 Comments
Speaking of Vienna, the IAEA DG report on Iran is on the ISIS website (Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007) and 1803 (2008) in the Islamic Republic of Iran, GOV/2008/38, 15 September 2008). The bottom line is that Iran has 2,952 centrifuges in one …
What Happens in Vienna …
by | 2008-09-12 | 6 Comments
State’s Dick Stratford ventured over to the Hill yesterday to brief the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff on the US-India 123 Agreement and what went down in Vienna. I have a little readout for you. Stratford basically confirmed the outlines of Glenn Kessler’s excellent story today in the Washington Post. Stratford …
NSG Side Deals on India
by | 2008-09-12 | 9 Comments
Glenn Kessler has an interesting little story in the Washington Post about the agreement to waive Nuclear Suppliers Group restrictions on civil nuclear trade with India. Kessler cites “sources familiar with the discussions” making two claims: 1. “[The NSG] privately agreed last weekend that none of its members plans to sell sensitive technologies to India …
