Greetings from Delhi. Yesterday, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh opened the conference, Towards a World Free of Nuclear Weapons, by lighting a lamp (left) and giving a speech (right). (I tried to convince George Perkovich to have a lamp lighting ceremony at the 2009 Carnegie Nonproliferation Conference, but I don’t think he bought it.) Singh’s …
Did Pakistan Test a North Korean Bomb?
by | 2008-06-08 | 11 Comments
Golly, I had no idea that Qatar Airlines has an entire premium Terminal for First and Business class patrons. Wow. The other day a reader, Tom, asked about rumors that one of Pakistan’s nuclear tests in 1998 involved North Korean supplied plutonium: Weren’t there credible allegations that at least one of Pakistan’s May 1998 nuclear …
More Nuclear Mistakes
by | 2008-06-07 | 5 Comments
Greetings from Istanbul. Several people have sent me stories about the latest kerfuffle involving the 5th Bomb Wing at Minot AFB, which failed a nuclear surety inspection, and the separate decision by SECDEF Gates to fire Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley and Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne for the accidental shipment of …
Call Me Magellan
by | 2008-06-05 | 7 Comments
Or Ferdinand. Either way I am set to begin circumnavigating the globe. So, dear friends and readers, drop me a line if I am in your neck of the woods at armscontrolwonk [at] gmail.com 1. Istanbul, Turkey. June 6-8. Attending the Financial Services Volunteer Corp dialogue Expanding Policy Connections: Strengthening Ties Among the United States, …
