I often observe that I am a lousy imagery analyst. Sean O’Connor, it seems to me, is a very, very good one. After an earlier post on my blog, he’s gone out and, in a very nice piece of research, identified what appears to be the DF-31 deployment area near Nanyang, China: Nanyang is located …
DEPSECDEF Deeply Confused
by | 2008-03-29 | 8 Comments
I was reading some recent RRW testimony, when I noticed that Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England was not aware that nuclear weapons programs were largely funded out of the Department of Energy budget. I often mistake esoteric facts for common knowledge — call it the curse of the wonk. But, shouldn’t the Deputy Secretary …
MNAs in Vienna
by | 2008-03-27 | 4 Comments
I’ve been away for the last week or so—hence the absence of any posting from me. Ironically, a long weekend in Paris precluded me from blogging about Sarkozy’s remarks on disarmament—but more about that (the background specifically) tomorrow or Monday. Following Paris, I spent an interesting day in Vienna at a workshop organized by SIPRI …
Iran's Shrinking CW Program
by | 2008-03-26 | 9 Comments
I really love WMD Insights. I’ve been meaning to link to a recent article by Markus Binder tracking how the IC has toned down its assessment of Iran’s CW capabilities: In the Sec. 721 report covering the first half of 2003, released in November 2003, we see the beginnings of a process of declining certainty …
