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 …
Nothing Like This Can Happen
by | 2008-03-25 | 14 Comments
Er, again. Another nuclear weapons related incident: The U.S. military has regained control of four non-nuclear nose cone assemblies for a Minuteman missile mistakenly sent to Taiwan in 2006, Air Force Secretary Michael W. Wynne said during a news conference here today. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates learned of the situation on March 21 and …
French Nuclear Reductions
by | 2008-03-22 | 31 Comments
Click on the image for the AFP story, which has the best images, including Sarko talking and, my favorite, Sarko climbing down into a hatch. Launching Le Terrible, France’s new SSBN, French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced reductions in France’s arsenal. The recommendations were more adventurous than press reporting on the Livre Blanc had suggested. Here …
