Remember that crazy, though possibly true BM-25 story? One detail in the story, originally published by Bild, was that BND had identified a suspect facility near Tabriz. Reader Allen Thomson noticed that someone recently ordered a Digital Globe Image of Tabriz and found what looks a lot like a missile facility to me at 38.252 …
Get a whiff of this!
by | 2008-01-31 | 6 Comments
Yesterday’s Global Security Newswire has a hilarious story about a Laboratory Preparedness Survey in 2007 (an exercise in which labs are required to identify an unknown pathogen). Obviously, it’s funny for all the wrong reasons. Here’s a taster (or should that be a sniff): Written instructions included with the testing kits directed laboratory personnel to …
Analyzing NORK U
by | 2008-01-30 | 4 Comments
Jeffrey set me a challenge by last week. Before outlining it and my answer, some background might be in order first… As he outlined in a recent post, in their November draft declaration, the North Koreans continued to deny the existence of a uranium enrichment program. But, in response to US queries, they were willing …
US Spinning Libyan Centrifuges
by | 2008-01-28 | 3 Comments
Uh, well, no Mr. President, you see, it isn’t exactly like a Sit-N-Spin … Frank Munger has great stuff on his blog again. I missed this but, in September 2005, Y-12 General Manager Dennis Ruddy told reporters that the United States is actually operating centrifuges from Libya in order to gain insight into other countries …
