ABC’s Martha Raddatz has some detail about the Syrian nuclear facility that suggests to me that she and her sources are confused about nuclear reactors: But the hardest evidence of all was the photographs. The official described the pictures as showing a big cylindrical structure, with very thick walls all well-reinforced. The photos show rebar …
An "Isolated Incident"
by | 2007-10-20 | 11 Comments
I’ve acquired a copy of the one-page Bullet Background Paper On Minot-Barksdale Weapons Transfer Incident distributed by the Air Force. The paper lists “five procedural errors that led to the incident:” First, Airmen assigned to the Minot weapons storage area failed to examine each one of five pylons (a pylon is a self-contained package of …
Syrian "Copy" of Yongbyon?
by | 2007-10-18 | 13 Comments
So, I’ve been keeping my powder dry on this story by Sanger and Mazzetti claiming that Israel struck “a partly constructed nuclear reactor, apparently modeled on one North Korea has used to create its stockpile of nuclear weapons fuel …” I’ve been reading carefully, going back over the historical data, trying to make sense of …
More Senator Clinton on Nuclear Weapons
by | 2007-10-18 | 7 Comments
Senator Clinton, on the campaign trail, takes nuclear weapons back off the table with regard to Iran and pledges to work toward the elimination of nuclear weapons: Question 1: I’m five months pregnant and really appreciate what you had to say this morning. However, I’m worried about really large issues too, like nuclear weapons. Will …
