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 …
Hangin' At CISAC
by | 2007-10-17 | 7 Comments
Just finished my talk on China’s nuclear forces at the Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) conference on “P-5 Nuclear Doctrines and Article VI.” I am sitting two chairs from Bill Perry, for whom Stanford is throwing an 80th birthday party tonight. The pictures of Perry are from the invitations — Perry on …
More Chinese Boomer Mania
by | 2007-10-15 | 11 Comments
A loyal reader sends along this happy snap of two Chinese boomers sitting side by side on the dock. (See previous posts here and here.) By the way, my copy of China’s Future Nuclear Submarine Force, edited by Andrew S. Erickson, Lyle J. Goldstein, William S. Murray and Andrew R. Wilson, finally arrived in the …
