Jim Hoagland claims a “senior official” says the Israelis struck a “facility … to produce plutonium”: But highly classified U.S. intelligence reports say that the Israelis destroyed a nuclear-related facility and caused North Korean casualties at the site, which may have been intended to produce plutonium, according to a senior official with access to those …
Still Scuds
by | 2007-10-06 | 11 Comments
Regular readers know that, following the lead of the estimable Chris Nelson, I am sticking with explanation that what Israeli struck in Syria was a Scud shipment. Now, Laura Rozen helpfully posts 273 words of a 290 word story by Intelligence Online, claiming that the mystery target of the Israel raid was … wait for …
Errol Morris on Roger Fenton
by | 2007-10-05 | 1 Comment
Erroll Morris is a documentary film-maker — a very good one at that, having directed Fog of War: Eleven Lessons From the Life of Robert McNamara. His column, “Zoom,” contains two posts that detail his fascination with a pair of Crimean War photographs by Roger Fenton. The posts don’t have anything to do with arms …
2 More Chinese Booomers?
by | 2007-10-05 | 5 Comments
Hans Kristensen spotted two Chinese 130 m-long SSBNs, side by side, at Huludao Shipyard in Google Earth. I am very excited to see how the Chinese operate these suckers once they are kitted out and the JL-2 is ready. I guess this means I need to write part three of my three part series on …
