Though it has long sold its missile technology — to Syria, Iran, Pakistan and other customers — North Korea has never been known to export nuclear technology or material. Mark Mazzetti and David Sanger, “Israeli Raid on Syria Fuels Debate on Weapons,” The New York Times, September 22, 2007. Um, I guess I appreciate Mazzetti …
Say My Name
by | 2007-09-22 | 3 Comments
From Ashley Tellis’ article in Survival entitled, China’s Military Space Strategy: US policymakers, too, were aware of the preparations leading up to the test as well as its successful outcome but, after considerable internal deliberations, chose to keep silent. A week later, when an American scholar, Jerry Lewis, and Aviation Week & Space Technology finally …
Ah, They Were Scuds
by | 2007-09-21 | 20 Comments
Did the Israeli’s hit a Scud shipment? That is what Chris Nelson suggested on 9/19: In fact, as our headline, above, notes, we have absolutely solid information that the Israeli bombing raid on Syria was aimed at…and took out…missiles and/or weapons parts. Period. All the stories being floated about Israeli intelligence sources hinting that it …
Extracting Uranium from Phosphates
by | 2007-09-20 | 8 Comments
So, the early reports on this Israeli airstrike in Syria emphasized the prospect that Syria was extracting uranium from phosphates: The expert, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid compromising his sources, said the target of the attack appears to have been a northern Syrian facility that was labeled an agricultural research center …
