I am sitting in a very cool meeting that the New America Foundation is co-sponsoring with the Stanley Foundation and American Association for the Advancement of Science. The meeting is invitation only, and off-the-record, but I can share the agenda: Iran: Fuel Cycles, Verification, and Multinational Fuel Assurances Workshop September 5, 10:30am – 3:30pm at …
High Surety Warhead, 2
by | 2007-09-04 | No Comments
Looks like Ian Bruce of the Glasgow Herald secured a statement from MOD on the High Surety Warhead: An MoD spokesman said: “No decisions on any replacement for Trident have yet been taken and there is no programme to build a successor warhead.” Interesting non-denial. What I asserted — and what is not denied — …
More on that Bogus BM-25 Pic
by | 2007-09-01 | 16 Comments
Last week, I wrote that Space Daily tried to pass off a picture of a Russian missile as the “BM-25” which may or may not be North Korea’s newest IRBM. Anatoly Zak writes in to confirm that he took the picture of the SS-N-6 at the NIIKhimmash facility in Sergiev Posad and that Space Daily …
Secret Screws
by | 2007-08-31 | 15 Comments
Oh, you thought this was a Larry Craig post. You are going to be very disappointed. Or maybe not. This is yet another post about our favorite form of smut here at Arms Control Wonk — wonkporn. See that picture above? Notice that instead of a tasteful tarpaulin, leaving something to the imagination, the propeller …
