The IAEA has posted the Modalities Plan, formally Understandings of The Islamic Republic of Iran and the IAEA on the Modalities of Resolution of the Outstanding Issues. (Apparently Iran and IAEA ignored my plea to name it the “Action Plan” — although the IAEA website refers to it as a “workplan”.) Interestingly, Iran asked for …
Bogus BM-25 Pic
by | 2007-08-27 | 1 Comment
The website Spacewar placed this photo (at right) alongside an AFP article about the inclusion of North Korean missile programs in the 6 Party process (“US to look into North Korea’s missile threat,” August 24, 2007). Although the AFP article mentions no specific missile by name, the Spacewar editors were being clever. They must have …
High Surety Warhead
by | 2007-08-23 | 3 Comments
When the-Prime Minister Tony Blair sought support to replace Britain’s Trident system, he deferred the decision on a replacement warhead to the next Parliament. I’ve wondered if that meant Britain might build an RRW: … Britain’s nuclear warhead design is essentially similar to the US W76. As I have noted before, the W76 is the …
IAEA Action Plan
by | 2007-08-22 | 11 Comments
Apparently, we have an IAEA-Iran action plan. Iran, IAEA see progress on nuclear talks Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency both said on Tuesday they had made progress in talks about Tehran’s offer of more transparency aimed at defusing a row over the Iranian nuclear program. Reuters / AP / AFP. Details to follow.
