Given my prior obsession with the Litvinenko polonium-210 poisoning case, this op-ed in IHT, “How to Stop Radiation Terrorism” caught my attention. The authors, Peter D. Zimmerman, James M. Acton and M. Brooke Rogers, outline some of the dangerous radiological substances and how they could be used by terrorists. (The op-ed is a preview to …
IAEA & Iran: Meetings, Inspections, Oh My!
by | 2007-08-02 | 4 Comments
IAEA inspectors are back in Iran. A lot has happened since my last update (Olli, Ali, Oxen-Free: IAEA-Iran Action Plan). Making sense of the press reports is tough, though, without some context. Here is what I can piece together on the who, what, why, when and how of IAEA visits to Iran.. After IAEA DDG …
Big Throwdown At the Big Hunt Thursday
by | 2007-08-01 | 2 Comments
Just a friendly little reminder that Jane and I are throwing a little blog-tastic happy hour at the Big Hunt tomorrow. 1345 Connecticut Ave., NW, near the Dupont Circle Metro (South Exit) I’ll probably get there around six or so. Jane will be fashionably late.
How Capable is the 094?
by | 2007-07-31 | 28 Comments
Behold, the second installment of the series on China’s SSBNs. This took a while, mainly because I wanted to reread Tom Stefanick’s Strategic Antisubmarine Warfare and Naval Strategy. It’s a classic. Anyway, the bottom line is that I doubt China’s boomers would really be more survivable than the land-based leg of their triad. That reflects …
