Wow. IAEA DG ElBaradei told reporters today that the IAEA assesses that “by end of July, [Iran] might have 18 cascades running.” [2:38, it’s an mp3 file.] That’s 2,952 centrifuges and it would surprise me. No one else seems to have caught it. (A “diplomatic source in Vienna close to the IAEA” recently told Paul …
From Putin, An Offer You Can't Refuse
by | 2007-06-14 | 3 Comments
As we all know, Russia and the U.S. have been in a tiff over the U.S. proposal to put missile defense installations in Europe (Ten interceptors in Poland and an x-band radar in the Czech Republic.) Ok, more than a tiff. Putin said Russia can’t accept such things so close to its borders. Bush said …
"This is a test of the emergency…"
by | 2007-06-13 | 10 Comments
Yesterday’s NYT op-ed by Secretary William Perry, Ash Cater, and Michael May at first seemed rather boring to me. What should the government do to prepare for the day after a nuclear terrorist attack? All I really picked up was the tone of, “something must be done.” Good thing I read their full report, because …
How Many Aegis Ships To Defend NATO?
by | 2007-06-12 | 2 Comments
I attended the Arms Control Association’s Avoiding Renewed U.S.-Russian Strategic Competition panel (remarks online transcript coming) yesterday. During the question and answer session, Representative Ellen Tauscher mentioned that a viable alternative to the European GMD site is a combination of mobile midcourse (Aegis SM-3) and terminal defenses (PAC-3, THAAD) to defend Europe. Tauscher has been …
