More cautious assessments on Iran’s progress, from the Los Angeles Times’ Bob Drogin and the Associated Press’ William Kole. Both carry balanced, sensible comments by David Albright: “Iran’s been making slow but steady progress,” [Albright] told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “We think Iran has been moving faster than (the U.S. government) has …
Iran's "Big Gains" at Natanz
by | 2007-05-15 | 3 Comments
Sometimes, I think the New York Times David Sanger is just Judy Miller without the creepy love notes from Scooter Libby. Then I think, I’ve never read David Sanger’s mail. Sanger cites diplomats and nuclear experts who claim that Sunday’s “short notice” IAEA inspection at Natanz—the one that AFP reported was blocked, but the IAEA …
NAS: Partially Fund Conventional Trident
by | 2007-05-15 | No Comments
That National Academies Panel on Prompt Global Strike has released its interim letter on the Conventional Trident Modification (CTM) program. As expected, the interim letter calls for funding only RDT&E efforts in FY ‘08: In FY 08, fund research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E) efforts associated with CTM at a level sufficient to determine its …
NORK IRBM, Musudan-1?
by | 2007-05-15 | 9 Comments
Yeah, so I’ve been wondering (more) about the reports that North Korea was developing a new IRBM based on the Soviet SS-N-6. Now Asahi Shimbun reports (full text in comments) that “North Korea unveiled the new missile loaded on a trailer at the military parade held in Pyongyang on 25 April to commemorate the 75th …
