It is time. The voting has started. (Read about the Miss Atom contest – and our plan – in my prior post.) We will be taking nominations for our ACW pick for the next few days. Comment away. In an authoritarian manner, Jeffrey and I will select the official ACW favorite. Then everyone will vote. …
Iran's Scud Stunt
by | 2007-02-27 | 14 Comments
Noah Shachtman has a sweet new blog over at Wired called, Danger Room. Haninah Levine, science fellow at the Center for Defense Information, weighs in on Iran’s so-called “space launch.” With a little help from the Union of Concerned Scientists’ David Wright, Haninah concludes Yawn, It’s a SCUD: Roughly speaking, if you’re launching something straight …
Not So Peaceful Skies: More INF Concerns
by | 2007-02-26 | 9 Comments
On February 23, Russia celebrated Fatherland Defender Day. I heard many toasts ending with “za mirnoe nebo” or to the peaceful skies. Seems like a great opportunity to again call attention to Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) issues, which I blogged about last week. Clearly, I think there is more to say. Since last week, …
Is the Laptop of Death Bogus?
by | 2007-02-23 | 4 Comments
Turns out some IAEA officials think the purloined laptop that the US has been shopping as evidence of an Iranian nuclear weapons program is a fake, at least in part because all the files are in English. The laptop’s contents have been extensively detailed in the press (see: Linzer, Sanger, and Shannon) and briefed to …
