Mark Hibbs has published specifications for Pakistan’s P3 and P4 centrifuges based on “Western government data.” I haven’t seen this anywhere else, so here it is (with rough data on the P1 and P2 for comparison): Desig. Derivation Rotor Velocity (m/s) Length SWU P1 SNOR/CNOR Aluminum 350 1-2 1-3 P2 G2 Maraging Steel 500 1 …
Russia Questions INF, Again
by | 2007-02-14 | 8 Comments
Russian officials have again questioned the future of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty or just INF. In March 2005, Jeffrey blogged about a feeler from Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov to then-SECDEF Rumsfeld about possible Russian withdrawal from the INF Treaty. The details of the exchange are not clear, but Jeffrey pointed to reporting in …
Six Party Deal: Implications for Iran?
by | 2007-02-13 | 10 Comments
Did then-Secretary of State Colin Powell sit on Iran’s 2003 offer as part of a bureaucratic tangle over Korea policy? Steve Clemons raises that disturbing question in his post on the Six Party Deal that Chris Hill has brilliantly brought home. One of the interesting questions about Iran’s 2003 proposal is why Rice and others …
