The large object at 10 Downing Street is supposed to be a submarine. Strangely reminiscent of Claes Oldenburg’s soft sculptures (more). No. 10 Downing St. has released a white paper—The Future of the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Deterrent—arguing that Britain should replace the Trident system, keeping its nuclear deterrent (though dropping the number of warheads to …
NK offering uranium to Russia?
by | 2006-12-08 | 2 Comments
This story fell under my radar screen earlier this week, but I noticed it yesterday. Kind of interesting if it were true, but it’s not clear, and actually sounds like just gossip to me. Last Saturday, the Tokyo Shimbun (in Japanese only I think) reported that North Korea had offered Russia exclusive rights to its …
Live Blogging Me!
by | 2006-12-07 | 3 Comments
Peter Zimmerman and I are giving a talk about our article, “Bomb in the Backyard” at a meeting with defense journalists. My handout—using some of the cool images by Jeffrey Smith—is here. We are also getting a couple of questions about polonium. The best resource I know is this fact sheet from the Health Physics …
No Ipods for Kim Jong Il
by | 2006-12-07 | 5 Comments
There are some new US sanctions on North Korea which are intended to target the fabulous life of Dear Leader and his posse. Sales of Ipods, Segways and other fun things are now banned. It is Washington’s first-ever attempt to use trade penalties as a way of personally aggravating a foreign leader. They target items …
