If Arms Control Wonk.com had a mascot, it would be Mark Fiore’s Buster, the friendly nuke. (That or maybe Nick Neutron. Tough call.) Anyway, Fiore’s Axis of Oops is brilliant. He joins the The Onion in using satire to better get at the heart of the issue than can the real news. The Onion’s latest …
What's Perpetuity Among Friends?
by | 2006-10-20 | 7 Comments
Momentarily lost in the hullaballoo over North Korea’s probable failed nuclear test is the last state to test a nuclear weapon as well as lie about the yield: India. Oh, they are going to love that statement on the Bharat Rakshak BBS. Okay, I am just winding those guys up; India at least refused to …
Garwin & Von Hippel on NORK Nuke Test
by | 2006-10-19 | 10 Comments
ACA just posted an analysis from Richard L. Garwin and Frank N. von Hippel on the DPRK nuclear test. It contains some evidence that I don’t think has been made public before. Here’s an example: …it is not surprising that a range of yields has been reported. One authoritative estimate from Terry Wallace, a seismologist …
Shorter Bill Arkin
by | 2006-10-19 | No Comments
Arkin takes on a massive straw-figure in a post which says something about North Korea and nuclear weapons. Allow me to paraphrase: Unnamed “Ambulance Chasers of the Apocalypse” point to the dangers of a nuclear-armed North Korea – as well as nuclear proliferation in general – in order to get rich. Not because nuclear weapons …
