Avatar photoText of P5+1 Offer to Iran

I imagine this has made the rounds, but Iran Focus has a copy: Text is below: ELEMENTS OF A PROPOSAL TO IRAN Our goal is to develop relations and cooperation with Iran based on mutual respect and the establishment of international confidence in the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear programme. We propose a fresh …

Avatar photoDer Spiegel ElBaradei Interview

The interview is short, but covers a fair amount of ground. Here’s what he said about Iran: SPIEGEL: Iran is Hezbollah’s main source of funding. Many Middle East experts believe that Tehran’s mullah-led regime is behind the current escalation, hoping to use the situation to deflect attention from its nuclear program. ElBaradei: I don’t know, …

Avatar photoSo Long, Cheyenne Mountain

Well, the folks at the Target Store in Colorado Springs can breath a sigh of relief: NORAD is moving up the road to Peterson Air Force Base and putting Cheyenne Mountain on standby. The Denver Post has some nice images and graphics. GAO, in a report ominously number 06-666, recently described the Cheyene Mountain upgrade …

Avatar photoReliable Replacement Warhead Redux

Haninah Levine has the second of what will be four articles at DefenseTech.org on the Reliable Replacement Warhead program. In these cases, a dilemma arises: should the nuclear production complex go to extreme lengths to recreate the processes needed to remanufacture [nuclear weapons] components exactly according to the original specifications? Or should they look for …