The President of Pakistan has repeatedly said that Pakistan is not making a bomb and has no intention of making a bomb. We have not only made this commitment solemnly, we are prepared also to accept international safeguards on a non-discriminatory basis. From “Pakistan’s Nuclear Programme,” published by Pakistan’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, 1986 …
Nukes: Betcha Can't Make Just One!
by | 2006-07-28 | 1 Comment
Stephen Schwartz is guest-blogging at DefenseTech. I am cross posting his piece on the Reliable Replacement Warhead. Remember those commercials for Lay’s potato chips where the announcer says that Lay’s are so good that you can’t eat just one? Well, with a slight modification that slogan now applies equally well to the nuclear bureaucrats at …
Pak Bomb Factory
by | 2006-07-27 | 5 Comments
David Albright and Paul Brannan of the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) released commercially available satellite images of a new Pakistani plutonium production reactor under construction. (Here is a GoogleEarth placemark.) This is really great work. Precisely the kind of open source analysis that I admire. The revelation made the front page of …
Department of Wankery
by | 2006-07-27 | 1 Comment
The House approved this atrocity yesterday. Great first day back from vacation. But since the deal will strengthen the nonproliferation regime and definitely has nothing to do with campaign contributions, selling weapons to India, or containing China, I’m not worried. OTOH, this is truly frightening. My utility belt tells me it’s to the bar, Batman… …
