Every time I think about shuttering the blog for good, someone is always kind enough to write or say something that reminds me why I started the infernal thing in the first place. Today’s lesson: This image shows a North Korea Taepodong 1 (One). It is not/not a Taepodong 2 (Two), not matter what the …
Coming Taepo Dong 2 Test?
by | 2006-05-19 | 1 Comment
South Korean government sources tell Japanese NHK that satellite images and other data reveal increased activity “at a missile base in Musudanri, North Hamgyeong Province, in the northeastern part of North Korea.” Check out the english language news segment. Kyodo apparently has a similar story. Manichi cites Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso confirming the presence …
More Iran Stuff
by | 2006-05-18 | 5 Comments
A couple of technical bits about Iran’s nuclear programs, related to whether Iran can make clean hex (maybe not, still) and whether Iran is telling the truth about the source of its plutonium (um, doesn’t look like it). Hex No, not the British Buffy, you perv. Some of us were wondering whether any of Iran’s …
It's All Here: US Tables Draft FMCT
by | 2006-05-18 | 2 Comments
Stephen Rademaker (my buddy) has introduced a draft fissile material cut-off treaty at the Conference on Disarmament. Shorter Rademaker: Article 1. States Party undertake to kiss my bony ass. Sadly, this is only vaguely hyperbole. The treaty, as it were, seems intended to buy the Administration some credibility with Congress on the US-India deal while …
