Three items. (1) Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel quote unnamed US officials arguing that Iran could “begin producing highly enriched uranium much sooner than currently forecast” perhaps as early as 2007, and produce enough HEU for a nuclear weapon within a year of that. The claim is that Iran has successfully operated small (10-20 centrifuge) …
Surrender!
by | 2006-03-24 | 1 Comment
Chris Nelson has a depressing Nelson Report today. Apparently no one in the Bush Administration believes that Six Party Talks can succeed: Recently, we heard a very highly informed Asia policy player, on background, explain and confirm that the basic Bush Administration assessment of the nuclear weapons situation in N. Korea is that Kim Jong-il …
British Strategy on Iran
by | 2006-03-23 | No Comments
The Times prints, in full, the British strategy for securing Russian and Chinese support for tougher measures against Iran. My favorite reference is to assembling a new package on Iran that could have the explicit support of the US. “Nick [Burns] will want to consider the scope of presenting this in that way. John Sawers, …
My Summer Vacation Redux
by | 2006-03-23 | 2 Comments
Some of you may remember that, over my summer vacation, I visited the first Chinese nuclear weapons design base, in Qinghai Province. (See What I Did Over Summer Vacation: China’s Los Alamos July 6, 2005). A loyal reader notes that the Chinese government is spending more than $10 million to renovate the site. Who wants …
