WWJLWMD, indeed. Apprently, William Tierney—leaker of the Saddam Tapes—is just too weird, even for Byron York and National Review Online: National Review Online February 20, 2006 “He Shall Direct Thy Paths to the Weapons of Mass Destruction.” The former U.N. inspector behind the “Saddam Tapes” says God revealed WMD sites to him. William Tierney, the …
Iran's Underground UF4 Plant
by | 2006-02-19 | 8 Comments
Last week, Dafna Linzer had a long, detailed story (and online chat) on intelligence found by German intelligence on a laptop computer stolen by an Iranian citizen in 2004. I am writing a four-part series looking at the key pieces of information: a schematic of a shaft that might be for a nuclear test, plans …
Chinese Underground Facilities
by | 2006-02-16 | 3 Comments
Click here for a GoogleEarth placemark. Tom Cochran, Matt McKinzie, Stan Norris, Laura Harrison and Hans Kristensen have a cool article, China’s Nuclear Forces: The World’s First Look at China’s Underground Facilities for Nuclear Warheads, in Imaging Notes. The images, particularly the SSBN sitting at the dock near a massive underground facility (taken by Digital …
Feel the Rush
by | 2006-02-15 | 4 Comments
And who says the National Laboratories are having trouble maintaining their relevance in the post-Cold War environment? Sandia National Laboratories news release February 15, 2006 Sandia researchers develop low-density, environmentally friendly foam that may also be the answer to surf industry crisis Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a low-density, energy-absorbing foam that could …
