Avatar photoHeinonen Safeguards Update

Here is the full text of Olli Heinonen’s update brief on Developments in the Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran and Agency Verification of Iran’s Suspension of Enrichment-related and Reprocessing Activities. The document also landed on Paul’s desk. He wrote this fact sheet. *** On a related note, Reuters …

Avatar photoIAEA Safeguards Report on Iran

Arms Control Wonk.com has a copy of the latest report by Olli Heinonen, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards, on Iran’s implementation of its safeguards agreement. I will post the full text a little later. Agence France Presse and Associated Press both emphasized the revalation that Iran received a 15 …

Avatar photoFeed Has Been Repaired

Okay, dear readers, I think we have managed to repair the feed. Let me know if it is working again. And “Hans Brix, Oh No!” has been moved here.

Avatar photoSTRATCOM Hearts MIRV

Inside Defense has published excerpts from a draft of the Quadrennial Defense Review. The QDR announced that DOD will “reduce the number of deployed Minuteman III ballistic missiles from 500 to 450.” This raises an interesting question—what happens to the nuclear warheads from those 50 ICBMs? As recently as 2004, the United States planned to …