Avatar photoIran Dope Concerns RV Not Warhead

I spent most of the weekend mulling over how best to respond to this collection of half-truths, pablum and recycled news penned by David Sanger and Bill Broad. In case you missed it, Sanger and Broad recycle old stories about a US briefing from July that alleged some purloined Iranian computer files suggest Tehran is …

Avatar photoDangers of Accidental Missile Launch

Pavel Podvig dropped by CISSM to make a presentation entitled, Dangers of Accidental Ballistic Missile Launch. Pavel picked up the fascinating and counterintuitive argument that the United States shouldn’t help repair Russia’s early warning system (pictured at right), which Pavel has made on his excellent blog and in a memo. Pavel proposes a political commitment …

Avatar photoGive An Inch, They Swim All Over You

The United States and Europe may let Iran continue converting uranium. This is a really bad idea. David Sanger at the New York Times reports that IAEA DG Mohamed ElBaradei and SECSTATE Rice discussed a new proposal that would allow Iran to convert uranium at Isfahan (Esfahan), shipping the UF6 to Russia for enrichment. The …

Avatar photoCarnegie Conference Blogging Errata

The Carnegie people were kind enough to ask Jeffrey and me to blog during their recent Nonproliferation Conference. Jeffrey Comforts Paul So my first ACW post in a while is to inform readers that I F’d up two posts. I’ve already notified the hard-working people at Carnegie, but thought I’d post the corrections here while …