South Korea National Intelligence Service (NIS) HQ Both Jeffrey and I have written before, about whether North Korea has a deliverable nuclear weapon. Just to provide another data point, ROK intelligence reportedly assessed in February that Seoul’s northern neighbor may have nuclear devices, but probably can’t deliver them because they’re too heavy. The relevant excerpt: …
General Jew
by | 2005-07-31 | 9 Comments
Wow, my appearance on C-SPAN was interesting. I expected to dislike the Heritage Foundation’s John Tkacik, who proved pretty affable—though our politics are pretty far apart. Tkacik and I were having a civil debate about the significance of recent remarks by a Chinese General named Zhu (pronouced /joo/). Things took a decidedly bizarre turn at …
How Much Pu in a North Korean Bomb?
by | 2005-07-30 | 1 Comment
How many nuclear bombs does North Korea have? That depends on their plutonium (Pu) stockpile and design skill. In April 2004, David Sanger claimed AQ Khan told Pakistani interrogators that he saw three plutonium bombs in North Korea. Today, buried deep in a related story, he casually drops that maybe the story was bullshit: … …
HEU Exports Revisited
by | 2005-07-29 | 2 Comments
My physician would like to run some tests. Please send HEU to me, c/o Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, Pakistan. COD is okay. Stephen Young, once and future guest blogger at ACW, highlighted an obscure provision in the soon-to-pass Energy bill that would undermine efforts to gradually end U.S. exports of highly enriched uranium. Michael Grunwald in …
