Canadians are not totally against defense. Maybe. Two months ago, CBC reported two senior Raytheon employees skulking around the Happy Valley-Goose Bay area in Labrador. … senior officials from the Raytheon Company travelled to Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador, on a scouting trip. The Massachusetts-based corporation builds missiles for the American military and is a major …
Ukraine Cruise Missile Numbers
by | 2005-06-16 | 1 Comment
Pavel Podvig asked a while back about some numbers I used regarding the Ukrainian Kh-55 cruise missiles that ended up in Iran and China. I wrote: … the [missile] smugglers forged documents naming Russia as the missiles’ destination. This is potentially significant because Ukraine agreed in 1999 to send a portion of its Kh-55 missiles …
What Are Five Years Among Friends? Iran Confirms 1998 Pu Experiments
by | 2005-06-16 | No Comments
IAEA Deputy Director for Safeguards Pierre Goldschmidt delivered a confidential report to the IAEA Board of Governors today. Agence France Presse obtained a draft. Goldschmidt updated the Board on a long-running dispute. In 2003, Iran admitted to reprocessing small amounts of plutonium (Pu) between 1988-1993. Based on Pu samples, the IAEA disputed four aspects of …
Charbonneau v. Jahn: Will IAEA Throw Down On Tehran?
by | 2005-06-14 | 3 Comments
Blogging from the Aspen Wye River Conference Center today. As expected Mohamed ElBaradei won approval for an over-precendented third term as IAEA Director-General. The US continues last week’s spin that the failure to oust ElBaradei is a victory, arguing the United States “decided to back ElBaradei in exchange for what it hopes will be a …
