One of Arms Control Wonk’s regular readers also turns out to be pretty handy with photoshop. Here is the first of what I expect to be many occasional cartoons by Mr. “Significant Quantity”:
David Sanger: Two Time Loser on Kilju and Kumchang-ri?
by | 2005-05-21 | 3 Comments
Daniel Sneider of the San Jose Mercury-News observes similarities between recent allegations of nuclear test preparations near Kilju and the 1998 revelation that North Korea was constructing an underground nuclear reactor and reprocessing facility near Kumchang-ri—a claim that turned out to be false: The cloud over the nuclear test preparations reflects a history of intelligence …
How Many Rogue State Hard and Deeply Buried Targets?
by | 2005-05-20 | 3 Comments
Advocates of the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator often emphasize the existence of more than 10,000 Hard and Deeply Buried Targets (HDBTs) to suggest that a military requirement exists for the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator. NIPP’s Eric Miller, for instance, argues: The Senate should follow the House and authorize the RNEP … [… Because] the program …
More on US-North Korea Talks
by | 2005-05-19 | 1 Comment
It should be noted that last week’s secret US- North Korea discussions didn’t come entirely out of nowhere. In fact, North Korea has recently been suggesting such talks. While Pyongyang obviously backed away from its demands that SecState Rice apologize to them for her “tyranny” remarks, the secret talks also seem to have been North …
