Scott Gearity has a much-appreciated mention of an Arms Control Today article I wrote about Ukraine’s Kh-55 missile exports. I do, however, wish to correct one small inaccuracy in his description of the piece. Scott writes: Ukraine has now admitted violating its commitments under the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) by exporting KH-55 air-launched cruise …
North Korea's Nuclear Weapons May Weigh 650-750 KG
by | 2005-05-10 | 3 Comments
The Defense Intelligence Agency concludes “an early-generation warhead weighing 650-750 kg is the best Pyongyang could achieve.”
North Korea Will Test Nuclear Weapon
by | 2005-05-09 | 9 Comments
A North Korean official told a delegation of Japanese academics that North Korea will test a nuclear weapon. The Washington Post reports: Yasuhiko Yoshida, a former U.N. proliferation expert and North Korea specialist at Osaka University of Economics and Law, said in a telephone interview that he had held two discussions on May 3 with …
NFIRE May Carry Kill Vehicle After All
by | 2005-05-07 | No Comments
MDA may delay the June 2006 launch of the Near Field Infrared Experiment (NFIRE) to add a classified payload—a payload that sounds suspiciously like the kill vehicle MDA promised to remove.
