Avatar photoUkraine Missiles and MTCR

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 …

Avatar photoNorth Korea's Nuclear Weapons May Weigh 650-750 KG

The Defense Intelligence Agency concludes “an early-generation warhead weighing 650-750 kg is the best Pyongyang could achieve.”

Avatar photoNorth Korea Will Test Nuclear Weapon

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 …

Avatar photoNFIRE May Carry Kill Vehicle After All

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.