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.
ISG Bungles Iraqi Scientist Interviews
by | 2005-05-05 | 1 Comment
Nature reports that the US bungled post-war interrogations of Iraqi scientists, to the detriment of US nonproliferation goals. In his memoir, Iraqi centrifuge engineer Mahdi Obeidi recounts a series of Kafka-esque events that ensued after he tried to contact Coalition forces.
Iran Offer at Informal Steering Committee Meeting
by | 2005-05-04 | 1 Comment
Iran tabled a General Framework for Objective Guarantees, Firm Guarantees and Firm Commitments at the informal meeting the EU-Iran Steering Committee on 29 April 2005. The framework outlines a series of reciprocal actions, including a controversial proposal to resume uranium conversion and operate some 3,000 centrifuges under IAEA surveillance.
