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.

Avatar photoISG Bungles Iraqi Scientist Interviews

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.

Avatar photoIran Offer at Informal Steering Committee Meeting

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.

Avatar photoNorth Korean Nuclear Test Preparations

The Chosun Ilbo reports the US has briefed South Korea that movements of heavy equipment signal an impending nuclear test.