The Seventh Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference (REVCON) opens today. The REVCON will run through 27 May 2005. A few days ago, Steve Rademaker took a break from [you know what] to testify to the House International Relations Committee on “The U.S. Approach to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference.” Rademaker stuck to his …
An Aerospace Command for India?
by | 2005-05-01 | No Comments
Indian Air Force (IAF) Chief Air Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi is calling for the establishment of an Aerospace Command. I’ll buy Noah Shachtman dinner at the Indian restaurant of his choice in NYC if India actually sets up such a command.
Can North Korea Mate a "Simple" Fission Weapon to the Taepo Dong 2?
by | 2005-04-30 | 4 Comments
Underground facility at Hagap, once thought an HE testing site. Was Lowell Jacoby correct about North Korea being able to mate a miniaturized nuclear warhead on a Taepo Dong 2? Probably not without Pyongyang testing both. The current CIA estimate assesses North Korea “has produced one or two simple fission-type nuclear weapons and has validated …
China's Nuclear Capability
by | 2005-04-30 | No Comments
The Washington Post has published my letter objecting to Edward Cody’s description of China’s nuclear capability. Regular readers will recall my intemperate response to what I believed was the Post’s refusal to run the letter. So, no hard feelings. I failed to wring an MSM reference for the blog, however.
