Avatar photoConventionally Armed ICBMs

Is anybody else noticing the buzz around conventionally-armed ICBMs? Lance Lord told a National Defense University Foundation Congressional breakfast seminar that he was exploring “future uses” for ICBMs and called for “changing the professional mind-set.” The conventionally-armed ICBM debate started heating up back in early 2004. In January, then-DTRA Director Stephen Yonger told the Precision …

Avatar photoLibya and North Korean UF6/Missiles Revisited

At the beginning of the month I wrote a post about a New York Times article which detailed some of the intelligence reportedly indicating that North Korea sold UF6 to Libya. Specifically, the Times wrote: More recently, United States officials have tried to follow the money trail. They argue that Libyan funds made it to …

Avatar photoBlair Banned Bolton from Libya Talks

Newsweek follows up on its October 2004 report that Tony Blair personally requested that John Bolton be removed from negotiations with Libya.

Avatar photoThe Fourth Customer

The Lost Angeles Times reports some old news—that a shipment of components for advanced centrifuges, bound for Libya, may have been diverted to an unknown country. Speculation continues about the identity of AQ Khan’s “fourth customer.”