Steve Rademaker, at the Arms Control Association, whined that arms control advocates treat the Bush Administration unfairly when it comes to the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP): And particularly with regard to the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator, I have to say I personally am mystified by the intensity of the debate that we’ve seen unfold …
Hands Off My Nukes! Does Rumsfeld Want NNSA?
by | 2005-04-13 | No Comments
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld could make Caligula (right) blush. Jason Sherman of Inside Defense reports that Undersecretary of Defense Michael Wynne has signed the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the Defense Science Board Nuclear Capabilities Task Force. I notice the TOR include a mandate to: Examine a wide range of institutional arrangements that could …
Bolton and Niger Uranium
by | 2005-04-13 | No Comments
I wrote about this around a month ago, but thought I’d raise the issue again. Why didn’t the SFRC ask about Bolton’s role in composing the December 2002 State Department fact sheet that stated—for the first time—that Iraq had tried to obtain uranium from Niger?
Bushehr Fuel Delivery Delay?
by | 2005-04-12 | 1 Comment
Reuters reports: Russia is likely to delay shipments of enriched uranium fuel to Iran to start up a Russian-built atomic power plant there until the autumn, a source in the Russian nuclear authority said on Monday. [snip] At the time officials said fuel shipments to the Bushehr plant may start as soon as April. It …
