Jon Wolfstahl has an analysis of recent reports indicating that North Korea shipped UF6 to Libya. He covers a lot of the same issues that I did here, but includes a sentence which speaks to an important question: how can the Bush administration be so confident that it has all the relevant information about Pakistan’s …
North Korean Ballistic Missiles
by | 2005-02-13 | 5 Comments
The Detroit Free-Press has a helpful FAQ on Iran and North Korea with one significant factual error: Q: Is the United States threatened by a North Korean weapon? A: Yes. North Korea has missiles that could hit Alaska and Hawaii. Japan feels threatened and might be tempted to build its own nuclear weapons if it …
National Security Presidential Directives
by | 2005-02-12 | 4 Comments
The National Security Presidential Directive process is essential to making and implementing foreign policy. Every Administration since the National Security Act of 1947 has made extensive use of such documents to coordinate and implement policy directives, as is evident for the following table. Presidential Directives Since 1960 President Decision Number John F. Kennedy National Security …
480 Nuclear Weapons in Europe
by | 2005-02-12 | No Comments
Gravity Bombs of a different design, (c), Shambroom. Hans Kristensen concludes that the United States keeps 480 nuclear weapons at air bases in Europe, about twice the previous estimate of outside analysts (including Hans himself). The smoking gun is Presidential Decision Directive/NSC-74, signed by President Clinton in November 2000, which authorized the U.S. Department of …
