Hans Kristensen notes that the STRATCOM has changed the name of the Single Integrated Operational Plan—the nation’s nuclear war plan—to the less catchy OPLAN 8044. The reasoning? Rather than being a single operational plan, the SIOP is now “a collection of far more differentiated retaliatory choices, tailored to a threat environment of greater nuance and …
Dimona Revealed
by | 2005-01-09 | 3 Comments
Well, first Israel’s Atomic Energy Commission opened a website. Now, Israel’s censors have permitted Channel 10 to air a 14-minute video depicting wide-angle shots of Dimona (like the photograph at right), “including buses bringing staff to the site, well-ordered lines waiting to use a cash machine and a leisurely soccer game nearby.” Get the feeling …
Rating ElBaradei
by | 2005-01-09 | No Comments
The United States is still trying out oust IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei. Bush’s Candidate to Replace ElBaradei? “They’ve already started lobbying in the capitals” for a no confidence vote, one diplomat told AP on condition of anonymity. “Whether or not they call for a vote depends on the support they will get.” Diplomats accredited to …
Fun with Torture
by | 2005-01-08 | 1 Comment
This is a cartoon (right) from a briefing by the Joint Interrogation and Debriefing Center (JIDC) at Abu Ghraib prison, Iraq. It was, I believe, reproduced in a classified annex to the Taguba report. This isn’t really related to arms control, but I am finding it hard to blog about anything else really. I am …
