On the radar: LEU production up, Fordow centrifuges double; Not a game changer; Salami-slicing; Israel’s take on the report; WaPo on Iran’s behaviour; A vision on-hold; “Troubling displays of ineptitude”; CJCS doesn’t want to be complicit; the Trestle; and Atomic mugshots.
On the radar: Fakhrizadeh returns; GMD radars lacking; Guards will remain at Y-12; The Nunn-Lugar Award for Promoting Nuclear Security; Ban in Tehran; Iran panders to NAM summit; Michael Douglas as the Gipper; Beefing up the IAEA; Ban questions nuclear spending; and Visit beautiful Moscow... wait, are those missiles?
On the radar: Labs face cost explosions, arsenal reductions, and austerity; Cash prize for verification ideas; State responds to Putin; International Day Against Nuclear Tests; IAEA’s Iran task force; Tactical nuclear comfort blanket; and “We’re sorry, your lunch is now classified.”
On the radar: IAEA report unsettling, not game changer; Analysis of RNC platform; Ruskies invade NORAD; Before the next treaty; Navy dodging missile defense costs; the Inflated Chinese threat; Who has access to the nuclear targeting instructions; Tac nuke support costs $100m; and Narrow nuclear history helps you sleep at night.
On the radar: Draft nuclear platform; No breakthrough with IAEA talks; Putin boilerplate on arms control; Clinton vs. Bush on NMD; AQ Khan throws party; Iran glossary; and How missile tests helped create the internet.
On the radar: Responding to BMD; IAEA Iran report coming soon; Another concern in South Asia; 20 reasons an Iran strike is a bad idea; Impact of Iran war talk; A case for non-proliferation measures; Turkey’s regional strategy; Dobbins and Nader on regime change; Tinian, 67 years later; and a Reflections on a day-trip to an atomic test site.
On the radar: Talking North Korea, eyeing China; Could conventional weapons undermine deterrence; Aim points and ICBM fields; Gen. Kehler on China’s arsenal; Concerns over DOE plutonium plan; India on its way to a triad; Cannibalizing MEADS; and Jackson-Vanik is still around.
On the radar: Proposals for negotiations with Iran; IAEA schedules talks; Russia in WTO; Bomber takes the black; US in the dark on Iron Dome; Kim Jong Un not a reformer; Fishing for uranium; Reif on getting the story straight; and Big trouble if the Enola Gay crashed on takeoff.