On the radar: Costs outweighing national pride; North Korea’s planned launch; the Next bomber and Augustine’s Law; U.S., Israeli intel on Iran; Posturing hits at the pump; Soviet nukes and lessons learned; Not-so-smart nonpro tradeoffs; and Radioactive toothpaste.
On the radar: Larijani talks monitoring, fuel supply; Ross on diplomacy; DPRK Launch in April; Budget realities and nuclear spending; Warheads getting expensive; Engaging Iran on Afghanistan; Perspective on Iran’s nuclear program; Preventing nuclear terror; and $6 per gallon gas.
On the radar: Obama: window is shrinking; Conditions for Iran diplomacy improve; Hadley against military strikes; Surface fleet crowded out; Military advice last; Questions on Parchin; Deterrence and its supporters; GAO on fissile security; Germany & NATO posture; and If DC were nuked.
On the radar: Perspective on nuclear reductions; Road map for diplomacy; Assessing the Nuclear Security Summit; National Academies CTBT report; Parchin photos; Thwarting nuclear theft; North Korea inspections update; and The coolest treaty.
On the radar: Loose talk and shallow analysis; Two new Iran reports; Seoul preview; Nuclear security pacts held up; RPC points on nuclear budget; Priorities and the new nuclear sub; Process, politics, and diplomacy; No progress on NATO-Russia BMD deal; WashPost on North Korea; and Nuking space rocks.
On the radar: NYT for nuclear cuts; Luers and Pickering on diplomatic opportunity; Dagan on the risks of a military strike; Persuasion and nuclear capability; Congress clashes over nuclear cuts; When less is not more; Misreading Iran; The dream that failed; Strategic interests in a MENWFZ; and Celestial megatonnage
On the radar: Senators call for moving the red line; Diplomacy; Round 2 of the nuke budget debate; the Key to talking with Iran; Israel and a WMD-free zone; Don’t bet on a strike in 2012; Honoring the Ladies of Nuclear Policy; and Trita Parsi talks Iran with Jon Stewart.
On the radar: Turner says more spending, no cuts; Smith on cuts and commitments; Nonpro funding questioned; LA Times: don’t give up on diplomacy; Kerry on the perils of loose talk of war; Possible Parchin cleanout; NATO-Russia after elections; Strange economy around Los Alamos; 12 Senators skeptical of diplomacy; and a legitimate EMP worry, finally.