Enough For One Bomb
This morning the New York Times is reporting that, based on the information in the latest update from the IAEA, Iran has produced a quanitity of low enriched uranium that, with enrichment, could be turned into enough highly enriched uranium to make one nuclear weapon: Iran has now produced roughly enough nuclear material to make, with added purification, a single atom ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on November 20, 2008 11:13
New Term Nonpermanent Seats on the UNSC
Japan, Austria, Turkey, Uganda, and Mexico will replace Indonesia, Belgium, Italy, South Africa, and Panama in the two year terms for nonpermanent seats on the United Nations Security Council beginning on January 1 of next year: UNITED NATIONS — Japan easily drubbed Iran in the election on Friday for a two-year seat on the Security Council, while the recent financial meltdown ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on October 18, 2008 13:54
No Additional Iran Sanctions
As has been widely suspected the United Nations Security Council will impose no further sanctions on Iran for its failure to suspend its nuclear enrichment program as demanded by previous UNSC resolutions: UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Six world powers have agreed on a draft resolution on Iran's nuclear program but it included no new sanctions, in line with Russia's preference, European ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on September 26, 2008 13:46
North Korea to Restart Nuclear Reactor
A North Korean diplomat has announced that North Korea is preparing to restart its nuclear reactor, partially dismantled last year as part of its negotiations over its nuclear program: PANMUNJOM, Korea - North Korea said Friday it is making "thorough preparations" to restart its nuclear reactor, accusing the United States of failing to fulfill its obligations under an international disarmament-for-aid agreement. It ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on September 19, 2008 09:13
Building While Bailing (Updated)
David Kay, former U. N. weapons inspector, has an op-ed in the Washington Post on the Iranian nuclear development program which I take as a veiled campaign advertisement for John McCain. In the op-ed Dr. Kay's assessments are that, judging by the known knowns, Iran is likely to have a nuclear weapon in two to four years. Taking ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on September 8, 2008 11:23
In Other News: Iran Increases Centrifuges to 4,000
As odd as it may seem there are other things happening in the world outside of the American presidential election. One of these is that it has been reported that Iran has increased the number of centrifuges it has deployed for enriching uranium to 4,000: TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has increased the number of operating centrifuges at its uranium enrichment ...Posted in Outside The Beltway | OTB on August 29, 2008 18:10
