- Sep 28, 2009
by Raja Karthikeya
The U.S.-sponsored Security Council resolution on non-proliferation that was passed last week has enraged India. The resolution called on all non-signatories to the NPT to join the treaty as "non-nuclear weapons states." India sent the President of the General Assembly a strongly worded letter saying it would not accept externally prescribed norms on issues that conflicted with its sovereignty.
- Sep 28, 2009
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Iran Reported to Have Tested Long-Range Missiles
NYT by Alan CowellCryptic Iranian Note Ignited an Urgent Nuclear Strategy Debate
NYT by Helene Cooper and Mark MazzettiOn nuke arms, 2010 will challenge Obama
AP by Charles J. HanleyIndia stays firm, rejects NPT, CTBT
Economic Times by Nirmala Ganapathy - Sep 26, 2009
The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) released a report with images of two possible locations of the enrichment facility at Qom. According to the report:
ISIS has obtained satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe of two possible locations of the gas centrifuge uranium enrichment facility under construction near Qom, Iran. Both are tunnel facilities located within military compounds approximately 30-40 kilometers away from Qom (see images below).
Facility #1
Located North East of Qom
Coordinates: 34.88459, 50.99596Facility #2
Located North West of Qom.
Coordinates: 34.94373, 50.76056 - Sep 25, 2009
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U.S. to Accuse Iran of Having Secret Nuclear Fuel Facility
NYT by David E. SangerIran Reveals Second Uranium Enrichment Plant
WSJ by Jonathan Weisman, David Crawford, and Siobhan GormanTwo First Steps on Nuclear Weapons
NYT by Mikhail GorbachevWill Not Sign NPT, CTBT: India Tells U.S.
RTT News - Sep 25, 2009
The big news this morning is that Iran may have a second enrichment facility that has previously been unreported to the UN. According to the New York Times, President Obama, along with Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, will go public with the accusation today. According to the report, the US has known about the facility for some time, but is just now deciding to come forward:
- Sep 24, 2009
FISSILE MATERIAL
The nuclear tipping point
The Guardian by Franco Frattini, George Shultz and Sam NunnNo nukes is good news
- Sep 23, 2009
The transcript from Obama's speech at the UN meeting is up.
- Sep 23, 2009
FISSILE MATERIAL
China, Russia wouldn't block new Iran sanctions:EU
Reuters by Louis CharbonneauChina Firms Selling Fuel to Iran as U.S. Sanctions Loom
- Sep 22, 2009
FISSILE MATERIAL
Grand bargain: rhetoric vs. the real deal
Korea Herald by Kim Ji-hyunU.S. and Iran Heading Into Talks Worlds Apart
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