Peddling Peril: How the Secret Nuclear Trade Arms America’s Enemies

Posted by Matt in March 16th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Proliferation, Black Markets, David Albright, Export Regulations, German Company, Government Cooperation, Hopeful Story, House Arrest, Illicit Trade, Industry Watchdog, Iran Pakistan, MI6, North-Korea, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Scientist, Nuclear Trade, Nuclear Weapons, Proliferation Problem, Prosecutions, Traffickers, Uranium Enrichment Facilities

With the revelation of Iran’s secret uranium enrichment facilities, North Korea’s brazen testing of missiles and nuclear weapons, and nuclear-endowed Pakistan’s descent into instability, the urgency of the nuclear proliferation problem has never been greater. Based on his extensive experience in tracking the illicit nuclear trade as one of the world’s foremost proliferation experts, in [...]

Iran resumes nuclear weapon work, U.S. report expected to say – CNN.com

Posted by Matt in February 11th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, Cnn, David Albright, Iran Nuclear, iranians, Nuclear Warhead, Nuclear Weapon, Nuclear Weapons Expert, Resumes, Sensitive Nature, Tad

The U.S. official — who is familiar with the report but is not authorized to speak on the record because of the sensitive nature of the information — said the new assessment “will move forward a tad” Iranian efforts on weaponization. The official says Iran is now focused on research of a program as opposed [...]

Burma: A Nuclear Wannabe, Suspicious Links to North Korea

Posted by Matt in January 29th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Asia, Nuclear, Burma, David Albright, Defectors, Dissident Groups, Extreme Caution, Fuel Cycle Facilities, Ground Photos, Military Dictatorship, Military Regime, Missile Program, North-Korea, Nuclear Reactors, Overhead Imagery, Overseas Suppliers, Paul Brannan, Procurements, Robert Kelley, Scheel, Stricker, Technology Goods, Uranium Mines

New Proliferation Assessments on Burma
Burma: A Nuclear Wannabe, Suspicious Links to North Korea; and High-Tech Procurements to Enigmatic Facilities
by David Albright, Paul Brannan, Robert Kelley, and Andrea Scheel Stricker
For several years, suspicions have swirled about the nuclear intentions of Burma’s secretive military dictatorship. Burma is cooperating with North Korea on possible nuclear procurements and appears [...]

I.A.E.A. Reports Iranian Nuclear Progress

Posted by Matt in June 5th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, Atomic Energy Agency, Centrifuge, centrifuges, Containment, David Albright, Enriching Uranium, Enrichment Plant, Fep, Fuel Enrichment, Hexafluoride, International Atomic Energy, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Atomic Energy Agency Iaea, IR-2, IR-3, IR-4, Leu, Nuclear Fuel, Nuclear Weapons, Reactor, Security Council Resolutions, Shire, Surveillance Measures

A week before Iran’s presidential election, atomic inspectors reported Friday that the country has sped up its production of nuclear fuel and increased its number of installed centrifuges to 7,200 — more than enough, weapon experts said, to make fuel for up to two nuclear weapons a year, if the country decided to use its [...]

Satellites Show Pakistan Super-Sizing Its Nuclear Weapons Complex

Posted by Matt in May 20th, 2009 | no comment

Published in general, Commercial Satellite, Construction Projects, Credible Source, David Albright, Ghazi Khan, International Security, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan, Pakistan Nuclear, Paul Brannan, Plutonium Production, Plutonium Separation, Production Reactor, Rawalpindi, Report Suggests That, Robert Kelley, Satellite Images, Satellites, Science, Thermonuclear Weapons, Warhead

Commercial satellite images released today by the Institute for Science and International Security — a very credible source for arms control analysis — appear to underscore Pakistan’s determination to increase its supply of fissile material and develop more destructive nuclear weapons. Most worryingly, the report suggests that Pakistan may be on the path to creating [...]

‘Iran, Syria continuing nuke projects’

Posted by Matt in February 21st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, Syria, Atomic Energy Agency, David Albright, Foreign Ministry, Friday Evening, International Atomic Energy, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Atomic Energy Agency Iaea, International Obligations, Iran, iranians, Kilograms, Military Purposes, New York Times, Nuclear Capability, Nuclear Program, Nuclear Technology, Nuclear Weapon, Nuke, Obama, Opening Act, Peace, Report States, Sanger, South Africa South, Syria, Teheran, Test Samples, Time Expert, Uranium, Uranium Enrichment, William J Broad

“Iran and Syria are secretly working on nuclear technology in a manner which risks peace in the region and the world, while bluntly ignoring their international obligations,” a statement by the Foreign Ministry said Friday evening.
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The recent International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report states that inspectors uncovered 209 kilograms of low-enriched uranium that the Iranians [...]

Nuclear ring reportedly had advanced weapon design

Posted by Matt in June 15th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Proliferation, Ballistic Missile, blueprint, Blueprints, Bomb, David Albright, Developing Countries, Draft Report, Electronic Blueprints, Hindu, Hindu India, International Investigators, Iran, Led, Libya, New York Times, News Report, North-Korea, Nuclear Designs, Nuclear Device, Nuclear Ring, Nuclear Weapon, Nuclear Weapon Design, Qadeer Khan, Related News, Rogue Nations, Rogue Report, Sanger, Scientist, Smugglers, Warhead Design, Washington Post, Weapon Design, Weapons Inspector

An international smuggling ring may have secretly shared blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon with Iran, North Korea and other rogue countries, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
The now-defunct ring led by Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan is previously known to have sold bomb-related parts to Libya, Iran and North Korea. A draft report by former [...]

The Syrian Nuclear Puzzle

Posted by Matt in May 1st, 2008 | no comment

Published in Israel, Syria, Al Hayat, Al Jazeera, Colin Powell, Curtain, damascus, David Albright, Elias, Golan Heights, Intelligence Briefing, Iraq War, Motives, Nonproliferation, Nuclear Plant, Nuclear Weapons Program, Paul Brannan, Reuters, Secretary Of State Colin Powell, Semmel, Un Security Council, Veracity, Voice Of America

But some observers see other motives in pulling back Syria’s nuclear curtain. Andrew Semmel, the former top State Department official for nonproliferation, tells Voice of America the release may have been aimed at “putting a positive spin” on intelligence that was bound to leak. Dar Al-Hayat columnist Elias Harfoush sees the disclosure as an attempt [...]