Iran’s Uranium Stockpile Dwindling | ISIS Reports

Posted by Matt in December 31st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, 1980s, Conversion Activity, December 29, George Jahn, Heavy Water Reactor, Iaea Iran, Intelligence Report, Iran Import, Isis Reports, Member State, natanz, Small Stock, Stockpile, U3o8, Uranium Conversion, Uranium Hexafluoride, Uranium Ore, Uranium Oxide, Yellow-Cake, Yellowcake

On December 29 the AP’s George Jahn reported on an effort by Iran to import clandestinely 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan. The information was contained in an intelligence report authored by an IAEA member state and obtained by Jahn.
That Iran would be seeking a new source of uranium ore is not surprising, [...]

Intel report: Teheran wants uranium deal with Kazakhstan | Iranian – Iran News | Jerusalem Post

Posted by Matt in December 29th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, Clandestinely, Diplomats, Intel, Intel Report, Intelligence Report, International Concern, Iran News, Iranian News, Jerusalem Post, kazakhstan, News Iran, Nuclear Activities, Teheran, Uranium Deal, Uranium Enrichment Program, Uranium Ore

Iran is close to clinching a deal to clandestinely import 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan, according to an intelligence report obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday. Diplomats said the assessment was heightening international concern about Teheran’s nuclear activities.
Such a purified uranium ore deal would be significant because Teheran appears to be [...]

DEBKAfile – Iran successfully simulates nuclear warhead detonation – report

Posted by Matt in December 4th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Nuclear, Debkafile, Detonation, German Intelligence, German Scientists, Intelligence Report, Intelligence Reports, Intelligence Sources, Iran, Iran Nuclear, Laboratory Conditions, North-Korea, Nuclear Warhead, Nuclear Weapon, Obstacles, Scientists, Sources Report, Technological Challenges, Underground Nuclear Test

German intelligence reports that Iranian scientists have successfully simulated the detonation of a nuclear warhead in laboratory conditions, in an effort to sidestep an underground nuclear test like the one that brought the world down on North Korea’s head earlier this year. DEBKAfile’s Iranian and intelligence sources report that this development is alarming because detonation [...]

DEBKAfile – Iran digs hundreds of missile silos – some for misdirection

Posted by Matt in November 14th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Iran, Missiles, Air Defenses, Air Missiles, Debkafile, Enemies, Intelligence Report, Intelligence Sources, iranians, Israeli Attack, Launch Pads, Missile Batteries, Missile Launch, Missile Silos, Nuclear Installations, Operational Missile, Silo, Western Iran, Western Sources

The Iranians are frenziedly digging hundreds of new missile launch silos in central and Western Iran in readiness for a US or Israeli attack on their nuclear installations, DEBKAfile’s intelligence sources report. Some Western sources have noticed that they are creating more silo bases than they have operational missile batteries in order to mislead their [...]

DEBKAfile – US and Israel reiterate to Moscow: Military option is on the table

Posted by Matt in October 31st, 2009 | no comment

Published in Conflict, Iran, Cobra, Congressional Authorization, Full Swing, Impending War, Intelligence Report, Intelligence Sources, Iran, Israel, Israel Military, Juniper, Military Option, moscow, Nuclear Program, Proposal, Rejections, Sources Report, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, tehran, Uranium, War Preparations

DEBKAfile’s US intelligence sources report indications of impending war preparations against Iran after Tehran’s rejections of the UN-brokered proposal to ship its enriched uranium overseas for further enrichment. These sources reveal that the administration is seeking congressional authorization to open America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Furthermore, the US-Israeli joint US-Israel Juniper Cobra ballistic exercise is [...]

Al-Qaeda vows revenge on China after riots – Times Online

Posted by Matt in July 14th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Al-Qaeda, algeria, Assynt, beijing, Blogged, Chinese Interests, Chinese Workers, First Arm, Flock Browser, Intelligence Report, Investments, Islamic Maghreb, Muslim Uighurs, North Africa, Retaliation, Revenge, Riots, Risk Analysis, Stirling, Vow

Al-Qaeda has issued its first threat against China with a vow to attack Chinese workers in North Africa in retaliation for Beijing’s treatment of Muslim Uighurs.
The threat, issued by the Algeria-based al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), highlights the risks faced by China as it expands its economic investments overseas.
“Although AQIM appear to be the [...]

New Air Force Intelligence Report Available

Posted by Matt in June 9th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Nuclear, Russia, Air And Space, Air Force Intelligence, Blog, China, Cruise Missile Threat, Cruise-Missiles, Intelligence Report, Military Powers, Nasic, New Developments, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear Weapon States, Powers Report, Space Intelligence Center, Web Rumors

The Air Force Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) has published an update to its Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat. The document, which I obtained from NASIC, is sobering reading.
The latest update continues the previoususer-friendly format and describes a number of important assessments and new developments in ballistic and cruise missiles of many of the world’s major [...]

Intelligence Report : Pakistan Will Become Islamist Nuclear State

Posted by Matt in April 16th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Pakistan, Failed State, Failing States, Intelligence Report, Military Command, Neighbor, nightmare, Nuclear State, Operating Environment, Pakistan, South Mexico, Sudden Collapse, Worst Case Scenarios

Back in January the Joint Military Command warned that Mexico and Pakistan were in danger of rapid and sudden collapse
In terms of worst-case scenarios for the Joint Force and indeed the world, two large and important states bear consideration for a rapid and sudden collapse: Pakistan and Mexico,” says the study – Joint Operating Environment [...]

U.S. intelligence report projects possible collapse of Palestinian Authority

Posted by Matt in February 16th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Middle East, Collapse, Fatah, Hamas, Intelligence Community, Intelligence Report, Palestinian Authority, Report Projects

The U.S. intelligence community has raised the prospect of the collapse of Fatah and the Palestinian Authority.
The report said Hamas planned to exploit the divisions within Fatah and could challenge the PA over the next year.
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Global Trends 2025

Posted by Matt in November 21st, 2008 | no comment

Published in general, Barack Obama, Challenge World, Decades, Dwindling Resources, Economic Power, Europe, Future World, Global Dominance, Global Instability, Global Set, Global Trends, Global Wealth, Inauguration, Intelligence Report, Medvedev, Modern History, National Intelligence Council, Nuclear Arms, People, Political Dominance, President Elect, Scarce Resources, Seeds, Trend, Us Dominance

Global Trends 2025, a new report written by the US National Intelligence Council (NIC) ahead of President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration, envisages a future world marked by diminished US power, dwindling resources, and more people.
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The current trend of global wealth and economic power shifting roughly from West to East, described as “without precedent in modern history”, [...]