Iran & nuclear sales?

I’ve been wondering for a little while now how long it will be before Iran will become an active marketer of its enrichment technologies. Although the original equipment was obtained through a secret deal with Pakistan (government agency or rogue actors – depending on stance) it is now openly employed and subect to verification by [...]

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Bad MANPADS Day.

Working my way through Youtube videos posted from Libya and I came across a set of three videos recording abandoned and looted weapons at a dump outside Sirte in Libya posted by a US reporter who travelled to Libya. Kudos to Kevin Dawes for going to Sirte, filming the site and then uploading the footage for [...]

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Falkland’s War Benefits

I have just finished reading “One Hundred Days” by Admiral Sandy Woodward. The book is an account of his experience leading the British fleet that recovered the Falklands from the Argentinians in 1982. The book itself is absolutely gripping, and a fantastic insight into the decisionmaking involved in running a naval operation on a shoestring at [...]

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Iran and Nuclear Ambiguity

Today on the Arms Control Wonk website there is fresh discussion of the current buzz suggesting an imminent attack upon Iran intended to damage its alleged Nuclear Weapons programme. Included in the discussion of Iran’s posssible intentions and goals is a quote from a 2007 piece by Avner Cohen. The route of ambiguity is very [...]

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