Steeljaw Scribe

Notes and commentary on things present, reflections on a career in naval aviation and serendipitous items as strike me at the moment…

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National Intelligence Estimate: Iran Stopped Bomb Effort In 2003…

December 3rd, 2007 1 Comment

… or did it?  Read Here:
 


Some items of note:

"We cannot rule out that Iran has acquired from abroad—or will acquire in the future—a nuclear weapon or enough fissile material for a weapon."

 

"We assess centrifuge enrichment is how Iran probably could first produce enough fissile material for a weapon, if it decides to do so. Iran [...]

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9 Ships + 1 Aircraft Denied ≠ A Mere “Snafu”

December 3rd, 2007 1 Comment

 

WASHINGTON (CNN) – China has refused nine U.S. Navy ships and one Air Force jet entry to Hong Kong in the past month, U.S. military officials said Friday.  Senior Navy officials said that Beijing denied permission for the USS Reuben James, a Navy frigate, to make a holiday port call for sailors at the end of [...]

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The Royal Navy in Crisis

December 3rd, 2007 1 Comment

 
Muffle your drums, play your pipes merrily,
Play the death march as you go along.
And fire your guns right over my coffin,
There goes an unfortunate lad to his home.
As reported on over at Galrahn’s   and Lex’s   places, the London Telegraph published a damning report   this weekend regarding the critical state the Royal Navy [...]

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