Epstein Secrets

Shi, Burge, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) says that while North Korea has engaged in talks with the Administration, satellite images reveal that Pyongyang has ramped up production of long-range missiles and the fissile material used in nuclear weapons. According to the Defense Intelligence Agency, Nort

ait Of Hormuz. Reuters (7/25, Macaskill, Saul) reports that Britain has "started sending a warship to accompany all British- flagged vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, a change in policy announced on Thursday after the government previously said it did not have resources to do so." Reuters points out that "tensio

ages pre-emptive attacks against the country while its nuclear development efforts are in their most vulnerable stages. In the case of North Korea, Pyongyang has demonstrated a very sophisticated ability to escalate and de-escalate crises year after year, keeping itself at the center of the international

third deterrent is the critical factor. Iran has for decades cultivated the ability to essentially conduct guerrilla warfare in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. This is Iran's real "nuclear" option. There are inherent vulnerabilities in such tight waters, in which Iran can bring to bear not just naval mine

ted to North Korea's nuclear program. In return for the provision of least 240,000 tons of EFTA_R1_00229378 EFTA01842479 nutritional assistance, Pyongyang has pledged to place a moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile tests and to pursue an IAEA-monitored shutdown of its uranium enrichment activ

s back, in 2002—were very war allergic. I leave it to psychiatrists to decide whether the recent bellicose talk of those in power—threats to close the Strait of Hormuz and remarks by Ayatollah Khomeini that Iran would "support and help any nations, any groups" fighting against Israel—is merely brave talk to cover