Author Archives: Nautilus Institute

Nautilus Peace and Security Network – 28 May 2015

DETERRENCE: How Israel hid its secret nuclear weapons program DPRK: FKI plans new liaison branch in Pyongyang GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: Controversy follows as activists cross North-South Korean border CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Australia and Climate Change Negotiations: at the Table, or on the Menu? CLIMATE CHANGE AND SECURITY: Climate change and security: here’s the analysis, when’s the action? DETERRENCE: How Israel […]

Expanded Communications Satellite Surveillance and Intelligence Activities Utilising Multi-beam Antenna Systems

by Desmond Ball, Duncan Campbell, Bill Robinson and Richard Tanter 28 May 2015 The full report is available here. I. Introduction The recent expansion of FORNSAT/COMSAT (foreign satellite/communications satellite) interception by the UKUSA or Five Eyes (FVEY) partners has involved the installation over the past eight years of multiple advanced quasi-parabolic multi-beam antennas, known as Torus, […]

‘N.K. may not put nukes on sub missile’

Peter Hayes, executive director of the U.S.-based Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability, noted that the North’s underwater platform does not have stable means for communication, making it difficult for its ruler Kim Jong-un to give his direct order for the missile launch.

Nautilus Peace and Security Network – 21 May 2015

DETERRENCE: Pentagon report: China deploys MIRV missile DPRK: South announces new aid for North GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: South Korea: Sentenced to life: Conscientious objectors in South Korea CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Human cost of natural disasters: a global perspective AUSTRAL PEACE AND SECURITY: B-1 bombers brouhaha: minor dispute, big rift DETERRENCE: Pentagon report: China deploys MIRV missile, Hans Kristensen, FAS Blog […]

Does Australia Energy Export Future Lie with the Asian Supergrid?

By Samantha Mella 19 May 2015 I. Introduction Samantha Mella writes that, despite climate concerns, the current Australian government is fixated on supporting and expanding the Australian coal industry. Mella argues that ‘Australia may benefit from reconsidering what it means to be an energy superpower in 2015. In the era of an altered climate and carbon […]

Nautilus Peace and Security Network – 14 May 2015

DETERRENCE: Seoul, U.S. split on North Korea nuclear threat DPRK: DPRK SLBM test GOVERNANCE AND CIVIL SOCIETY: China’s counter-pivot response CLIMATE CHANGE AND SECURITY: Protecting Indonesia’s forests is a key issue for Paris climate talks DETERRENCE: Seoul, U.S. split on North Korea nuclear threat, Alastair Gale, Wall Street Journal (13 April 2015) ROK vice defense minister dismissed US Admiral […]

북한의 핵무기 개발과 능력

이 춘 근 (과학기술정책연구원 연구위원) 11 May 2015 English version (영어 버전) here http://www.kdjlibrary.org/ 요약 이춘근 한국 과학기술정책연구원 선임연구위원은 글에서 ‘북한은 수십 년의 노력을 거쳐 국내산 원료를 사용하는 원자력 주기를 완성하였다’고 하고 ‘북한의 핵무기는 … 각종 부품과 재료, 기술이 부족하’지만 ‘자력갱생으로 이러한 난관들을 상당히 극복했’다고 분석한다. 이 연구위원은 ‘북한의 핵 관련기술 개발과 수준에 대한 보다 […]

Assessing North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Capability

by Lee Chun-keun 11 May 2015 For the Korean language version of this report click here. I. Introduction Lee Chun-keun writes that ‘North Korea, after decades of effort in its nuclear endeavor, has managed to develop its nuclear program using homegrown resources.’ He states that while North Korea’s ‘nuclear weapons program…lacks parts, resources and technology to […]