News sources are reporting another major explosion from a city in Iran very near a nuclear weapons development site. This comes only two weeks after another such explosion. In both cases the Iranian government, in full baghdadbobbian* mode, denies the explosions have anything to do with their nuclear programs. In the first instance, the official explanation was that the explosion, which killed more than twenty military personnel including a top general, resulted from human error during a routine movement of standard munitions. As I'm sure happened with most folks familiar with "routine" military activities, my antenna began buzzing intensely at that explanation. Routine movements of standard munitions do not involve supervision by high-ranking generals. Decades ago as a military policeman, I was involved in providing security for the routine transfer of nuclear warheads from Clarksville Base, a secret Navy nuclear weapons installation inside Fort Campbell, to Campbell Army Airfield...(Read Full Post)