Writing on ACW 2004–2026 · 2,079 posts
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Mark Hibbs reveals that Pakistan’s Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) hid orders for prohibited centrifuge components within larger “junk” orders, in hopes of diguising the sensitive item or overhwhelming export control authorities: After the late 1970s, when intelligence agencies in the…
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Mark Strauss, editor at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, observed that the Crate and Barrel “Glitter Tree” looks strangely like warheads in a MIRV cofiguration. I agreed. I guess that is a sign to take some time off …
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A reader notes that, among the FBI documents related to domestic surveillance the ACLU obtained, one document details surveillance of a protest, planned by Los Angeles Catholic Worker, of a 2001 test of what was then called the National Missile…
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Reuters reports that Chinese General Zhu “I think we will have to respond with nuclear weapons” Chenghu received an “administrative demerit” recently from the National Defense University, barring him from promotion for one year. An administrative demerit is the second…
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Of the many things I wanted to do on Monday (and didn’t), one was to pop over to the Center for Nonproliferation Studies’ new digs on 19th St. for The CIRUS Reactor and The U.S.-India Nuclear Agreement: Will India Declare…
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It’s a little hard to focus on the impending resumption of EU3-Iran talks when the Bush Administration is riding roughshod over the Constitution. Damhoudère, Praxis Rerum Criminalium, Antwerp, 1556 Ha, ha. Just kidding. I love you guys. Please don’t waterboard…
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Carla Anne Robbins, writing in the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) has a long article summarizing the Reliable Replacement Warhead program (A blog has posted the full text of Robbins’ article). Unfortunately, the article suffers from the shallow “he said,…
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During this morning’s panel on Nuclear Weapons and the New Triad, former Chairman of the Defense Science Board John Foster warned of electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threats, including: ChiCOMs, in the context of the 7th Fleet’s possible defense of Taiwan. I’ve…
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MDA Director Trey Obering offered two thinly veiled “hypothetical” scenarios that illustrated his case for missile defense. Scenario 1: North Korea tests a nuclear weapon and a ballistic missile capable of carrying the weapon to the United States. North Korea…
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I never understood why a “responsive infrastructure” was one of the three legs of the “New Triad.” Along with offenses and defenses, I always thought Command, Control and Intelligence (C2I) was the more logical candidate. It makes sense on logical…
